2016–17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's Basketball
Year:2016–17
Team:Duke Blue Devils
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:ACC
Coachrank:9
Aprank:9
Record:28–6
Conf Record:13–3
Hc Year:10th
Asst Coach1:Al Brown
Asst Coach2:Rene Haynes
Asst Coach3:Hernando Planells
Bowl:NCAA Women's Tournament
Bowl Result:second round

The 2016–17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie entering her 10th season. The team plays its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 13–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the championship game 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 Hampton in the first round before getting upset by Oregon in the second round.

2016 - 17 media

All Blue Devils games will air on the Blue Devil IMG Sports Network. WDNC will once again act as the main station for the Blue Devils IMG Sports Network games with Steve Barnes providing the play-by-play and Morgan Patrick acting as analyst.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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Schedule

|-!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57;"| ACC Women's Tournament|-!colspan=12 style="background:#001A57;"| NCAA Women's TournamentSource[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-17 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball Schedule. Duke Athletics.