| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | Wyoming Cowgirls |
| Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
| Short Conf: | Mountain West |
| Record: | 22–10 |
| Conf Record: | 13–5 |
| Hc Year: | 14th |
| Asst Coach1: | Gerald Mattinson |
| Asst Coach2: | Bojan Janković |
| Bowl Result: | Second Round |
The 2016–17 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Cowgirls are led by fourteenth year head coach Joe Legerski. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women's tournament to Fresno State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Seattle in the first round before losing in to Washington State in the second round.
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Baker | 32 | 30 | 27.9 | .424 | .318 | .879 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 9.7 | |
| Marleah Campbell | 29 | 0 | 8.6 | .525 | .333 | .846 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 | |
| Bailee Cotton | 32 | 31 | 18.5 | .431 | .000 | .692 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5.9 | |
| Marta Gomez | 32 | 9 | 24.0 | .418 | .396 | .818 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8.8 | |
| Daley Handy | 10 | 0 | 4.3 | .200 | .000 | .000 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
| Selale Kepenc | 14 | 0 | 5.2 | .306 | .385 | .875 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.8 | |
| Riikka Kujala | 24 | 0 | 8.6 | .333 | .333 | .833 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | |
| Hailey Ligocki | 32 | 32 | 27.3 | .417 | .182 | .661 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 7.3 | |
| Tijana Raca | 10 | 0 | 4.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Liv Roberts | 25 | 25 | 32.6 | .496 | .410 | .814 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 15.6 | |
| Taylor Rusk | 32 | 1 | 21.2 | .487 | .446 | .593 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 6.3 | |
| Skyler Snodgrass | 13 | 0 | 5.2 | .292 | .235 | .250 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | |
| Clara Tapia | 32 | 32 | 30.2 | .400 | .365 | .680 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 6.2 | |
| Rachelle Tucker | 19 | 0 | 8.9 | .600 | .000 | .667 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.8 |
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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 |
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| AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A | |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
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| (RV) | Received Votes |