2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Kentucky Classic champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 18
Record22–11 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum
Rupp Arena
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 South Carolina 14 2   .875 33 4   .892
No. 7 Mississippi State 13 3   .813 34 5   .872
No. 18 Kentucky 11 5   .688 22 11   .667
No. 25 Missouri 11 5   .688 21 11   .656
Tennessee 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
Texas A&M 9 7   .563 22 12   .647
LSU 8 8   .500 20 12   .625
Auburn 7 9   .438 17 15   .531
Georgia 7 9   .438 16 15   .516
Ole Miss 6 10   .375 17 14   .548
Alabama 5 11   .313 22 14   .611
Florida 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Vanderbilt 4 12   .250 14 16   .467
Arkansas 2 14   .125 13 17   .433
2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Kentucky during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by tenth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, played their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with one game at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Ohio State in the second round.