2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

2016–17 SEC Women's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Teams14
TV partner(s)ESPN2, SEC Network, FSN
WNBA Draft
Top draft pickAlaina Coates (South Carolina)
Picked byChicago Sky
Regular season
Season championsSouth Carolina
  Runners-upMississippi State
Season MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Tournament
VenueBon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
ChampionsSouth Carolina
  Runners-upMississippi State
Finals MVPA'ja Wilson
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 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2017 and concluded in March with the 2017 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. The South Carolina Gamecocks were both regular season and tournament champions, with the Mississippi State Bulldogs as runner-up. Both teams received bids to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament and advanced to face each other in the championship, where South Carolina claimed their first-ever national title.