2016–17 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

2016–17 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball
2016–17 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball
Miami Thanksgiving Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 16
Record	24–9 (10–6 ACC)
Head coach	Katie Meier (12th season);
Assistant coaches	Octavia Blue; Tia Jackson; Fitzroy Anthony;
Home arena	Watsco Center
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Miami hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes, led by twelfth-year head coach Katie Meier, play their home games at the Watsco Center and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 24–9, 10–6 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Duke. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round before getting upset by Quinnipiac in the second round.

2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
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

Roster

2016–17 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Keyanna Harris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	William T. Dwyer	Palm Beach Gardens, FL
G	1	Laura Cornelius	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Caland Lyceum	Groningen, Netherlands
G	3	Jessica Thomas	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Sr	Buchholz	Gainesville, FL
G	4	Shaneese Bailey	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	University Christian School Florida Atlantic	Callahan, FL
G	5	Nigia Greene	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Jr	St. Francis	Atlanta, GA
G	15	Neydja Petithomme (I)	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Grandview Prep Auburn	Boca Raton, FL
F	20	Keyona Hayes	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	St. Francis	Marietta, GA
F	21	Emese Hof	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Caland Lyceum	Utrecht, Netherlands
F/C	22	Zada Williams	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Lake Wales	Babson Park, FL
G	23	Adrienne Motley	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Woodside	Newport News, VA
F	25	Khaila Prather	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Riverdale Baptist	Baltimore, MD
F	30	Erykah Davenport	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Tucker	Tucker, GA

Head coach

Katie Meier (Duke)

Assistant coach(es)

Octavia Blue (Miami (FL))
Tia Jackson (Iowa)
Fitzroy Anthony (Palm Beach Atlantic)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Media

All home games and conference road games will be broadcast on WVUM as part of the Miami Hurricanes Learfield Sports contract.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference Regular Season
Nov 11, 2016* 7:00 pm	No. 14	at No. 19 Kentucky Kentucky Classic	L 66–82	0–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,471) Lexington, KY
Nov 13, 2016* 7:00 pm	No. 14	vs. Albany Kentucky Classic	W 77–53	1–1	Memorial Coliseum (150) Lexington, KY
Nov 16, 2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 22	Charlotte	W 80–46	2–1	Watsco Center (582) Coral Gables, FL
Nov 20, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 22	at St. John's	W 62–50	3–1	Carnesecca Arena (695) Queens, NY
Nov 25, 2016* 4:00 pm	No. 21	Grambling State Miami Thanksgiving Tournament	W 89–61	4–1	Watsco Center (725) Coral Gables, FL
Nov 27, 2016* 12:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 21	Texas Tech Miami Thanksgiving Tournament	W 74–56	5–1	Watsco Center (722) Coral Gables, FL
Dec 1, 2016* 7:00 pm, BTN	No. 18	at No. 9 Ohio State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 94–89 ^OT	6–1	Value City Arena (4,165) Columbus, OH
Dec 4, 2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 18	Old Dominion	W 66–56	7–1	Watsco Center (537) Coral Gables, FL
Dec 6, 2016* 11:00 am, ACCN Extra	No. 14	Loyola–Chicago	W 81–43	8–1	Watsco Center (4,989) Coral Gables, FL
Dec 16, 2016* 7:00 pm	No. 13	at FIU	W 69–49	9–1	FIU Arena (470) Miami, FL
Dec 19, 2016* 5:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 11	Coppin State Miami Holiday Tournament	W 75–35	10–1	Watsco Center (601) Coral Gables, FL
Dec 20, 2016* 5:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 11	Maine Miami Holiday Tournament	W 76–51	11–1	Watsco Center (624) Coral Gables, FL
ACC Regular Season
Dec 29, 2016 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 11	No. 7 Florida State	L 66–81	11–2 (0–1)	Watsco Center (1,780) Coral Gables, FL
Jan 2, 2017 7:00 pm	No. 14	at Pittsburgh	W 82–50	12–2 (1–1)	Petersen Events Center (904) Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 5, 2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 14	at NC State	W 67–64	13–2 (2–1)	Reynolds Coliseum (2,574) Raleigh, NC
Jan 8, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	No. 7 Notre Dame	L 55–67	13–3 (2–2)	Watsco Center (1,546) Coral Gables, FL
Jan 11, 2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 14	No. 15 Virginia Tech	W 82–75	14–3 (3–2)	Watsco Center (685) Coral Gables, FL
Jan 15, 2017 1:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	at No. 9 Louisville	L 59–63	14–4 (3–3)	KFC Yum! Center (10,016) Louisville, KY
Jan 22, 2017 2:30 pm, RSN	No. 14	at Syracuse	L 48–81	14–5 (3–4)	Carrier Dome (1,900) Syracuse, NY
Jan 26, 2017 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 17	North Carolina	W 100–88	15–5 (4–4)	Watsco Center (1,076) Coral Gables, FL
Jan 29, 2017 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 17	Boston College	W 58–51	16–5 (5–4)	Watsco Center (1,868) Coral Gables, FL
Feb 2, 2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 16	at Wake Forest	W 79–56	17–5 (6–4)	LJVM Coliseum (419) Winston-Salem, NC
Feb 6, 2017 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 16	at No. 5 Florida State	L 71–80	17–6 (6–5)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (3,571) Tallahassee, FL
Feb 9, 2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 16	Virginia	W 63–52	18–6 (7–5)	Watsco Center (1,008) Coral Gables, FL
Feb 12, 2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 16	Clemson	W 81–57	19–6 (8–5)	Watsco Center (2,312) Coral Gables, FL
Feb 19, 2017 1:00 pm, RSN	No. 16	at No. 13 Duke	L 70–83	19–7 (8–6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,153) Durham, NC
Feb 23, 2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 17	at Virginia Tech	W 79–69	20–7 (9–6)	Cassell Coliseum (2,377) Blacksburg, VA
Feb 26, 2017 1:00 pm, RSN	No. 17	Georgia Tech	W 75–70	21–7 (10–6)	Watsco Center (1,321) Coral Gables, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
Mar 2, 2017 6:00 pm, RSN	(7) No. 16	vs. (10) Georgia Tech Second Round	W 87–71	22–7	HTC Center (3,145) Conway, SC
Mar 3, 2017 6:00 pm, RSN	(7) No. 16	vs. (2) No. 8 Florida State Quarterfinals	W 56–54	23–7	HTC Center (3,600) Conway, SC
Mar 4, 2017 2:30 pm, ESPNU	(7) No. 16	vs. (3) No. 13 Duke Semifinals	L 52–57	23–8	HTC Center (3,600) Conway, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 18, 2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 S) No. 16	(13 S) Florida Gulf Coast First Round	W 62–60	24–8	Watsco Center (2,232) Coral Gables, FL
Mar 20, 2017* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 S) No. 16	(12 S) Quinnipiac Second Round	L 78–85	24–9	Watsco Center (1,972) Coral Gables, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Stockton Region. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[1]

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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
AP	14	22	21	18	14	13	11	11	14	14	14	17	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	N/A
Coaches	20	22	22	16	13	12	11	11	14	14	14т	17	16	17т	17	17	16	16	16	19

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

^ "2016–17 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball schedule". Miami Hurricanes. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014.

[1] "2016–17 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball schedule". Miami Hurricanes. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014.

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