2016–17 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team

2016–17 Harvard Crimson women's basketball
Fordham Holiday Classic Champions
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceIvy League
Record21–9 (8–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Roux
  • Amanda Leahy
  • Jasmine Sborov
Home arenaLavietes Pavilion
2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Penn 13 1   .929 22 7   .759
Princeton 9 5   .643 16 13   .552
Harvard 8 6   .571 21 9   .700
Cornell 7 7   .500 16 11   .593
Brown 7 7   .500 16 12   .571
Yale 6 8   .429 15 12   .556
Columbia 3 11   .214 13 14   .481
Dartmouth 3 11   .214 8 19   .296
2017 Ivy League Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crimson, led by the head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith who was head coach for thirty five years, play their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 21–9, 8–6 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. They had lost in the semifinal of the Ivy women's tournament to Princeton. They were invited to the WNIT where they defeated New Hampshire in the first round by scoring more points than they got, before losing to St. John's in the second round by getting less points than they got.