2016–17 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team represents the University of Alabama in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crimson Tide, led by fourth year head coach Kristy Curry, played their games at Coleman Coliseum and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22–14, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of SEC women's tournament where they lost to Kentucky. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament defeat Mercer, Little Rock and Tulane in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals.

2016–17 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record22–14 (5–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaColeman Coliseum
Seasons
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina 14 2   .875 33 4   .892
No. 7 Mississippi State 13 3   .813 34 5   .872
No. 18 Kentucky 11 5   .688 22 11   .667
No. 25 Missouri 11 5   .688 21 11   .656
Tennessee 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
Texas A&M 9 7   .563 22 12   .647
LSU 8 8   .500 20 12   .625
Auburn 7 9   .438 17 15   .531
Georgia 7 9   .438 16 15   .516
Ole Miss 6 10   .375 17 14   .548
Alabama 5 11   .313 22 14   .611
Florida 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Vanderbilt 4 12   .250 14 16   .467
Arkansas 2 14   .125 13 17   .433
2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Roster edit

2016–17 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 LaKyesha Stennis 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Bryan Station HS
SW Tennessee CC
Lexington, KY
F 1 Quanetria Bolton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Anniston HS Anniston, AL
G 3 Jordan Lewis 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Lake Highland Prep Orlando, FL
G 10 DaiJia Ruffin (I)   5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Sacred Heart Academy
Tennessee–Martin
Lexington, KY
G 11 Hannah Cook 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Ozark HS Ozark, MO
G 13 Coco Knight 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Baldwin County HS
Shelton State CC
Bay Minette, AL
G 15 Meoshonti Knight 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Central Catholic HS Morgan City, LA
F 20 Ashley Williams 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Alcovy HS Covington, GA
G 21 Taylor Berry 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Mount Carmel Academy New Orleans, LA
G 23 Shquera Wade 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Huntsville HS Huntsville, AL
F 25 Ashley Knight 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Lyndon B. Johnson HS Austin, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule edit

[1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2016*
7:00 pm
West Alabama W 86–34 
Coleman Coliseum (922)
Tuscaloosa, AL
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
5:00 pm
New Orleans W 78–57  1–0
Coleman Coliseum (7,042)
Tuscaloosa, AL
11/14/2016*
7:00 pm
Mississippi Valley State W 93–44  2–0
Coleman Coliseum (1,016)
Tuscaloosa, AL
11/17/2016*
7:00 pm
Lipscomb W 82–35  3–0
Coleman Coliseum (1,082)
Tuscaloosa, AL
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm
Georgia Southern W 66–48  4–0
Coleman Coliseum (933)
Tuscaloosa, AL
11/27/2016*
2:00 pm
Alabama A&M W 97–29  5–0
Coleman Coliseum (2,054)
Tuscaloosa, AL
12/01/2016*
7:00 pm
Alcorn State W 93–43  6–0
Coleman Coliseum (1,967)
Tuscaloosa, AL
12/04/2016*
11:00 am, SECN
Kansas
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
W 71–65 OT 7–0
Coleman Coliseum (1,176)
Tuscaloosa, AL
12/11/2016*
1:00 pm
at Georgetown L 59–70  7–1
McDonough Gymnasium (819)
Washington, D.C.
12/15/2016*
11:30 am
Georgia State W 80–57  8–1
Coleman Coliseum (4,203)
Tuscaloosa, AL
12/17/2016*
2:00 pm
Georgia Tech W 67–65  9–1
Coleman Coliseum (2,214)
Tuscaloosa, AL
12/19/2016*
7:00 pm
vs. McNeese State
Patrick Harrington Tournament
W 84–63  10–1
The Arena at NWFSC (498)
Niceville, FL
12/20/2016*
7:00 pm
vs. UTEP
Patrick Harrington Tournament
W 78–60  11–1
The Arena at NWFSC (502)
Niceville, FL
12/28/2016*
7:00 pm
Florida A&M W 81–46  12–1
Coleman Coliseum (2,213)
Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC regular season
01/01/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN2
at No. 6 South Carolina L 45–93  12–2
(0–1)
Colonial Life Arena (12,069)
Columbia, SC
01/05/2017
7:00 pm
Ole Miss W 90–80  13–2
(1–1)
Coleman Coliseum (2,588)
Tuscaloosa, AL
01/08/2017
2:00 pm
at Missouri W 59–58  14–2
(2–1)
Mizzou Arena (4,287)
Columbia, MO
01/12/2017
7:00 pm
Kentucky L 54–71  14–3
(2–2)
Coleman Coliseum (2,437)
Tuscaloosa, AL
01/15/2017
4:00 pm, SECN
Arkansas L 50–68  14–4
(2–3)
Coleman Coliseum (2,667)
Tuscaloosa, AL
01/19/2017
7:00 pm
No. 4 Mississippi State L 54–67  14–5
(2–4)
Coleman Coliseum (2,605)
Tuscaloosa, AL
01/22/2017
2:00 pm
at Ole Miss W 65–57  15–5
(3–4)
The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,596)
Oxford, MS
01/26/2017
8:00 pm, SECN
at Vanderbilt L 80–87  15–6
(3–5)
Memorial Gymnasium (2,316)
Nashville, TN
01/29/2017
5:00 pm, SECN
Auburn L 55–66  15–7
(3–6)
Coleman Coliseum (3,453)
Tuscaloosa, AL
02/05/2017
3:00 pm, SECN
at LSU L 41–48  15–8
(3–7)
Maravich Center (2,383)
Baton Rouge, LA
02/09/2017
7:00 pm
at Texas A&M L 48–69  15–9
(3–8)
Reed Arena (4,062)
College Station, TX
02/12/2017
1:00 pm, SECN
Florida L 56–66  15–10
(3–9)
Coleman Coliseum (1,721)
Tuscaloosa, AL
02/16/2017
7:00 pm
Tennessee W 65–57  16–10
(4–9)
Coleman Coliseum (2,221)
Tuscaloosa, AL
02/20/2017
6:00 pm, SECN
at Auburn W 63–61 OT 17–10
(5–9)
Auburn Arena (2,607)
Auburn, AL
02/23/2017
6:00 pm
at Georgia L 65–71 OT 17–11 (5–10)
Stegeman Coliseum (2,787)
Athens, GA
02/26/2017
2:00 pm
No. 24 Missouri L 56–65  17–12 (5–11)
Coleman Coliseum (2,467)
Tuscaloosa, AL
SEC Women's Tournament
03/01/2017
10:00 am, SECN
(12) vs. (13) Vanderbilt
First Round
W 77–57  18–12
Bon Secours Wellness Arena (3,507)
Greenville, SC
03/02/2017
1:30 pm, SECN
(12) vs. (5) Tennessee
Second Round
W 72–64  19–12
Bon Secours Wellness Arena (3,746)
Greenville, SC
03/03/2017
1:30 pm, SECN
(12) vs. (4) No. 20 Kentucky
Quarterfinals
L 55–65  19–13
Bon Secours Wellness Arena (5,702)
Greenville, SC
Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm
Mercer
First Round
W 81–57  20–13
Coleman Coliseum (508)
Tuscaloosa, AL
03/19/2017*
2:00 pm
Little Rock
Second Round
W 55–53  21–13
Coleman Coliseum (495)
Tuscaloosa, AL
03/23/2017*
7:00 pm
Tulane
Third Round
W 72–64  22–13
Coleman Coliseum (1,054)
Tuscaloosa, AL
03/26/2017*
2:00 pm
at Georgia Tech
Quarterfinals
L 66–76  22–14
Hank McCamish Pavilion (821)
Atlanta, GA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings edit

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 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".