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2016-17 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

2016–17 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
South Carolina Gamecocks Block C logo.svg
SEC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
NCAA National Champions
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 3
2016–17 record 33–4 (14–2 SEC)
Head coach Dawn Staley (9th year)
Assistant coach Lisa Boyer
Assistant coach Nikki McCray-Penson
Assistant coach Fred Chmiel
Home arena Colonial Life Arena
Seasons
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 South Carolina 14 2   .875     33 4   .892
#7 Mississippi State 13 3   .813     34 5   .872
#18 Kentucky 11 5   .688     22 11   .667
#25 Missouri 11 5   .688     21 11   .656
Tennessee 10 6   .625     20 12   .625
Texas A&M 9 7   .563     22 12   .647
LSU 8 8   .500     20 12   .625
Auburn 7 9   .438     17 15   .531
Georgia 7 9   .438     16 15   .516
Ole Miss 6 10   .375     17 14   .548
Alabama 5 11   .313     22 14   .611
Florida 5 11   .313     15 16   .484
Vanderbilt 4 12   .250     14 16   .467
Arkansas 2 14   .125     13 17   .433
2017 SEC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by ninth year head coach Dawn Staley, play their home games at the Colonial Life Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 33–4, 11–2 in SEC play to win the SEC regular season and tournament championship to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament. They defeated UNC Ashville and Arizona State in the first and second rounds, Quinnipiac in the sweet sixteen and Florida State in the elite eight to advanced to their 2nd final four in school history. In the national semi final in Dallas they defeated Stanford and beat SEC rival Mississippi State in the final to win their first NCAA National Championship. A'ja Wilson was named the Most Outstanding Player in the National Championship Game.


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