2016–17 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team

2016–17 LSU Lady Tigers basketball
NCAA Women's tournament, first round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record20–12 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center
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 LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season college basketball season. The Lady Tigers, led by sixth year head coach Nikki Fargas, played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 8–8 in SEC play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Ole Miss in the second round advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Mississippi State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to California in the first round.