2016–17 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 22

2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Maryland^†	15	–	1	.938	32	–	3	.914
No. 11 Ohio State*	15	–	1	.938	28	–	7	.800
Michigan	11	–	5	.688	28	–	9	.757
Indiana	10	–	6	.625	23	–	11	.676
Purdue	10	–	6	.625	23	–	13	.639
Michigan State	9	–	7	.563	21	–	12	.636
Penn State	9	–	7	.563	21	–	11	.656
Northwestern	8	–	8	.500	20	–	11	.645
Iowa	8	–	8	.500	20	–	14	.588
Minnesota	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Illinois	3	–	13	.188	9	–	22	.290
Wisconsin	3	–	13	.188	9	–	22	.290
Nebraska	3	–	13	.188	7	–	22	.241
Rutgers	3	–	13	.188	6	–	24	.200

† 2017 Big Ten tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team will represent Michigan State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by tenth year head coach Suzy Merchant, play their home games at the Breslin Center and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Shay Colley	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	St. Edmund Campion Secondary South Carolina	Brampton, ON
G	1	Tori Jankoska	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Freeland	Freeland, MI
F	2	Mardrekia Cook	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Muskegon	Muskegon, MI
G	3	Kalabryah Gondrezick	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS Fr	Benton Harbor	Benton Harbor, MI
G	4	Taryn McCutcheon	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	East Lansing	East Lansing, MI
G	10	Brannadais Agee	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	Cass Technical	Detroit, MI
F	11	Nahty Dambo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Fr	Junípero Serra	Fort-de-France, Martinique
F	12	Nia Hollie	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Hopkins	Minnetonka, MN
G	13	Morgan Green	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Pacific Collegiate Chabot College	San Jose, CA
F	15	Victoria Gaines	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Fr	Merrillville	Merrillville, IN
C	21	Hana Vesela	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Brimley	Příbor, Czech Republic
G	22	Kiara Carter	5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)	Jr	Homewood Flossmoor	Homewood, IL
G/F	24	Lexi Gussert	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Forest Park	Crystal Falls, MI
F	32	Taya Reimer	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Hamilton Southeastern Notre Dame	Fishers, IN
C	33	Jenna Allen	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	North Lawrence	Bedford, IN
F	55	Kennedy Johnson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Wildwood Catholic	Galloway, NJ

Head coach

Suzy Merchant (Central Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Amaka Agugua (Hofstra)
Mark Simons (Michigan State)
Alysiah Bond (Ohio State)

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		Northwood	W 82–47		Breslin Center (4,304) East Lansing, MI
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM		Davidson	W 70–34	1–0	Breslin Center (3,640) East Lansing, MI
11/13/2016* 2:00 PM		Wyoming	W 63–51	2–0	Breslin Center (4,138) East Lansing, MI
11/15/2016* 7:00 PM		Southern	W 70–55	3–0	Breslin Center (4,027) East Lansing, MI
11/18/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Western Michigan	W 68–64 ^OT	4–0	University Arena (1,788) Kalamazoo, MI
11/22/2016* 11:00 PM, P12N	No. 24	at Oregon	L 55–88	4–1	Matthew Knight Arena (2,056) Eugene, OR
11/25/2016* 8:00 PM	No. 24	vs. Delaware Radisson Thanksgiving Classic	W 81–64	5–1	Matadome (218) Northridge, CA
11/26/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 24	at Cal State Northridge Radisson Thanksgiving Classic	W 63–59	6–1	Matadome (399) Northridge, CA
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM		at No. 20 Syracuse ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 64–75	6–2	Carrier Dome (768) Syracuse, NY
12/02/2016* 7:00 PM		Oakland	W 81–76	7–2	Breslin Center (4,638) East Lansing, MI
12/06/2016* 7:00 PM		at Quinnipiac			TD Bank Sports Center Hamden, CT
12/08/2016* 7:00 PM		at Rhode Island			Ryan Center Kingston, RI
12/18/2016* 12:00 PM		Northeastern			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM, BTN		Notre Dame			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
Big Ten regular season
01/01/2017 3:00 PM		Illinois			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/04/2017 6:00 PM		Purdue			Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
01/07/2017 7:00 PM		Nebraska			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/10/2017 8:00 PM, BTN		Ohio State			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/14/2017 12:00 PM, BTN		at Rutgers			Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ
01/17/2017 9:00 PM, BTN		at Northwestern			Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
01/22/2017 5:00 PM, BTN		at Purdue			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
01/25/2017 8:00 PM		at Wisconsin			Kohl Center Madison, WI
01/30/2017 8:00 PM, BTN		at Minnesota			Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
02/02/2017 6:00 PM, BTN		Indiana			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/09/2017 7:00 PM, BTN		at Iowa			Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
02/12/2017 2:00 PM, ESPN2		Maryland			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/16/2017 7:00 PM		Minnesota			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/19/2017 2:00 PM, BTN		at Michigan			Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI
02/22/2017 7:00 PM		Penn State			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
02/26/2017		at Nebraska			Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/01–05/2017		vs.			Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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	24	RV																N/A
Coaches	22	21	19	22

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

References

^ http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html

[1] ttp://www.msuspartans.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/msu-w-baskbl-sched.html

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v t e Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
Venues	Jenison Fieldhouse (1972–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
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
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References