2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2017 Big 12 Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll [1]

Texas Longhorns women's basketball
2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
2016–17 record	25–9 (15–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Karen Aston (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Jamie Carey; George Washington; Tina Thompson;
Home arena	Frank Erwin Center

The 2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's fifth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and play their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 25–9, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to West Virginia. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Central Arkansas and NC State in the first and second rounds before losing to Stanford in the sweet sixteen.

Roster

2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Alecia Sutton	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Parkway North	St. Louis, MO
F	5	Jordan Hosey	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Manvel	Pearland, TX
G	10	Lashann Higgs	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Cedar Ridge	Round Rock, TX
G	11	Brooke McCarty	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Jr	Clear Springs	League City, TX
G/F	12	Jada Underwood	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Horn	Mesquite, TX
F	14	Christina Aborowa	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Neumann-Goretti	Ondo, Nigeria
G	20	Brianna Taylor	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Spring Dekaney	Houston, TX
G	22	Tasia Forman	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	Jr	Duncanville	Duncanville, TX
G	23	Ariel Atkins	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Duncanville	Duncanville, TX
G/F	24	Joyner Holmes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Cedar Hill	Cedar Hill, TX
F	30	Khaléann Caron-Goudreau	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS So	IMG Academy Vanderbilt	Gatineau, QE
F	31	Audrey-Ann Caron-Goudreau	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	IMG Academy Gulf Coast State College	Gatineau, QE
C	40	Kelsey Lang	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Sr	The Woodlands	The Woodlands, TX
F/C		Jatarie White (I)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Providence Day South Carolina	Charlotte, NC

Head coach

Karen Aston (Little Rock)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	8	8	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	16	12	12	12	11	8	6	12	14	14	N/A
Coaches	6т	10	14	15	17	17	17	16	17	17	14	13	13	10	8	10	14	15	15	14

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

2016–17 media

Television & Radio information

Most University of Texas home games will be shown on the Longhorn Network, and select games will be available through FSN affiliates. Women's basketball games will also be carried on the radio via KVET.

Schedule

[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 2:00 PM, LHN	No. 8	Tarleton State	W 93–43		Gregory Gymnasium (1,258) Austin, TX
Regular season
11/14/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 8	at No. 11 Stanford College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon	L 59–71	0–1	Maples Pavilion (2,447) Stanford, CA
11/16/2016* 11:00 AM, LHN	No. 8	Houston Baptist	W 98–46	1–1	Frank Erwin Center (6,378) Austin, TX
11/20/2016* 5:00 PM, SECN	No. 8	at No. 10 Mississippi State	L 68–79	1–2	Humphrey Coliseum (7,764) Starkville, MS
11/23/2016* 7:00 PM, LHN	No. 14	Northwestern State	W 86–39	2–2	Frank Erwin Center (2,756) Austin, TX
12/01/2016* 6:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 14	No. 3 South Carolina Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	L 67–76	2–3	Frank Erwin Center (3,330) Austin, TX
12/04/2016* 3:00 PM, ESPN	No. 14	vs. No. 2 Connecticut Jimmy V Classic	L 54–72	2–4	Mohegan Sun Arena (9,014) Uncasville, CT
12/11/2016* 3:30 PM, FS1	No. 17	Tennessee	W 72–67	3–4	Frank Erwin Center (4,386) Austin, TX
12/15/2016* 7:00 PM, LHN	No. 16	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 85–61	4–4	Frank Erwin Center (2,496) Austin, TX
12/17/2016* 5:00 PM, LHN	No. 16	UTSA	W 85–61	5–4	Frank Erwin Center (2,962) Austin, TX
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM, LHN	No. 16	New Orleans	W 80–48	6–4	Frank Erwin Center (2,567) Austin, TX
12/29/2016 7:00 PM, LHN	No. 16	Texas Tech	W 67–47	7–4 (1–0)	Frank Erwin Center (4,093) Austin, TX
01/01/2017 12:00 PM, FSN	No. 16	at Iowa State	W 75–68	8–4 (2–0)	Hilton Coliseum (7,915) Ames, IA
01/04/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 15	at Kansas	W 66–54	9–4 (3–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (1,817) Lawrence, KS
01/07/2017 6:00 PM, LHN	No. 15	TCU	W 83–54	10–4 (4–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,864) Austin, TX
01/10/2017 7:00 PM, LHN	No. 16	Oklahoma State	W 66–35	11–4 (5–0)	Frank Erwin Center (2,624) Austin, TX
01/14/2017 3:00 PM	No. 16	at No. 18 West Virginia	W 73–63	12–4 (6–0)	WVU Coliseum (4,118) Morgantown, WV
01/17/2017 6:00 PM, FS1	No. 12	No. 20 Oklahoma	W 86–68	13–4 (7–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,259) Austin, TX
01/21/2017 6:00 PM	No. 12	at Texas Tech	W 77–57	14–4 (8–0)	United Supermarkets Arena (5,236) Lubbock, TX
01/25/2017 8:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 12	at TCU	W 77–69	15–4 (9–0)	Schollmaier Arena (2,230) Fort Worth, TX
01/29/2017 3:00 PM, FS1	No. 12	No. 22 West Virginia	W 69–54	16–4 (10–0)	Frank Erwin Center (4,123) Austin, TX
02/01/2017 7:00 PM, FSOK	No. 12	at Oklahoma State	W 85–71	17–4 (11–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,846) Stillwater, OK
02/04/2017 7:00 PM, LHN	No. 12	Kansas State	W 63–58	18–4 (12–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,781) Austin, TX
02/06/2017 7:00 PM, FS1	No. 10	at No. 2 Baylor	W 85–79	19–4 (13–0)	Ferrell Center (7,054) Waco, TX
02/11/2017 1:30 PM, LHN	No. 10	Kansas	W 75–42	20–4 (14–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,974) Austin, TX
02/13/2017* 6:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 8	at No. 4 Florida State	W 92–88 ^2OT	21–4	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,621) Tallahassee, FL
02/18/2017 1:00 PM, FSN	No. 8	at No. 19 Oklahoma	L 73–74	21–5 (14–1)	Lloyd Noble Center (6,038) Norman, OK
02/20/2017 8:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 6	No. 4 Baylor	L 67–70	21–6 (14–2)	Frank Erwin Center (7,103) Austin, TX
02/24/2017 7:30 PM, LHN	No. 6	Iowa State	L 66–70	21–7 (14–3)	Frank Erwin Center (4,555) Austin, TX
02/27/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 12	at No. 24 Kansas State	W 69–61	22–7 (15–3)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,541) Manhattan, KS
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 6:00 PM, FSN	(2) No. 12	vs. (7) Oklahoma State Quarterfinals	W 71–60	23–7	Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2017 4:00 PM, FS1	(2) No. 12	vs. (6) West Virginia Semifinals	L 59–62	23–8	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,475) Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017* 1:30 PM, ESPN2	(3 L) No. 14	(14 L) Central Arkansas First Round	W 78–50	24–8	Frank Erwin Center (2,908) Austin, TX
03/19/2017* 1:30 PM, ESPN2	(3 L) No. 14	(6 L) No. 14 NC State Second Round	W 84–80	25–8	Frank Erwin Center (3,476) Austin, TX
03/24/2017* 8:00 PM, ESPN	(3 L) No. 14	vs. (2 L) No. 15 Stanford Sweet Sixteen	L 66–77	25–9	Rupp Arena (3,163) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Central Time.

References

"2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
http://www.texassports.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

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[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[2] ttp://www.texassports.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball

Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Arena	Gregory Gymnasium (1972–1977) Frank Erwin Center (1977–2022) Moody Center (2022–future)
Players	WNBA draftees
Head coaches	Rod Page (1974–1976) Jody Conradt (1976–2007) Gail Goestenkors (2007–2012) Karen Aston (2012–2020) Vic Schaefer (2020-present)
Culture & lore	Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight"
Seasons	1974–75 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Baylor	17	–	1	.944	33	–	4	.892
No. 14 Texas	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
No. 23 Oklahoma	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
No. 24 Kansas State	11	–	7	.611	23	–	11	.676
Iowa State	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
No. 22 West Virginia †	8	–	10	.444	24	–	11	.686
Oklahoma State	6	–	12	.333	17	–	15	.531
Texas Tech	5	–	13	.278	14	–	17	.452
TCU	4	–	14	.222	12	–	18	.400
Kansas	2	–	16	.111	8	–	22	.267

† 2017 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll [1]

2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

Roster

Rankings

2016–17 media

Television & Radio information

Schedule

See also

References