2016–17 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team

2016–17 SMU Mustangs women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record19–15 (7–9 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Brandt
  • Edwina Brown
  • Amie Smith Bradley
Home arenaMoody Coliseum
2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn 16 0   1.000 36 1   .973
Temple 13 3   .813 24 8   .750
South Florida 11 5   .688 24 9   .727
UCF 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
SMU 7 9   .438 19 15   .559
Tulane 7 9   .438 18 15   .545
Cincinnati 7 9   .438 16 14   .533
Memphis 7 9   .438 14 16   .467
Tulsa 5 11   .313 10 21   .323
Houston 4 12   .250 12 19   .387
East Carolina 2 14   .125 11 19   .367
2017 The American Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 SMU Mustangs women's basketball team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mustangs, led by first year head coach Travis Mays, played their home games at Moody Coliseum and were fourth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 7–9 in AAC play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament where they lost to South Florida. They received a bid to the Women's National Invitational Tournament where they defeated Louisiana Tech and Abilene Christian in the first and second rounds before losing to Indiana in the third round.