2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
Record29–6 (15–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Morgan Valley
  • Todd Schaefer
  • Jasmine Lister
Home arenaAlaska Airlines Arena
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Oregon State 16 2   .889 31 5   .861
No. 6 Stanford 15 3   .833 32 6   .842
No. 12 Washington 15 3   .833 29 6   .829
No. 15 UCLA 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
Arizona State 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Oregon 8 10   .444 23 14   .622
California 6 12   .333 20 14   .588
Washington State 6 12   .333 16 20   .444
Colorado 5 13   .278 17 16   .515
Utah 5 13   .278 16 15   .516
USC 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
Arizona 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
2017 Pac-12 tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team represented University of Washington during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Mike Neighbors, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. In the final regular season game for the Huskies on February 25, 2017, Kelsey Plum scored a Pac-12 record 57 points in an 84–77 win over Utah to set NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring record. They finished the season 29–6, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They were upset by the 10 seed Oregon in the quarterfinals of Pac-12 women's tournament. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Montana State and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before losing to Mississippi State in the sweet sixteen. With 29 wins in the regular season, the most wins in school history.

On April 3, Mike Neighbors resigned from Washington to accept the head coaching job at Arkansas. He finished with a four-year record of 98–41.