2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

The 2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his sixteenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's fourth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–9, 11–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament for the third year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut for the third time. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Missouri in the first round.

2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
2016–17 record24–9 (11–5 The American)
Head coach
Associate head coachJeff Osterman
Assistant coaches
  • Michele Woods-Baxter
  • Desma Thomas Bateast
Home arenaUSF Sun Dome
2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 UConn160 1.000  361  .973
Temple133 .813  248  .750
South Florida115 .688  249  .727
UCF97 .563  2112  .636
SMU79 .438  1915  .559
Tulane79 .438  1815  .545
Cincinnati79 .438  1614  .533
Memphis79 .438  1416  .467
Tulsa511 .313  1021  .323
Houston412 .250  1219  .387
East Carolina214 .125  1119  .367
2017 The American Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 3 Jazzmaine Bond 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) FrBlackman Murfreesboro, TN
F 10 Laura Ferreira 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) JrEscola Secundária De Santo André Lisbon, Portugal
G/F 11 Ariadna Pujol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrGEM Mataró, Spain
F 12 Maria Jesperson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrMarselisborg Hojbjerg, Denmark
G 13 Dorottya Nagy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrPINKK-Pécsi Pécs, Hungary
F 14 Paige Cashin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SrNewark Newark, OH
G 20 Nachalie De Jesus 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrJohn A. Ferguson HS
Miami Dade College
Luquillo, PR
F 21 Shandrea Leverett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrSouth Effingham HS Rincon, GA
G 22 Laia Flores 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) JrInstitut Municipal Biada Mataró, Spain
F 23 Tamara Henshaw 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrFlagler Palm Coast HS Palm Coast, FL
G 24 Enna Penhadzic 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrNone Denmark
C 32 Nancy Warioba 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrTigoi Girls HS
Blinn College
Kisumu, Kenya
F 33 Kitija Laksa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoRigas Francu Licejs Riga, Latvia
C 45 Katelyn Weber 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SrHall Little Rock, AR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
11/15/2016*
7:00 pm
North Florida W 78–42  1–0
USF Sun Dome (1,906)
Tampa, FL
11/21/2016*
7:00 pm
Jacksonville W 64–52  2–0
USF Sun Dome (1,776)
Tampa, FL
11/24/2016*
4:45 pm
vs. North Carolina
Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division semifinals
W 83–55  3–0
St. George HS Gymnasium 
Freeport, BAH
11/26/2016*
6:45 pm
vs. Georgia
Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division championship
W 81–65  4–0
St. George HS Gymnasium (543)
Freeport, BAH
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm
FIU W 91–41  5–0
USF Sun Dome (1,812)
Tampa, FL
12/02/2016*
7:00 pm
at Butler W 74–59  6–0
Hinkle Fieldhouse (343)
Indianapolis, IN
12/11/2016*
3:00 pm
No. 22 at Arkansas State W 78–59  7–0
Convocation Center (1,058)
Jonesboro, AR
12/14/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 22 Saint Francis (PA) W 129–80  8–0
USF Sun Dome (1,759)
Tampa, FL
12/19/2016*
3:30 pm
No. 21 vs. Long Beach State
Play4Kay Shootout quarterfinals
L 68–73  8–1
T-Mobile Arena 
Paradise, NV
12/20/2016*
3:30 pm
No. 21 vs. Santa Clara
Play4Kay Shootout consolation 2nd round
W 63–54  9–1
T-Mobile Arena 
Paradise, NV
12/21/2016*
6:00 pm
No. 21 vs. UNLV
Play4Kay Shootout 5th place game
W 77–42  10–1
T-Mobile Arena 
Paradise, NV
12/30/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 23 Stetson W 74–60  11–1
USF Sun Dome (1,956)
Tampa, FL
01/04/2017
8:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 22 at Tulane W 62–53  12–1 (1–0)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,048)
New Orleans, LA
01/07/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 22 Tulsa W 84–68  13–1 (2–0)
USF Sun Dome (1,900)
Tampa, FL
01/10/2017
7:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 20 at No. 1 Connecticut L 37–102  13–2 (2–1)
XL Center (10,109)
Hartford, CT
01/14/2017
7:00 pm, ADN
No. 20 East Carolina W 79–48  14–2 (3–1)
USF Sun Dome (2,090)
Tampa, FL
01/17/2017
7:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 23 Memphis W 79–49  15–2 (4–1)
USF Sun Dome (1,951)
Tampa, FL
01/22/2017*
2:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 23 No. 9 Louisville L 52–66  15–3
USF Sun Dome (2,334)
Tampa, FL
01/25/2017
8:00 pm
No. 23 at SMU W 52–51  16–3 (5–1)
Moody Coliseum (831)
Dallas, TX
01/29/2017
12:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 23 at Temple W 55–51  17–3 (6–1)
McGonigle Hall (1,271)
Philadelphia, PA
02/01/2017
7:00 pm, ADN
No. 20 Cincinnati W 72–52  18–3 (7–1)
USF Sun Dome (1,931)
Tampa, FL
02/05/2017
6:30 pm, ESPNU
No. 20 at Memphis L 57–62  18–4 (7–2)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (174)
Memphis, TN
02/08/2017
7:00 pm
No. 22 at East Carolina W 76–66  19–4 (8–2)
Williams Arena (1,210)
Greenville, NC
02/12/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 22 Tulane W 66–56  20–4 (9–2)
USF Sun Dome (2,047)
Tampa, FL
02/14/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 22 UCF
War on I-4
L 62–66  20–5 (9–3)
USF Sun Dome (1,884)
Tampa, FL
02/19/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 22 Temple L 71–77  20–6 (9–4)
USF Sun Dome (2,281)
Tampa, FL
02/21/2017
8:00 pm
at Houston W 79–50  21–6 (10–4)
Hofheinz Pavilion (568)
Houston, TX
02/25/2017
3:00 pm
at Tulsa W 90–64  22–6 (11–4)
Reynolds Center (674)
Tulsa, OK
02/27/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 1 Connecticut L 68–96  22–7 (11–5)
USF Sun Dome (5,948)
Tampa, FL
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2017
8:00 pm, ESPN3
(3) vs. (6) SMU
Quarterfinals
W 62–55  23–7
Mohegan Sun Arena (4,559)
Uncasville, CT
03/05/2017
7:30 pm, ESPNU
(3) vs. (2) No. 25 Temple
Semifinals
W 63–58  24–7
Mohegan Sun Arena (6,491)
Uncasville, CT
03/06/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN2
(3) vs. (1) No. 1 Connecticut
Championship Game
L 44–100  24–8
Mohegan Sun Arena (6,488)
Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017*
5:00 pm, ESPN2
(11 S) vs. (6 S) No. 25 Missouri
First Round
L 64–66  24–9
Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Stockton Region.
All times are in EST.

Rankings

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Coaches RV RV RV RV 22 19 25 25 22 21 22 23 20 23 22 RV RV 25 RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

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