2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

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.

2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 13
2016–17 record298 (124 ACC)
Head coachJeff Walz (10th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Stephanie Norman
  • Samantha Williams
  • Sam Purcell
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame151 .938  334  .892
No. 9 Duke133 .813  286  .824
No. 10 Florida State133 .813  287  .800
No. 13 Louisville124 .750  298  .784
No. 17 NC State124 .750  239  .719
No. 21 Syracuse115 .688  2211  .667
No. 16 Miami (FL)106 .625  249  .727
Virginia79 .438  2013  .606
Wake Forest610 .375  1616  .500
Georgia Tech511 .313  2214  .611
Virginia Tech412 .250  2014  .588
Pittsburgh412 .250  1317  .433
Clemson313 .188  1516  .484
North Carolina313 .188  1516  .484
Boston College214 .125  921  .300
2017 ACC Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Briahanna Jackson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS SrIMG Academy/Freedom
UCF
Tampa, Florida
F 2 Myisha Hines-Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) JrMontclair Montclair, New Jersey
F 3 Sam Fuehring 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) JrImmaculate Conception Wanaque, New Jersey
F 4 Mariya Moore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrSalesian Hercules, California
G 10 Sydney Zambrotta 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrChrist the King North Babylon, New York
G 11 Arica Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrLloyd C. Bird Long Beach, California
F 13 Cortnee Walton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SrSt. Mary's Surprise, Arizona
G 15 Taylor Johnson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS SrLincoln-Way East
Loyola-Chicago
Frankfort, Illinois
F 21 Kylee Shook 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrMesa Ridge Colorado Springs, Colorado
G 22 Brianna Jones 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoNorth Babylon North Babylon, New York
G 23 Jazmine Jones 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) FrFlorida A&M Developmental Tallahassee, Florida
G 24 Jessica Laemmle 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) FrMercy Academy Louisville, Kentucky
G 25 Asia Durr 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoSt. Pius X Catholic Douglasville, Georgia
F 33 Bionca Dunham 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrImhotep Institute Charter Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C 40 Ciera Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrDucanville Duncanville, Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

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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
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
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma City Region.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[2]

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Final
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
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
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