2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 13
Record29–8 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
Seasons
2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
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


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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2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Briahanna Jackson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Sr IMG Academy/Freedom
UCF
Tampa, Florida
F 2 Myisha Hines-Allen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Montclair Montclair, New Jersey
F 3 Sam Fuehring 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Immaculate Conception Wanaque, New Jersey
F 4 Mariya Moore 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Salesian Hercules, California
G 10 Sydney Zambrotta 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Christ the King North Babylon, New York
G 11 Arica Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Lloyd C. Bird Long Beach, California
F 13 Cortnee Walton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr St. Mary's Surprise, Arizona
G 15 Taylor Johnson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Sr Lincoln-Way East
Loyola-Chicago
Frankfort, Illinois
F 21 Kylee Shook 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Mesa Ridge Colorado Springs, Colorado
G 22 Brianna Jones 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So North Babylon North Babylon, New York
G 23 Jazmine Jones 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Florida A&M Developmental Tallahassee, Florida
G 24 Jessica Laemmle 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Fr Mercy Academy Louisville, Kentucky
G 25 Asia Durr 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So St. Pius X Catholic Douglasville, Georgia
F 33 Bionca Dunham 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Imhotep Institute Charter Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C 40 Ciera Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Ducanville Duncanville, Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

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Media

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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

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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

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2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster".
  2. ^ "2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals.