2016–17 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's Basketball
Year:	2016–17
Team:	Marquette Golden Eagles
Conference:	Big East
Short Conf:	Big East
Coachrank:	25
Record:	25–8
Conf Record:	13–5
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach2:	Scott Merritt
Asst Coach3:	Vernette Skeete
Champion:	Big East tournament Champions
Bowl:	NCAA Women's Tournament
Bowl Result:	first round

The 2016–17 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by third year head coach Carolyn Kieger, played their home games at the Al McGuire Center and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 25–8, 13–5 in Big East play to finish in third place. They won the Big East tournament title for the first time in school history and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they received a No. 5 seed in the Stockton Region. They were upset by No. 12 seed Quinnipiac in the first round.

Schedule

^[1] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#00386D; color:#FDBB30;"|Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00386D; color:#FDBB30;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00386D; color:#FDBB30;"| Big East regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00386D; color:#FDBB30;"| Big East Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#00386D; color:#FDBB30;"| NCAA Women's Tournament

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	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	RV	N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	RV

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

See also

2016–17 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marquette Women's Basketball Official Schedule - Marquette Golden Eagles Official Athletic Site . 2016-11-06 . 2014-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129123917/http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/marq-w-baskbl-sched.html . dead .