2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 12 |
AP | No. 13 |
Record | 29–8 (12–4 ACC) |
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Home arena | KFC Yum! Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Notre Dame† | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 33 | – | 4 | .892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Duke | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Florida State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Louisville | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 NC State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Syracuse | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Miami (FL) | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 ACC tournament winner As of March 29, 2017 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by tenth-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center and were in their third year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 29–8, 12–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Chattanooga and Tennessee in the first and second rounds before losing to Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen.
Roster
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Media
Once again select Cardinals games will be broadcast on WHAS. Some of the games will be on the ACC RSN. Additional ACC games will air on ESPN3.
All Cardinals basketball games will air on Learfield Sports on WKRD 790 AM or WVKY 101.7 FM, depending on conflicts with Louisville and Kentucky football and men's basketball games.
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/06/2016* 2:00 pm |
No. 5 | Lindsey Wilson | W 94–50 | KFC Yum! Center (1,927) Louisville, KY | |||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
11/11/2016* 8:00 pm |
No. 5 | at UT Martin | W 100–57 | 1–0 |
Skyhawk Arena (3,351) Martin, TN | ||||||
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 5 | Belmont | W 73–50 | 2–0 |
KFC Yum! Center (8,347) Louisville, KY | ||||||
11/16/2016* 8:00 pm |
No. 5 | at Middle Tennessee | W 91–72 | 3–0 |
Murphy Center (4,516) Murfreesboro, TN | ||||||
11/19/2016* 4:30 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 5 | Bowling Green Hall of Fame Women's Challenge |
W 83–58 | 4–0 |
KFC Yum! Center (8,194) Louisville, KY | ||||||
11/20/2016* 4:30 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 5 | Lafayette Hall of Fame Women's Challenge |
W 92–48 | 5–0 |
KFC Yum! Center (7,668) Louisville, KY | ||||||
11/21/2016* 7:30 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 4 | Chattanooga Hall of Fame Women's Challenge |
W 63–47 | 6–0 |
KFC Yum! Center (7,719) Louisville, KY | ||||||
11/27/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 4 | vs. No. 3 South Carolina Hall of Fame Women's Challenge |
L 59–83 | 6–1 |
MassMutual Center Springfield, MA | ||||||
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 7 | No. 5 Maryland ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge |
L 72–78 | 6–2 |
KFC Yum! Center (7,816) Louisville, KY | ||||||
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 7 | No. 17 Kentucky The Battle for the Bluegrass |
W 69–67 OT | 7–2 |
KFC Yum! Center (12,245) Louisville, KY | ||||||
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 8 | WKU | W 68–61 | 8–2 |
KFC Yum! Center (9,168) Louisville, KY | ||||||
12/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 8 | South Dakota State | W 83–30 | 9–2 |
KFC Yum! Center (7,408) Louisville, KY | ||||||
12/16/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 8 | College of Charleston | W 86–58 | 10–2 |
KFC Yum! Center (7,567) Louisville, KY | ||||||
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 8 | Evansville | W 89–47 | 11–2 |
KFC Yum! Center (8,320) Louisville, KY | ||||||
12/21/2016* 8:00 pm |
No. 8 | at Vanderbilt | W 78–66 | 12–2 |
Memorial Gymnasium (2,779) Nashville, TN | ||||||
12/28/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 8 | No. 25 Syracuse | W 91–76 | 13–2 (1–0) |
KFC Yum! Center (8,586) Louisville, KY | ||||||
01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 8 | at No. 13 Duke | L 55–58 | 13–3 (1–1) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,309) Durham, NC | ||||||
01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 8 | at Virginia | W 86–81 OT | 14–3 (2–1) |
John Paul Jones Arena (2,490) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
01/08/2017 4:00 pm, RSN |
No. 8 | Pittsburgh | W 73–52 | 15–3 (3–1) |
KFC Yum! Center (8,039) Louisville, KY | ||||||
01/12/2017 4:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 9 | at No. 7 Florida State | L 65–72 | 15–4 (3–2) |
Donald L. Tucker Center (4,092) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
01/15/2017 1:30 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 9 | No. 14 Miami (FL) | W 63–59 | 16–4 (4–2) |
KFC Yum! Center (10,016) Louisville, KY | ||||||
01/18/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 9 | Georgia Tech | W 91–51 | 17–4 (5–2) |
KFC Yum! Center (7,606) Louisville, KY | ||||||
01/22/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 9 | at No. 23 South Florida | W 66–52 | 18–4 |
USF Sun Dome (2,334) Tampa, FL | ||||||
01/26/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 9 | at Clemson | W 60–46 | 19–4 (6–2) |
Littlejohn Coliseum (352) Clemson, SC | ||||||
01/29/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 9 | at Pittsburgh | W 63–48 | 20–4 (7–2) |
Petersen Events Center (3,152) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 9 | No. 19 NC State | L 70–72 | 20–5 (7–3) |
KFC Yum! Center (8,251) Louisville, KY | ||||||
02/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 12 | at No. 7 Notre Dame | L 66–85 | 20–6 (7–4) |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,325) South Bend, IN | ||||||
02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 12 | at Virginia Tech | W 88–70 | 21–6 (8–4) |
Cassell Coliseum (1,723) Blacksburg, VA | ||||||
02/12/2017 3:00 pm, RSN |
No. 12 | Boston College | W 68–43 | 22–6 (9–4) |
KFC Yum! Center (9,306) Louisville, KY | ||||||
02/19/2017 12:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 14 | North Carolina | W 87–57 | 23–6 (10–4) |
KFC Yum! Center (9,739) Louisville, KY | ||||||
02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 14 | Virginia | W 66–55 | 24–6 (11–4) |
KFC Yum! Center (7,981) Louisville, KY | ||||||
02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 14 | at Wake Forest | W 75–46 | 25–6 (12–4) |
LJVM Coliseum (1,297) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
ACC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/02/2017 11:00 am, RSN |
(5) No. 14 | vs. (13) Clemson Second Round |
W 68–46 | 26–6 |
HTC Center (2,613) Conway, SC | ||||||
03/03/2017 11:00 am, RSN |
(5) No. 14 | vs. (4) No. 17 NC State Quarterfinals |
W 59–58 | 27–6 |
HTC Center (3,004) Conway, SC | ||||||
03/04/2017 12:00 pm, ESPNU |
(5) No. 14 | vs. (1) No. 3 Notre Dame Semifinals |
L 73–84 | 27–7 |
HTC Center (3,600) Conway, SC | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/18/2017* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 |
(4 O) No. 13 | (13 O) Chattanooga First Round |
W 82–62 | 28–7 |
KFC Yum! Center (5,441) Louisville, KY | ||||||
03/20/2017* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 |
(4 O) No. 13 | (5 O) Tennessee Second Round |
W 75–64 | 29–7 |
KFC Yum! Center (5,698) Louisville, KY | ||||||
03/24/2017* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(4 O) No. 13 | vs. (1 O) No. 5 Baylor Sweet Sixteen |
L 63–97 | 29–8 |
Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,499) Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||
Source[2]
Rankings
2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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AP | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | N/A |
Coaches | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes |
See also
References
- ↑ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster".
- ↑ "2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals.