2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Orange, led by tenth year head coach Quentin Hillsman. The Orange were fourth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and play their home games at the Carrier Dome. They finished the season 22–11, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals round of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Duke. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Iowa State in the first round before losing to last year's National Championship rematch to Connecticut in the second round.

2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 21
Record	22–11 (11–5 ACC)
Head coach	Quentin Hillsman (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Vonn Read Tammi Reiss Cedric Solice
Home arena	Carrier Dome

2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame†	15	–	1		.938			33	–	4		.892
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
No. 10 Florida State	13	–	3		.813			28	–	7		.800
No. 13 Louisville	12	–	4		.750			29	–	8		.784
No. 17 NC State	12	–	4		.750			23	–	9		.719
No. 21 Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			22	–	11		.667
No. 16 Miami (FL)	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
Virginia	7	–	9		.438			20	–	13		.606
Wake Forest	6	–	10		.375			16	–	16		.500
Georgia Tech	5	–	11		.313			22	–	14		.611
Virginia Tech	4	–	12		.250			20	–	14		.588
Pittsburgh	4	–	12		.250			13	–	17		.433
Clemson	3	–	13		.188			15	–	16		.484
North Carolina	3	–	13		.188			15	–	16		.484
Boston College	2	–	14		.125			9	–	21		.300
† 2017 ACC tournament winner As of March 29, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Alexis Peterson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Northland Columbus, OH G 2 Chelayne Bailey 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Pickering Pickering, ON F 3 Julia Chandler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Northern Secondary Toronto, ON G 5 Jade Phillips 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Southeast Raleigh Raleigh, NC F 10 Isabella Slim 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr CTO Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands G 11 Gabrielle Cooper 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Morgan Park Lansing, IL G 20 Brittney Sykes 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr University Newark, NJ G 21 Danielle Elmore 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Capital Prep Hartford, CT G 22 Caroline Rowe 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Holy Child Gaithersburg, MD G 24 Brandi Fowler 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Corcoran Syracuse, NY F 32 Miranda Drummond (I)  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Harpursville St. Bonaventure Binghamton, NY G 33 Davida Dale 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr St. Andrew's Providence, RI G 34 Abby Grant 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So St. Francis Suwanee, GA G 44 Jasmine Nwajei (I)  5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Murry Bergtraum Wagner Rockaway Park, NJ C 50 Briana Day 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Millbrook Raleigh, NC F 55 Bria Day 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Millbrook Raleigh, NC	Head coach Quentin Hillsman (St. Mary's (MD)) Assistant coach(es) Vonn Read (Clark Atlanta) Adeniyi Amadou (Indiana (PA)) Tammi Reiss (Virginia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 3:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 14	Rhode Island	W 95–49	1–0	Carrier Dome (1,230) Syracuse, NY
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 14	Siena	W 102–65	2–0	Carrier Dome (727) Syracuse, NY
11/18/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 14	at Stony Brook	W 78–60	3–0	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,103) Stony Brook, NY
11/21/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 11	at Drexel	L 61–62	3–1	Daskalakis Athletic Center (762) Philadelphia, PA
11/25/2016* 7:30 pm	No. 11	vs. George Washington Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	W 64–61	4–1	Germain Arena  Estero, FL
11/26/2016* 7:30 pm	No. 11	vs. No. 8 Ohio State Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals	L 72–77	4–2	Germain Arena  Estero, FL
11/27/2016* 5:00 pm	No. 11	vs. No. 18 DePaul Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd place game	L 84–108	4–3	Germain Arena  Estero, FL
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 20	Michigan State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 75–64	5–3	Carrier Dome (768) Syracuse, NY
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 20	Central Connecticut	W 95–63	6–3	Carrier Dome (935) Syracuse, NY
12/07/2016* 11:00 am, ACCN Extra	No. 20	Coppin State	W 76–30	7–3	Carrier Dome (3,932) Syracuse, NY
12/10/2016* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 20	Niagara	W 109–60	8–3	Carrier Dome (1,072) Syracuse, NY
12/20/2016* 3:15 pm	No. 19	vs. Old Dominion Florida Sunshine Classic	W 92–66	9–3	Worden Arena (335) Winter Haven, FL
12/21/2016* 3:15 pm	No. 19	vs. Texas A&M Florida Sunshine Classic	L 84–105	9–4	Worden Arena (418) Winter Haven, FL
ACC regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 25	at No. 8 Louisville	L 76–91	9–5 (0–1)	KFC Yum! Center (8,586) Louisville, KY
01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Virginia	W 54–49	10–5 (1–1)	Carrier Dome (938) Syracuse, NY
01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Clemson	W 88–62	11–5 (2–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum (233) Clemson, SC
01/08/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		Boston College	W 79–52	12–5 (3–1)	Carrier Dome (1,614) Syracuse, NY
01/12/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		No. 23 NC State	W 85–75	13–5 (3–2)	Carrier Dome (872) Syracuse, NY
01/15/2017 7:00 pm, RSN		at Georgia Tech	L 66–75	13–6 (4–2)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,152) Atlanta, GA
01/19/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at No. 7 Florida State	L 58–77	13–7 (4–3)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (3,716) Tallahassee, FL
01/22/2017 2:30 pm, RSN		No. 14 Miami (FL)	W 81–48	14–7 (5–3)	Carrier Dome (1,900) Syracuse, NY
01/29/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at No. 19 Virginia Tech	W 82–72	15–7 (6–3)	Cassell Coliseum (2,033) Blacksburg, VA
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 24	Pittsburgh	W 93–65	16–7 (7–3)	Carrier Dome (942) Syracuse, NY
02/05/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 24	at Boston College	W 72–45	17–7 (8–3)	Conte Forum (947) Chestnut Hill, MA
02/10/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 20	at No. 14 Duke	L 55–72	17–8 (8–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,809) Durham, NC
02/12/2017 3:00 pm, RSN	No. 20	North Carolina	W 95–64	18–8 (9–4)	Carrier Dome (1,595) Syracuse, NY
02/19/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 21	No. 7 Notre Dame	L 80–85	18–9 (9–5)	Carrier Dome (11,021) Syracuse, NY
02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 20	Wake Forest	W 85–64	19–9 (10–5)	Carrier Dome (1,852) Syracuse, NY
02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 20	at Pittsburgh	W 73–57	20–9 (11–5)	Petersen Events Center (4,212) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Women's Tournament
03/02/2017 8:00 pm, RSN	(6) No. 21	vs. (14) North Carolina Second Round	W 83–64	21–9	HTC Center (3,145) Conway, SC
03/03/2017 8:00 pm, RSN	(6) No. 21	vs. (3) No. 13 Duke Quarterfinals	L 46–68	21–10	HTC Center (3,600) Conway, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(8 B) No. 21	vs. (9 B) Iowa State First Round	W 85–65	22–10	Gampel Pavilion (5,670) Storrs, CT
03/20/2017* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	(8 B) No. 21	at (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut Second Round	L 64–94	22–11	Gampel Pavilion (8,274) Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	14	14	11т	20	20	21	19	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	20	21	20	21	21	21	N/A
Coaches	13	14	18	21	19	18	16	21	25	24	24	24	21	19	21	21	20	21	21	22

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2016–17 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team