2016–17 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2016–17 California Golden Bears women's basketball team will represent University of California, Berkeley during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by sixth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, play their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 6–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon State. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated LSU in the first round before getting blown out by Baylor in the second round.

2016–17 California Golden Bears women's basketball
Cal Classic Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	20–14 (6–12 Pac-12)
Head coach	Lindsay Gottlieb (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Charmin Smith Kai Felton Wendale Farrow
Home arena	Haas Pavilion
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Oregon State	16	–	2		.889			31	–	5		.861
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3		.833			32	–	6		.842
No. 12 Washington	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 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

Roster

2016–17 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Asha Thomas 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) So Bishop O'Dowd Oakland, CA F 3 Mikayla Cowling 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Saint Mary's College (HS) Benicia, CA C 5 Chen Yue 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) So Tsinghua University Beijing, China G 11 Sara Anastasieska   5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Monte Sant Angelo Mercy UTSA Sydney, Australia F 12 Penina Davidson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Rangitoto College Auckland, New Zealand F 20 MeAne Mosley 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Saint Mary's College HS Oakland, CA G 21 Mi'Cole Cayton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Saint Mary's College HS Stockton, CA F 24 Courtney Range 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Sr Manteca Manteca, CA F 30 Celeste West 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Garces Memorial Bakersfield, CA F 31 Kristine Anigwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ G 33 Jaelyn Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Vista Murrieta Murrieta, CA F 44 KC Waters 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Bishop O'Dowd San Ramon, CA	Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown) Assistant coach(es) Charmin Smith (Stanford) Kai Felton (Randolph–Macon) Wendale Farrow (Eastern Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 2:00 pm		Westmont	W 87–48		Haas Pavilion (457) Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 5:30 pm		at Saint Mary's	W 74–67	1–0	McKeon Pavilion (1,248) Moraga, CA
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm		Santa Clara	W 73–58	2–0	Haas Pavilion (1,816) Berkeley, CA
11/18/2016* 11:30 am		UC Riverside	W 71–56	3–0	Haas Pavilion (4,223) Berkeley, CA
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm		Cal State Bakersfield	W 86–63	4–0	Haas Pavilion (2,253) Berkeley, CA
11/25/2016* 1:00 pm		San Francisco Cal Classic semifinals	W 75–52	5–0	Haas Pavilion (2,637) Berkeley, CA
11/26/2016* 3:15 pm		Duquesne Cal Classic championship game	W 88–66	6–0	Haas Pavilion (1,358) Berkeley, CA
12/04/2016* 1:00 pm, BTN		at Nebraska	W 86–65	7–0	Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,573) Lincoln, NE
12/08/2016* 7:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 97–73	8–0	Haas Pavilion (1,484) Berkeley, CA
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm		Lehigh	W 96–63	9–0	Haas Pavilion (1,561) Berkeley, CA
12/19/2016* 4:30 pm		vs. Southern Miss Puerto Rico Classic	W 71–51	10–0	South Point Arena  Enterprise, NV
12/20/2016* 6:45 pm		vs. No. 20 Oklahoma Puerto Rico Classic	W 82–74	11–0	South Point Arena (185) Enterprise, NV
12/21/2016* 9:15 pm		vs. Arkansas State Puerto Rico Classic	W 80–55	12–0	South Point Arena (95) Enterprise, NV
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2016 6:00 pm	No. 21	at Arizona	W 74–64	13–0 (1–0)	McKale Center (1,274) Tuscson, AZ
01/01/2017 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at No. 18 Arizona State	L 62–72 ^2OT	13–1 (1–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (1,682) Tempe, AZ
01/06/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 20	No. 16 Oregon State	L 56–66	13–2 (1–2)	Haas Pavilion (2,021) Berkeley, CA
01/08/2017 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 20	Oregon	L 66–69	13–3 (1–3)	Haas Pavilion (4,273) Berkeley, CA
01/13/2017 7:00 pm	No. 24	at Colorado	W 65–53	14–3 (2–3)	Coors Events Center (1,571) Boulder, CO
01/15/2017 11:00 am, P12N	No. 24	at Utah	L 57–63	14–4 (2–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,250) Salt Lake City, UT
01/20/2017 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 18 Arizona State	L 45–54	14–5 (2–5)	Haas Pavilion (1,622) Berkeley, CA
01/22/2017 1:00 pm, P12N		Arizona	W 71–60	15–5 (3–5)	Haas Pavilion (2,649) Berkeley, CA
01/27/2017 6:00 pm, P12N		at No. 7 Washington	L 67–90	15–6 (3–6)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,608) Seattle, WA
01/29/2017 1:00 pm		at Washington State	L 79–84	15–7 (3–7)	Beasley Coliseum (639) Pullman, WA
02/03/2017 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 13 UCLA	W 80–77	16–7 (4–7)	Haas Pavilion (2,461) Berkeley, CA
02/05/2017 10:30 am		USC	W 63–56	17–7 (5–7)	Haas Pavilion (3,052) Berkeley, CA
02/10/2017 6:00 pm, P12N		Utah	L 64–73	17–8 (5–8)	Haas Pavilion (1,537) Berkeley, CA
02/12/2017 3:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	L 59–64	17–9 (5–9)	Haas Pavilion (3,024) Berkeley, CA
02/16/2017 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 10 Stanford	L 66–72	17–10 (5–10)	Haas Pavilion (4,965) Berkeley, CA
02/19/2017 5:00 pm, P12N		at No. 10 Stanford	L 54–72	17–11 (5–11)	Maples Pavilion (4,327) Stanford, CA
02/24/2017 6:00 pm		at Oregon	W 61–55	18–11 (6–11)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,691) Eugene, OR
02/26/2017 11:00 am, P12N		at No. 10 Oregon State	L 56–71	18–12 (6–12)	Gill Coliseum (4,704) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/02/2017 11:30 am, P12N	(8)	vs. (9) USC First Round	W 71–58	19–12	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
03/03/2017 11:30 am, P12N	(8)	vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon State Quarterfinals	L 49–65	19–13	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(9 O)	vs. (8 O) LSU First Round	W 55–52	20–13	Ferrell Center (4,169) Waco, TX
03/20/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(9 O)	at (1 O) No. 5 Baylor Second Round	L 46–86	20–14	Ferrell Center (3,910) Waco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma City 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	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	20т	24	RV	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	18	20	23	RV	NR	RV	24	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

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

See also

2016–17 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

References

1. "W Basketball - Schedule - California Golden Bears - University of California Official Athletic Site". calbears.com.