2016–17 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

2016–17 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record22–10 (13–5 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium
2016–17 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Colorado State 15 3   .833 25 9   .735
Wyoming 13 5   .722 22 10   .688
Boise State 12 6   .667 25 8   .758
UNLV 12 6   .667 22 11   .667
New Mexico 10 8   .556 15 15   .500
Utah State 9 9   .500 17 14   .548
Fresno State 8 10   .444 18 15   .545
San Jose State 7 11   .389 11 21   .344
San Diego State 6 12   .333 11 19   .367
Nevada 5 13   .278 11 19   .367
Air Force 2 16   .111 4 25   .138
2017 MW Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Cowgirls are led by fourteenth year head coach Joe Legerski. The Cowgirls played their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women's tournament to Fresno State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Seattle in the first round before losing in to Washington State in the second round.