2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	24–9 (11–5 The American)
Head coach	Jose Fernandez (17th season);
Associate head coach	Jeff Osterman
Assistant coaches	Michele Woods-Baxter; Desma Thomas Bateast;
Home arena	USF Sun Dome
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0	1.000	36	–	1	.973
Temple	13	–	3	.813	24	–	8	.750
South Florida	11	–	5	.688	24	–	9	.727
UCF	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
SMU	7	–	9	.438	19	–	15	.559
Tulane	7	–	9	.438	18	–	15	.545
Cincinnati	7	–	9	.438	16	–	14	.533
Memphis	7	–	9	.438	14	–	16	.467
Tulsa	5	–	11	.313	10	–	21	.323
Houston	4	–	12	.250	12	–	19	.387
East Carolina	2	–	14	.125	11	–	19	.367


† 2017 The American Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his seventeenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's fourth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 24–9, 11–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament for the third year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut for the third time. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Missouri in the first round.

Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	3	Jazzmaine Bond	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Blackman	Murfreesboro, TN
F	10	Laura Ferreira	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Escola Secundária De Santo André	Lisbon, Portugal
G/F	11	Ariadna Pujol	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	GEM	Mataró, Spain
F	12	Maria Jesperson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Marselisborg	Hojbjerg, Denmark
G	13	Dorottya Nagy	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	PINKK-Pécsi	Pécs, Hungary
F	14	Paige Cashin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Newark	Newark, OH
G	20	Nachalie De Jesus	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	John A. Ferguson HS Miami Dade College	Luquillo, PR
F	21	Shandrea Leverett	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	South Effingham HS	Rincon, GA
G	22	Laia Flores	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Institut Municipal Biada	Mataró, Spain
F	23	Tamara Henshaw	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Flagler Palm Coast HS	Palm Coast, FL
G	24	Enna Penhadzic	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	None	Denmark
C	32	Nancy Warioba	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Tigoi Girls HS Blinn College	Kisumu, Kenya
F	33	Kitija Laksa	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Rigas Francu Licejs	Riga, Latvia
C	45	Katelyn Weber	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Sr	Hall	Little Rock, AR

Head coach

Jose Fernandez (Miami-Dade Kendall)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeff Osterman (Siena)
Michele Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher College)
Desma Thomas Bateast (Miami (FL))

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
Regular season
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm		North Florida	W 78–42	1–0	USF Sun Dome (1,906) Tampa, FL
11/21/2016* 7:00 pm		Jacksonville	W 64–52	2–0	USF Sun Dome (1,776) Tampa, FL
11/24/2016* 4:45 pm		vs. North Carolina Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division semifinals	W 83–55	3–0	St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH
11/26/2016* 6:45 pm		vs. Georgia Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division championship	W 81–65	4–0	St. George HS Gymnasium (543) Freeport, BAH
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm		FIU	W 91–41	5–0	USF Sun Dome (1,812) Tampa, FL
12/02/2016* 7:00 pm		at Butler	W 74–59	6–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse (343) Indianapolis, IN
12/11/2016* 3:00 pm	No. 22	at Arkansas State	W 78–59	7–0	Convocation Center (1,058) Jonesboro, AR
12/14/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 22	Saint Francis (PA)	W 129–80	8–0	USF Sun Dome (1,759) Tampa, FL
12/19/2016* 3:30 pm	No. 21	vs. Long Beach State Play4Kay Shootout quarterfinals	L 68–73	8–1	T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV
12/20/2016* 3:30 pm	No. 21	vs. Santa Clara Play4Kay Shootout consolation 2nd round	W 63–54	9–1	T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV
12/21/2016* 6:00 pm	No. 21	vs. UNLV Play4Kay Shootout 5th place game	W 77–42	10–1	T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV
12/30/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 23	Stetson	W 74–60	11–1	USF Sun Dome (1,956) Tampa, FL
01/04/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 22	at Tulane	W 62–53	12–1 (1–0)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,048) New Orleans, LA
01/07/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 22	Tulsa	W 84–68	13–1 (2–0)	USF Sun Dome (1,900) Tampa, FL
01/10/2017 7:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 20	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 37–102	13–2 (2–1)	XL Center (10,109) Hartford, CT
01/14/2017 7:00 pm, ADN	No. 20	East Carolina	W 79–48	14–2 (3–1)	USF Sun Dome (2,090) Tampa, FL
01/17/2017 7:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 23	Memphis	W 79–49	15–2 (4–1)	USF Sun Dome (1,951) Tampa, FL
01/22/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 23	No. 9 Louisville	L 52–66	15–3	USF Sun Dome (2,334) Tampa, FL
01/25/2017 8:00 pm	No. 23	at SMU	W 52–51	16–3 (5–1)	Moody Coliseum (831) Dallas, TX
01/29/2017 12:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 23	at Temple	W 55–51	17–3 (6–1)	McGonigle Hall (1,271) Philadelphia, PA
02/01/2017 7:00 pm, ADN	No. 20	Cincinnati	W 72–52	18–3 (7–1)	USF Sun Dome (1,931) Tampa, FL
02/05/2017 6:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 20	at Memphis	L 57–62	18–4 (7–2)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (174) Memphis, TN
02/08/2017 7:00 pm	No. 22	at East Carolina	W 76–66	19–4 (8–2)	Williams Arena (1,210) Greenville, NC
02/12/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 22	Tulane	W 66–56	20–4 (9–2)	USF Sun Dome (2,047) Tampa, FL
02/14/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 22	UCF War on I-4	L 62–66	20–5 (9–3)	USF Sun Dome (1,884) Tampa, FL
02/19/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 22	Temple	L 71–77	20–6 (9–4)	USF Sun Dome (2,281) Tampa, FL
02/21/2017 8:00 pm		at Houston	W 79–50	21–6 (10–4)	Hofheinz Pavilion (568) Houston, TX
02/25/2017 3:00 pm		at Tulsa	W 90–64	22–6 (11–4)	Reynolds Center (674) Tulsa, OK
02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 1 Connecticut	L 68–96	22–7 (11–5)	USF Sun Dome (5,948) Tampa, FL
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3	(3)	vs. (6) SMU Quarterfinals	W 62–55	23–7	Mohegan Sun Arena (4,559) Uncasville, CT
03/05/2017 7:30 pm, ESPNU	(3)	vs. (2) No. 25 Temple Semifinals	W 63–58	24–7	Mohegan Sun Arena (6,491) Uncasville, CT
03/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2	(3)	vs. (1) No. 1 Connecticut Championship Game	L 44–100	24–8	Mohegan Sun Arena (6,488) Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017* 5:00 pm, ESPN2	(11 S)	vs. (6 S) No. 25 Missouri First Round	L 64–66	24–9	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Stockton Region. All times are in EST.

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	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	22	21т	23	22	20	23	23	20	22	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	19	25	25	22	21	22	23	20	23	22	RV	RV	25	RV	RV

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

References

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v t e South Florida Bulls women's basketball
Venues	USF Gymnasium/Campus Recreation Center (1972–80, 2011–12) Yuengling Center (1980–2011, 2012–present)
Rivalries	UCF
Culture & lore	Rocky the Bull
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References