2016–17 Smu Mustangs Women's Basketball Team
The 2016–17 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.
The Mustangs, led by first year head coach Travis Mays, played their home games at Moody Coliseum and were fourth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 7–9 in AAC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament where they lost to South Florida. They received a bid to the Women's National Invitational Tournament where they defeated Louisiana Tech and Abilene Christian in the first and second rounds before losing to Indiana in the third round.
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| Conference | American Athletic Conference |
| Record | 19–15 (7–9 The American) |
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| Home arena | Moody Coliseum |
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| No. 1 UConn † | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 36 | – | 1 | .973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2017 The American Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Media
All Pony Express games will air on KAAM. Before conference season home games will be streamed on Pony Up TV. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Pony Up TV. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| 11/11/2016* 11:30 am | Texas State | W 64–56 | 1–0 | Moody Coliseum (2,617) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Kansas | W 75–63 | 2–0 | Allen Fieldhouse (1,714) Lawrence, KS | |||||||
| 11/19/2016* 2:00 pm | at TCU | L 67–76 | 2–1 | Schollmaier Arena (1,841) Fort Worth, TX | |||||||
| 11/22/2016* 5:30 pm | Prairie View A&M | W 61–54 | 3–1 | Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 11/25/2016* 6:00 pm | vs. Boston College Omni Hotels Classic semifinals | W 71–62 | 4–1 | Coors Events Center (1,483) Boulder, CO | |||||||
| 11/26/2016* 8:30 pm | at Colorado Omni Hotels Classic championship | L 50–67 | 4–2 | Coors Events Center (1,495) Boulder, CO | |||||||
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | North Texas | W 65–51 | 5–2 | Moody Coliseum (833) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 12/03/2016* 3:00 pm | at New Mexico | L 49–64 | 5–3 | The Pit (4,336) Albuquerque, NM | |||||||
| 12/05/2016* 7:00 pm | Texas A&M | W 54–53 | 6–3 | Moody Coliseum (948) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 12/16/2016* 10:00 pm | vs. No. 5 Mississippi State Women of Troy Classic semifinals | L 42–91 | 6–4 | Galen Center (717) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| 12/18/2016* 1:00 pm | vs. Grambling State Women of Troy Classic 3rd place game | W 56–36 | 7–4 | Galen Center (711) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
| 12/19/2016* 4:00 pm | Texas Southern | W 61–36 | 8–4 | Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 12/21/2016* 1:00 pm | Seattle | W 77–43 | 9–4 | Moody Coliseum (743) Dallas, TX | |||||||
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| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm, ADN | Cincinnati | W 64–47 | 10–4 (1–0) | Moody Coliseum (676) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 01/07/2017 7:00 pm, ADN | East Carolina | L 57–58 | 10–5 (1–1) | Moody Coliseum (859) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 01/11/2017 4:00 pm, ADN | Tulane | L 59–71 | 11–5 (1–2) | Moody Coliseum (758) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | No. 1 Connecticut | L 48–88 | 11–6 (1–3) | Moody Coliseum (3,878) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 01/17/2017 6:00 pm, ADN | at Cincinnati | L 65–67 | 11–7 (1–4) | Fifth Third Arena (523) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
| 01/21/2017 2:00 pm, ADN | at Houston | W 66–45 | 11–8 (2–4) | Hofheinz Pavilion (957) Houston, TX | |||||||
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm | No. 23 South Florida | L 51–52 | 11–9 (2–5) | Moody Coliseum (831) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 01/28/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Tulsa | L 59–66 | 11–10 (2–6) | Reynolds Center (864) Tulsa, OK | |||||||
| 01/31/2017 7:00 pm, ADN | Memphis | W 53–44 | 12–10 (3–6) | Moody Coliseum (767) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 02/04/2017 2:00 pm, ADN | UCF | W 63–58 | 13–10 (4–6) | Moody Coliseum (1,011) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 02/11/2017 1:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 41–83 | 13–11 (4–7) | Gampel Pavilion (10,012) Storrs, CT | |||||||
| 02/15/2017 6:00 pm | at Temple | L 52–66 | 13–12 (4–8) | McGonigle Hall (917) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm | Tulsa | W 62–41 | 14–12 (5–8) | Moody Coliseum (1,472) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm | at Memphis | W 60–39 | 15–12 (6–8) | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (873) Memphis, TN | |||||||
| 02/25/2017 1:00 pm | at UCF | L 37–63 | 15–13 (6–9) | CFE Arena (2,348) Orlando, FL | |||||||
| 02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ADN | Houston | W 74–45 | 16–13 (7–9) | Moody Coliseum (1,205) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (6) | vs. (11) East Carolina First Round | W 60–54 | 17–13 | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT | ||||||
| 03/04/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | (6) | vs. (3) South Florida Quarterfinals | L 55–62 | 17–14 | Mohegan Sun Arena (4,559) Uncasville, CT | ||||||
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| 03/17/2017* 7:00 pm | Louisiana Tech First Round | W 75–70 OT | 18–14 | Moody Coliseum (847) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 03/20/2017* 7:00 pm | Abilene Christian Second Round | W 59–52 | 19–14 | Moody Coliseum (1,210) Dallas, TX | |||||||
| 03/23/2017* 6:00 pm | at Indiana Third Round | L 44–64 | 19–15 | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,003) Bloomington, IN | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
See also
References
External links
- SMU Mustangs women's basketball official website Archived 2014-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
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