2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's Basketball
Year:	2016–17
Team:	Syracuse Orange
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Aprank:	21
Coachrank:	22
Record:	22 - 11
Conf Record:	11 - 5
Hc Year:	10th
Asst Coach1:	Vonn Read
Asst Coach3:	Cedric Solice
Bowl Result:	second round

The 2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Orange, led by tenth year head coach Quentin Hillsman. The Orange were fourth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Carrier Dome. They finished the season 22–11, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals round of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Duke. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Iowa State in the first round before losing to last year's National Championship rematch to Connecticut in the second round.

Schedule

^[1] |-!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"|Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| NCAA Women's Tournament

Rankings

See main article: 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	14	14	11т	20	20	21	19	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	20	21	20	21	21	21	N/A
Coaches	13	14	18	21	19	18	16	21	25	24	24	24	21	19	21	21	20	21	21	22

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		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2016–17 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Syracuse University Athletics. cuse.com.