2016–17 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team

2016–17 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2017 Big East Tournament winner ; *Tournament #1 seed ; As of March 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Butler Bulldogs women's basketball
2016–17 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball
Conference	Big East
2016–17 record	6–25 (2–16 Big East)
Head coach	Kurt Godlevske (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Damon Bailey; Julie Shelton; Natalie Morse;
Home arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse

The 2016–17 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Butler University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Kurt Godlevske, played their home games at Hinkle Fieldhouse and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 6–25, 2–16 in Big East play to finish in last place. They advance to the quarterfinals of the Big East Women's Tournament where they lost to Creighton.

Roster

2016–17 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	2	Kaela Hodges	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Pontiac Township Wabash Valley	Odell, IL
F	3	Brittany Ward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Pike	Indianapolis, IN
G	4	Taylor Buford	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Adlai Stevenson	Long Grove, IL
G	11	Michelle Weaver	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Saint Joseph	South Bend, IN
G	12	Sydney Buck	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Homestead	Fort Wayne, IN
G	14	Sarah Humphrey	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Crete-Monee	Crete, IL
G	15	Whitney Jennings (I)	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Jr	Logansport Iowa	Logansport, IN
G	22	Alexa Bailey	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Bedford North Lawrence	Bedford, IN
G/F	23	Shae Brey	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Eau Claire Regis	Altoona, WI
G	24	Kristen Spolyar	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Lebanon	Lebanon, IN
G	30	Sydney Shelton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Mt. Vernon	Greenfield, IN
F	34	Tori Schickel	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Mater Dei	Evansville, IN

Head coach

Kurt Godlevske (Northern Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Damon Bailey (Indiana)
Julie Shelton (Butler)
Natalie Morse (Hanover)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2016* 1:00 PM	Hanover	W 91–39		Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
11/06/2016* 1:00 PM	Southern Indiana	L 56–61		Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM	East Tennessee State	L 59–68	0–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse (544) Indianapolis, IN
11/13/2016* 1:00 PM	Bradley	W 58–56	1–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse (389) Indianapolis, IN
11/16/2016* 11:00 AM	IPFW	W 70–64	2–1	Hinkle Fieldhouse (565) Indianapolis, IN
11/20/2016* 2:00 PM	at Wisconsin	L 55–60	2–2	Kohl Center (3,458) Madison, WI
11/22/2016* 7:00 PM	UCF	L 59–66	2–3	Hinkle Fieldhouse (345) Indianapolis, IN
11/30/2016* 1:00 PM, FSN	at TCU	L 47–73	2–4	Schollmaier Arena (3,769) Fort Worth, TX
12/02/2016* 7:00 PM	South Florida	L 59–74	2–5	Hinkle Fieldhouse (343) Indianapolis, IN
12/04/2016* 1:00 PM	Ball State	L 50–74	2–6	Hinkle Fieldhouse (786) Indianapolis, IN
12/07/2016* 8:00 PM	at Arkansas	L 50–68	2–7	Bud Walton Arena (1,017) Fayetteville, AR
12/11/2016* 2:00 PM	Indiana State	W 66–48	3–7	Hinkle Fieldhouse (466) Indianapolis, IN
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM	at Green Bay	L 34–61	3–8	Kress Events Center (1,967) Green Bay, WI
Big East Conference Play
12/28/2016 5:00 PM, BEDN	at Creighton	L 52–67	3–9 (0–1)	D. J. Sokol Arena (981) Omaha, NE
12/30/2016 12:00 PM, BEDN	at Providence	L 51–68	3–10 (0–2)	Alumni Hall (545) Providence, RI
01/02/2017 12:00 PM, FS1	Seton Hall	W 79–58	4–10 (1–2)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (622) Indianapolis, IN
01/05/2017 7:00 PM, BEDN	St. John's	L 41–62	4–11 (1–3)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (426) Indianapolis, IN
01/08/2017 7:00 PM, BEDN	at Xavier	W 65–62 ^OT	5–11 (2–3)	Cintas Center (923) Cincinnati, OH
01/13/2017 8:00 PM, BEDN	at No. 21 DePaul	L 69–100	5–12 (2–4)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,153) Chicago, IL
01/15/2017 1:00 PM, FS1	at Marquette	L 53–91	5–13 (2–5)	Al McGuire Center (1,415) Milwaukee, WI
01/20/2017 7:00 PM, BEDN	Villanova	L 69–70 ^OT	5–14 (2–6)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (603) Indianapolis, IN
01/22/2017 1:00 PM, BEDN	Georgetown	L 52–58	5–15 (2–7)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (453) Indianapolis, IN
01/27/2017 7:00 PM, BEDN	at St. John's	L 55–62	5–16 (2–8)	Carnesecca Arena (788) Queens, NY
01/29/2017 2:00 PM, BEDN	at Seton Hall	L 63–65	5–17 (2–9)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,467) South Orange, NJ
02/04/2017 1:00 PM, BEDN	at Xavier	L 43–53	5–18 (2–10)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,043) Indianapolis, IN
02/10/2017 7:00 PM, BEDN	Marquette	L 66–72	5–19 (2–11)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (882) Indianapolis, IN
02/12/2017 1:00 PM, BEDN	No. 18 DePaul	L 62–92	5–20 (2–12)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (587) Indianapolis, IN
02/17/2017 7:00 PM, BEDN	at Georgetown	L 72–83	5–21 (2–13)	McDonough Gymnasium (511) Washington, D.C.
02/19/2017 1:00 PM, BEDN	at Villanova	L 58–61 ^OT	5–22 (2–14)	The Pavilion (1,041) Villanova, PA
02/24/2017 7:00 PM, BEDN	Providence	L 58–64	5–23 (2–15)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (486) Indianapolis, IN
02/26/2017 1:00 PM, BEDN	Creighton	L 53–65	5–24 (2–16)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (759) Indianapolis, IN
Big East Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 5:00 PM, BEDN	vs. Xavier First Round	W 68–66	6–24	Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI
03/05/2017 1:00 PM, FS2	vs. Creighton Quarterfinals	L 55–64	6–25	Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern BEDN=Big East Digital Network.

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References

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Butler Bulldogs women's basketball
Venues	Hinkle Fieldhouse (1975–present)
Culture & lore	Dawg Pound Butler Blue
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20

2016–17 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 DePaul*	16	–	2	.889	27	–	8	.771
Creighton	16	–	2	.889	24	–	8	.750
Marquette†	13	–	5	.722	25	–	8	.758
St. John's	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Villanova	11	–	7	.611	20	–	14	.588
Georgetown	9	–	9	.500	17	–	13	.567
Providence	4	–	14	.222	12	–	18	.400
Xavier	4	–	14	.222	12	–	18	.400
Seton Hall	4	–	14	.222	12	–	19	.387
Butler	2	–	16	.111	6	–	25	.194


† 2017 Big East Tournament winner *Tournament #1 seed As of March 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

2016–17 Butler Bulldogs women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

See also

References