2016–17 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

2016–17 Baylor Lady Bears basketball

Gulf Coast Showcase Champions Big 12 conference regular season champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 5
2016–17 record	33–4 (17–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Kim Mulkey (16th season)
Assistant coach	Bill Brock
Assistant coach	Sytia Messer
Assistant coach	Toyelle Wilson
Home arena	Ferrell Center

2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Baylor	17	–	1	.944	33	–	4	.892
#14 Texas	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
#23 Oklahoma	13	–	5	.722	23	–	10	.697
#24 Kansas State	11	–	7	.611	23	–	11	.676
Iowa State	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
#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 Conference Tournament winner As of March 26, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team will represent Baylor University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 16th season. The team plays its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finish the season 33–4, 17–1 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 Women's Tournament where they upset by West Virginia. They earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a No. 1 seed where they defeat Texas Southern and California in the first and second rounds, Louisville in the sweet sixteen before losing to Mississippi State in the elite eight.

Roster

2016–17 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
3.5 !F	1	Cohen, DekeiyaDekeiya Cohen	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	3.0 !Jr	West Ashley	Charleston, SC
1.5 !G	4	Wallace, KristyKristy Wallace	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	3.0 !Jr	John Paul College	Loganholme, Australia
1.5 !G	10	Gulley, AlexandriaAlexandria Gulley	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	1.5 !RS Fr	Skyline	Dallas, TX
1.5 !G	12	Prince, AlexisAlexis Prince	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	Edgewater	Orlando, FL
3.5 !F	13	Davis, NinaNina Davis	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	4.0 !Sr	Hoover	Birmingham, AL
3.5 !F	15	Cox, LaurenLauren Cox	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	1.0 !Fr	Flower Mound	Flower Mound, TX
1.5 !G	20	Landrum, CalveionCalveion Landrum	69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	1.0 !Fr	La Vega	Waco, TX
5.0 !C	21	Brown, KalaniKalani Brown	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	2.0 !So	Salmen	Slidell, LA
1.5 !G	24	Chou, NatalieNatalie Chou	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	1.0 !Fr	Plano West	Plano, TX
1.5 !G	25	Dry, AlyssaAlyssa Dry	67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	2.0 !So	IMG Academy	Fort Worth, TX
1.5 !G	30	Jones, AlexisAlexis Jones	68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4.5 !RS Sr	MacArthur Duke	Irving, TX
5.0 !C	32	Mompremier, BeatriceBeatrice Mompremier	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	2.0 !So	Miami	Miami, FL
4.5 !F/C	55	Cave, KhadijiahKhadijiah Cave	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	4.0 !Sr	Lucy Laney	Augusta, GA

Head coach

Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Brock (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
Sytia Messer (Arkansas)
Toyelle Wilson (Manhattan)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

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	Week 19	Final
AP	2	2	5	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4т	4	2	2	5	N/A
Coaches	4	4	6	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	2	5	5	6

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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 2	Emporia State	W 89–60		Ferrell Center (5,165) Waco, TX
11/07/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 2	Langston	W 121–32		Ferrell Center (5,594) Waco, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 3:30 PM, FSSW	No. 2	Houston Baptist	W 118–43	1–0	Ferrell Center (5,483) Waco, TX
11/14/2016* 6:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 2	No. 9 UCLA	W 84–70	2–0	Ferrell Center (5,955) Waco, TX
11/17/2016* 6:30 PM, SNY/ESPN3	No. 2	at No. 3 Connecticut	L 61–72	2–1	Gampel Pavilion (9,049) Storrs, CT
11/20/2016* 2:00 PM	No. 2	Mississippi Valley State	W 101–36	3–1	Ferrell Center (5,633) Waco, TX
11/22/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 5	Southeastern Louisiana	W 109–38	4–1	Ferrell Center (5,564) Waco, TX
11/25/2016* 10:00 AM	No. 5	vs. Kent State Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals	W 84–42	5–1	Germain Arena Estero, FL
11/26/2016* 4:00 PM	No. 5	vs. No. 18 DePaul Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals	W 104–72	6–1	Germain Arena Estero, FL
11/27/2016* 6:30 PM	No. 5	vs. No. 8 Ohio State Gulf Coast Showcase championship	W 85–68	7–1	Germain Arena Estero, FL
12/01/2016* 7:00 PM, FCS	No. 4	Abilene Christian	W 79–34	8–1	Ferrell Center (5,415) Waco, TX
12/04/2016* 2:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 4	at No. 22 Tennessee Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 88–66	9–1	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,244) Knoxville, TN
12/06/2016* 7:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 3	Texas State	W 90–24	10–1	Ferrell Center (5,362) Waco, TX
12/15/2016* 12:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 3	Winthrop	W 140–32	11–1	Ferrell Center (6,440) Waco, TX
Big 12 regular season
12/29/2016 7:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 3	Kansas State	W 87–57	12–1 (1–0)	Ferrell Center (7,087) Waco, TX
01/01/2017 2:00 PM, FSSW	No. 3	Kansas	W 90–43	13–1 (2–0)	Ferrell Center (6,501) Waco, TX
01/04/2017 6:00 PM, FS2	No. 2	at No. 17 West Virginia	W 91–56	13–1 (3–0)	WVU Coliseum (2,466) Morgantown, WV
01/07/2017 2:00 PM	No. 2	at Oklahoma State	W 86–50	15–1 (4–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,612) Stillwater, OK
01/11/2017 7:00 PM, FSSW	No. 2	TCU	W 77–54	16–1 (5-0)	Ferrell Center (6,081) Waco, TX
01/15/2017 1:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 2	at Kansas	W 92–43	17–1 (6–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,655) Lawrence, KS
01/18/2017 7:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 2	Iowa State	W 68-42	18–1 (7–0)	Ferrell Center (5,532) Waco, TX
01/21/2017 1:00 PM, FSN	No. 2	No. 24 West Virginia	W 79–73	19–1 (8–0)	Ferrell Center (6,462) Waco, TX
01/25/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 2	at No. 25 Kansas State	W 91–49	20–1 (9–0)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,488) Manhattan, KS
01/29/2017 5:30 PM, ESPN2	No. 2	No. 20 Oklahoma	W 92–58	21–1 (10–0)	Ferrell Center (6,632) Waco, TX
02/01/2017 7:00 PM, Cyclones.tv	No. 2	at Iowa State	W 83–52	22–1 (11–0)	Hilton Coliseum (10,287) Ames, IA
02/04/2017 2:00 PM	No. 2	at Texas Tech	W 79–61	23–1 (12–0)	United Supermarkets Arena (5,054) Lubbock, TX
02/06/2017 7:00 PM, FS1	No. 2	No. 13 Texas	L 79–85	23–2 (12–1)	Ferrell Center (7,054) Waco, TX
02/12/2017 3:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 2	at TCU	W 91–73	24–2 (13–1)	Schollmaier Arena (3,686) Fort Worth, TX
02/18/2017 5:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 4	Oklahoma State	W 89–67	25–2 (14–1)	Ferrell Center (6,477) Waco, TX
02/20/2017 8:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 4	at No. 6 Texas	W 70–67	26–2 (15–1)	Frank Erwin Center (7,103) Austin, TX
02/25/2017 12:00 PM, FSSW	No. 4	Texas Tech	W 86–48	27–2 (16–1)	Ferrell Center (7,055) Waco, TX
02/27/2017 7:00 PM, FS1	No. 2	at No. 19 Oklahoma	W 103–64	28–2 (17–1)	Lloyd Noble Center (4,804) Norman, OK
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 1:30 PM, FSN	(1) No. 2	vs. (8) Texas Tech Quarterfinals	W 95–63	29–2	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,420) Oklahoma City, OK
03/04/2017 1:30 PM, FS1	(1) No. 2	vs. (4) No. 24 Kansas State Semifinals	W 88–71	30–2	Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
03/04/2017 8:00 PM, FS1	(1) No. 2	vs. (6) West Virginia Championship Game	L 66–77	30–3	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,355) Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Tournament
03/18/2017* 5:30 PM, ESPN2	(1 O) No. 5	(16 O) Texas Southern First Round	W 119–30	31–3	Ferrell Center (4,169) Waco, TX
03/20/2017* 8:00 PM, ESPN2	(1 O) No. 5	(9 O) California Second Round	W 86–46	32–3	Ferrell Center (3,910) Waco, TX
03/24/2017* 8:00 PM, ESPN2	(1 O) No. 5	vs. (4 O) No. 13 Louisville Sweet Sixteen	W 97–63	33–3	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,499) Oklahoma City, OK
03/26/2017* 6:30 PM, ESPN	(1 O) No. 5	vs. (2 O) No. 7 Mississippi State Elite Eight	L 85–94 ^OT	33–4	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,128) Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma City Region. All times are in Central Time.

Source ^[1]

References

↑ "Baylor Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". baylorbears.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.

Baylor Lady Bears basketball
Venues	Heart O' Texas Fair Coliseum (1974–1988) Ferrell Center (1988–present)
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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2016–17 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

Roster

Rankings

Schedule

See also

References