2016–17 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

2016–17 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
2016–17 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
Cancún Challenge Riviera Division champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 15
Record	25–9 (13–5 Pac-12)
Head coach	Cori Close (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Jenny Huth; Tony Newnan; Shannon Perry;
Home arena	Pauley 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

The 2016–17 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by sixth year head coach Cori Close, play their home games at the Pauley Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Boise State and Texas A&M in the first and second rounds before losing to UConn in the Sweet Sixteen.

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Nirra Fields	G	5'9"	Sr.	Montreal, Quebec	Graduated; selected 32nd overall by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2016 WNBA draft
Kacey Swain	F	6'3"	RS Sr.	Los Angeles, California	Graduated

Incoming transfers[edit]

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school	Notes
Japreece Dean	Guard	5'6"	So	Austin, TX	Texas Tech	Transferred to UCLA at the semester break during the 2016-17 season and will sit out until the semester break of the 2017-18 season.

2016 recruiting class[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Lindsey Corsaro G	Indianapolis, IN	Roncalli	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Lindsey Corsaro G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Ally Rosenblum P	Newport Coast, CA	Mater Dei	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Ally Rosenblum P	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster[edit]

2016–17 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Nicole Kornet	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Liberty Christian Oklahoma	Lantana, TX
G	2	Kari Korver	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Sr	Valley Christian	Paramount, CA
G	3	Jordin Canada	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Windward	Los Angeles, CA
F	4	Ashley Hearn	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Sachse	Rowlett, TX
G	5	Lindsey Corsaro	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Roncalli	Indianapolis, IN
F	10	Ally Rosenblum	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Mater Dei	Newport Coast, CA
F	11	Lajahna Drummer	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Long Beach Poly HS	Inglewood, CA
G	20	Dominique Williams	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Jr	Saint Mary's	Phoenix, AZ
G	22	Kennedy Burke	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Sierra Canyon School	Northridge, CA
G	23	Kelli Hayes	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Archbishop Mitty	San Jose, CA
F	24	Paulina Hersler	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Igelstavikens Gymnasium	Malmö, Sweden
F	25	Monique Billings	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Santiago	Corona, CA
G	32	Chrissy Baird	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Wheaton North	Wheaton, IL
G		Japreece Dean (I)	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Vista Ridge Texas Tech	Austin, TX

Head coach

Cori Close (UC Santa Barbara)

Assistant coach(es)

Shannon Perry (Iowa)
Jenny Huth (Colorado)
Tony Newnan (UC Santa Barbara)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Rankings[edit]

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	17	13	13	13	15	18	15	15	15	15	N/A
Coaches	9	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	7	13	11	13	12	12	16	15	15	14	14	13

Schedule[edit]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 9	Westmont	W 80–45		Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 8:30 pm	No. 9	Pacific	W 82–55	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (9,160) Los Angeles, CA
11/14/2016* 4:00 pm, FSSW+	No. 9	at No. 2 Baylor	L 70–84	1–1	Ferrell Center (5,955) Waco, TX
11/18/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 9	Southern	W 95–47	2–1	Pauley Pavilion (765) Los Angeles, CA
11/20/2016* 1:00 pm	No. 9	Cal Poly	W 80–64	3–1	Pauley Pavilion (1,218) Los Angeles, CA
11/24/2016* 6:00 pm	No. 9	vs. Iowa Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 78–65	4–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico
11/25/2016* 3:30 pm	No. 9	vs. Toledo Cancún Challenge Riviera Division	W 75–73	5–1	Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	Hawaii	W 72–49	6–1	Pauley Pavilion (1,454) Los Angeles, CA
12/11/2016* 11:00 am, P12N	No. 9	Michigan	W 84–64	7–1	Pauley Pavilion (1,688) Los Angeles, CA
12/14/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 9	at UC Santa Barbara	W 71–52	8–1	The Thunderdome (952) Santa Barbara, CA
12/18/2016* 11:00 am, ESPN2	No. 9	at No. 6 South Carolina	L 57–66	8–2	Colonial Life Arena (13,367) Columbia, SC
12/20/2016* 9:00 am	No. 10	at North Carolina A&T	W 83–42	9–2	Corbett Sports Center (1,241) Greensboro, NC
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2016 7:00 pm	No. 10	Utah	W 67–56	10–2 (1–0)	Pauley Pavilion (1,186) Los Angeles, CA
01/01/2017 2:00 pm	No. 10	No. 20 Colorado	W 87–74	11–2 (2–0)	Pauley Pavilion (1,354) Los Angeles, CA
01/06/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	at Washington State	L 73–82	11–3 (2–1)	Beasley Coliseum (820) Pullman, WA
01/08/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	at No. 12 Washington	L 70–82	11–4 (2–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,446) Seattle, WA
01/13/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 17	No. 10 Oregon State	W 66–56	12–4 (3–2)	Pauley Pavilion (1,403) Los Angeles, CA
01/15/2017 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 17	Oregon	W 79–63	13–4 (4–2)	Pauley Pavilion (2,074) Los Angeles, CA
01/18/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	at USC Rivalry	W 74–59	14–4 (5–2)	Galen Center (949) Los Angeles, CA
01/22/2017 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	USC Rivalry	W 71–67	15–4 (6–2)	Pauley Pavilion (4,415) Los Angeles, CA
01/27/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	No. 16 Arizona State	W 69–60	16–4 (7–2)	Pauley Pavilion (1,493) Los Angeles, CA
01/29/2017 2:00 pm	No. 13	Arizona	W 69–49	17–4 (8–2)	Pauley Pavilion (2,013) Los Angeles, CA
02/03/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	at California	L 77–80	17–5 (8–3)	Haas Pavilion (2,461) Berkeley, CA
02/06/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 15	at No. 8 Stanford	W 85–76	18–5 (9–3)	Maples Pavilion (2,846) Stanford, CA
02/10/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 15	at Oregon	L 75–84	18–6 (9–4)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,438) Eugene, OR
02/12/2017 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 15	at No. 9 Oregon State	L 61–68	18–7 (9–5)	Gill Coliseum (4,980) Corvallis, OR
02/17/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	No. 9 Washington	W 90–79	19–7 (10–5)	Pauley Pavilion (1,699) Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2017 11:00 am, P12N	No. 18	Washington State	W 67–48	20–7 (11–5)	Pauley Pavilion (1,958) Los Angeles, CA
02/24/2017 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 15	at Arizona	W 79–56	21–7 (12–5)	McKale Center (1,652) Tucson, AZ
02/26/2017 11:00 am, P12N	No. 15	at Arizona State	W 55–52	22–7 (13–5)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,136) Tempe, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 2:00 pm, P12N	(4) No. 15	vs. (5) Arizona State Quarterfinals	W 77–68	23–7	KeyArena (4,659) Seattle, WA
03/04/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	(4) No. 15	vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon State Semifinals	L 53–63	23–8	KeyArena Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017* 3:30 pm, ESPN2	(4 B) No. 15	(13 B) Boise State First Round	W 83–56	24–8	Pauley Pavilion (2,256) Los Angeles, CA
03/20/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPNU	(4 B) No. 15	(5 B) Texas A&M Second Round	W 75–43	25–8	Pauley Pavilion (2,077) Los Angeles, CA
03/25/2017* 10:30 am, ESPN	(4 B) No. 15	vs. (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut Sweet Sixteen	L 71–86	25–9	Webster Bank Arena (8,830) Bridgeport, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Honors[edit]

Nov. 21 – Jordin Canada named Pac-12 Conference Player-of-the-week

References[edit]

^ "2016-17 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2016-17 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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