2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2016–17 record	0–0 (0–0 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Neighbors (4th year)
Assistant coach	Fred Castro
Assistant coach	Morgan Valley
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Arizona	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Arizona State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
California	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Colorado	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Oregon	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Oregon State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Stanford	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
UCLA	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
USC	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Utah	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Washington	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Washington State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2017 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team will represent University of Washington during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Mike Neighbors, play their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and are a members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Previous season

The Huskies 26–11, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost Oregon State. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Penn and Maryland in the first and second rounds, Kentucky in the sweet sixteen and Pac-12 member Stanford in the elite eight to reach the final four for the first time school history. They lost to Syracuse in the final four.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Talia Walton	3	F	6'2"	RS Senior	Federal Way, WA	Graduated
Mathilde Gilling	11	F/C	6'3"	Senior	Rungsted Kyst, Denmark	Graduated
Heather Corral	14	F	6'3"	RS Junior	Vancouver, WA	Retired from basketball due to knee and shoulder injuries
Alexus Atchley	33	G	5'11"	Senior	Yorba Linda, CA	Graduated

2016 Recruiting Class

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Aarion McDonald PG	Tracy, CA	Brookside Christian High School	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 96
Gigi Garcia P	Sacramento, CA	C. K. McClatchy High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 90
Mai-Loni Henson W	Temecula, CA	La Jolla Country Day School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 90
Amber Melgoza G	Santa Barbara, CA	Santa Barbara High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 89
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2017 Recruiting Class

2017 recruits
Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kierra Collier G	Kansas City, MO	Truman High School	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A
	Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town F/C 0 Osahor, ChantelChantel Osahor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Saint Mary's Phoenix, AZ F 1 Johnson, HannahHannah Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Bishop Alemany Los Angeles, CA G 10 Plum, KelseyKelsey Plum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr La Jolla Country Day Poway, CA F/C 13 Collier, KatieKatie Collier 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Seattle Christian Covington, WA G/F 15 Lark, KhaliaKhalia Lark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mater Dei Irvine, CA G 20 Kingma, KelliKelli Kingma 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Henry M. Jackson Mill Creek, WA G 21 Ruiz, BriannaBrianna Ruiz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Del Oro Sacramento, CA C 34 Strother, DejaDeja Strother 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Inglemoor Kenmore, WA G 42 Wieburg, MackenzieMackenzie Wieburg 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Issaquah Sammamish, WA	Head coach Mike Neighbors (Arkansas) Assistant coach(es) Fred Castro (Oklahoma) Morgan Valley (Connecticut) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-07-02

Schedule

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
*					Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
*
Pac-12 regular season
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/02–05/2017		vs.			KeyArena  Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

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	Final
AP
Coaches

Legend

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

See also

2016–17 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

References

1. "Women's Basketball - Schedule - University of Washington Official Athletics Site". Gohuskies.Com.