2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Savannah Invitational Champions
Big 12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 22
Record24–11 (8–10 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWVU Coliseum
2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Baylor 17 1   .944 33 4   .892
No. 14 Texas 15 3   .833 25 9   .735
No. 23 Oklahoma 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
No. 24 Kansas State 11 7   .611 23 11   .676
Iowa State 9 9   .500 18 13   .581
No. 22 West Virginia 8 10   .444 24 11   .686
Oklahoma State 6 12   .333 17 15   .531
Texas Tech 5 13   .278 14 17   .452
TCU 4 14   .222 12 18   .400
Kansas 2 16   .111 8 22   .267
2017 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by sixteenth year head coach Mike Carey and played their home games at WVU Coliseum and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The team finished sixth in the regular season but won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament. They finished with a record of 24–11, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Maryland in the second round.