2016–17 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's basketball
Year:	2016–17
Team:	Princeton Tigers
Conference:	Ivy League
Short Conf:	Ivy
Record:	16–14
Conf Record:	9–5
Hc Year:	10th
Asst Coach1:	Milena Flores
Ac1 Year:	10th
Asst Coach2:	Chessie Jackson
Ac2 Year:	2nd
Ac3 Year:	1st
Bowl:	WNIT
Bowl Result:	First Round

The 2016–17 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by tenth year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League. The team was picked by the Ivy League in the pre-season to finish second in the conference.^[1] The team finished the season with a 16–14 overall, 9–5 Ivy record and appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Villanova in the first round.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2015–16 season with a 23–6 overall record and 12–2 in the Ivy League. Their only two conference losses came against Pennsylvania, who won the season-ending championship game.^[2] The Tigers were an at-large selection to the NCAA tournament, notably becoming the first-ever Ivy League team to earn an at-large bid in either the men's or women's NCAA Tournament.^[3] However, they lost in the first round to West Virginia.^[4]

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League instituted conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments only awarded the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results.^[5] The Ivy League playoff took place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There were two semifinal games on the first day with No. 1 seed Penn playing No. 4 seed Cornell and No. 2 seed Princeton playing No. 3 seed Harvard. The final, ultimately between Penn and Princeton, was played the next day for the NCAA bid.^[6]

Roster

2016-17 Ivy Awards and Recognition
Bella Alarie – Rookie of the Year; First Team All-Ivy Leslie Robinson – Second Team All-Ivy

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Schedule

|-!colspan=8 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6F00;"| Regular season|-!colspan=8 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6F00;"| Ivy League regular season|-!colspan=8 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6F00;"| Ivy League Tournament|-!colspan=8 style="background:#000000;"| Women's National Invitation tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Penn Unanimously Selected to Repeat in Women's Basketball Preseason Poll . October 26, 2016 . ivyleaguesports.com . October 30, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161030205712/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/Penn_Unanimously_Selected_to_Repeat_in_Women-s_Basketball_Preseason_Poll . 2016-10-30 . dead .
2. http://m.goprincetontigers.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210784284&db_oem_id=10600 Penn Escapes by Women's Basketball, 62–60, Wins Ivy League Title
3. Web site: Creme: Women's committee got bracket right . Charlie . Creme . . March 14, 2016 . June 2, 2016.
4. http://m.goprincetontigers.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210814302&db_oem_id=10600 Princeton Falls To West Virginia In NCAA Tournament 74–65
5. The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017 . Ivy League . March 10, 2016 . June 3, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160311041901/http://ivyleaguesports.com/information/general_releases/2015-16/releases/The_Ivy_League_Adds_Mens-Womens_Basketball_Tournaments_Beginning_in_2017 . March 11, 2016 .
6. http://www.goprincetontigers.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=4232&ATCLID=211015887&DB_OEM_ID=10600 Women's Basketball Releases 2016–17 Schedule
7. Web site: Women's Basketball Postseason Awards, All-Ivy Announced . Ivyleague.com . 2023-03-10.