2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball

Omni Hotels Invitational Champions
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2016–17 record	17–16 (5–13 Pac-12)
Head coach	JR Payne (1st year)
Assistant coach	Toriano Towns
Assistant coach	Jeff Cammon
Assistant coach	Shandrika Lee
Home arena	Coors Events Center
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#8 Oregon State	16	–	2	.889	31	–	5	.861
#6 Stanford †	15	–	3	.833	32	–	6	.842
#12 Washington	15	–	3	.833	29	–	6	.829
#15 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	23	–	14	.622
California	6	–	12	.333	20	–	14	.588
Washington State	6	–	12	.333	16	–	20	.444
Colorado	5	–	13	.278	17	–	16	.515
Utah	5	–	13	.278	16	–	15	.516
USC	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
Arizona	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467


† 2017 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team will represent University of Colorado Boulder during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by first year head coach JR Payne, play their home games at the Coors Events Center and are a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Washington State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeat UNLV and South Dakota State in the first and second rounds before losing to Iowa in the third round.