2016–17 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team

2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame^†	15	–	1	.938	33	–	4	.892
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
No. 10 Florida State	13	–	3	.813	28	–	7	.800
No. 13 Louisville	12	–	4	.750	29	–	8	.784
No. 17 NC State	12	–	4	.750	23	–	9	.719
No. 21 Syracuse	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
No. 16 Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
Virginia	7	–	9	.438	20	–	13	.606
Wake Forest	6	–	10	.375	16	–	16	.500
Georgia Tech	5	–	11	.313	22	–	14	.611
Virginia Tech	4	–	12	.250	20	–	14	.588
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	13	–	17	.433
Clemson	3	–	13	.188	15	–	16	.484
North Carolina	3	–	13	.188	15	–	16	.484
Boston College	2	–	14	.125	9	–	21	.300


† 2017 ACC tournament winner As of March 29, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball team will represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tar Heels, led by thirty-first year head coach Sylvia Hatchell, play their games at Carmichael Arena and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Taylor Koenen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Shakopee	Savage, MN
G	2	Ali Cyr-Scully	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr	East Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC
G	4	Jocelyn Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Cosby	Richmond, VA
G	5	Stephanie Watts	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Weddington	Wesley Chapel, NC
G	10	Jamie Cherry	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	West Craven	Cove City, NC
F	11	Emily Sullivan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Reitz Memorial	Newburgh, IN
F	13	Hillary Fuller	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	The Potter's House	Jacksonville, FL
G	15	Olivia Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Cardinal Gibbons	Raleigh, NC
F	21	Alyssa Okoene	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	North Shore	Houston, TX
G	22	Paris Kea	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS So	Page Vanderbilt	Greenboro, NC
G	24	Destinee Walker	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Lake Highland Prep	Ocoee, FL
F	30	Hillary Summers	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Village Christian Academy	Fayetteville, NC
C	34	Naomi Van Nes	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Fr	Hamden Country Day	Hamden, CT

Head coach

Sylvia Hatchell (Carson-Newman)

Assistant coach(es)

Andrew Calder (Coker)
Tracey Williams-Johnson (UNC Pembroke)
Sylvia Crawley (North Carolina)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2016* 6:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Carson–Newman	W 96–70		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
11/07/2016* 6:00 PM	Elizabeth City State	W 115–51		Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 4:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Alabama State	W 84–54	1–0	Carmichael Arena (2,162) Chapel Hill, NC
11/17/2016* 6:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Alabama A&M	W 80–35	2–0	Carmichael Arena (2,107) Chapel Hill, NC
11/20/2016* 6:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Bucknell	W 65–50	3–0	Carmichael Arena (2,498) Chapel Hill, NC
11/22/2016* 3:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Charleston Southern	W 93–77	4–0	Carmichael Arena (1,877) Chapel Hill, NC
11/24/2016* 4:15 PM	vs. South Florida Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division semifinals	L 55–83	4–1	St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH
11/25/2016* 5:45 PM	vs. Minnesota Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division 3rd place game	W 91–77	5–1	St. George HS Gymnasium (486) Freeport, BAH
12/01/2016* 8:00 PM	at Wisconsin ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 72–59	6–1	Kohl Center (2,972) Madison, WI
12/04/2016* 5:30 PM, ACCN Extra	Elon			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
12/07/2016* 5:30 PM, ACCN Extra	Marshall			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
12/18/2016* 3:00 PM	vs. LSU Crescom Bank Holiday Invitational			Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM	vs. Jacksonville Crescom Bank Holiday Invitational			Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC
12/28/2016* 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Coppin State			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
12/30/2016* 2:00 PM, ACCN Extra	South Carolina State			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
ACC regular season
01/02/2016 7:00 PM	at Virginia Tech			Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
01/05/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Florida State			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
01/08/2016 1:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Virginia			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
01/12/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	at Duke			Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
01/15/2016 2:00 PM	at Pittsburgh			Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
01/19/2016 7:00 PM, RSN	Wake Forest			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
01/22/2016 12:00 PM, ESPNU	Notre Dame			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
01/26/2016 7:00 PM, RSN	at Miami (FL)			BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL
01/29/2016 3:00 PM, RSN	NC State Carolina–State Game			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
02/05/2016 2:00 PM	at Clemson			Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
02/09/2016 5:30 PM, ACCN Extra	Boston College			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
02/12/2016 3:00 PM, RSN	at Syracuse			Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
02/16/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	Georgia Tech			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
02/19/2016 12:00 PM, ESPNU	at Louisville			KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
02/23/2016 7:00 PM, RSN	at NC State Carolina–State Game			Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
02/26/2016 3:00 PM, RSN	Duke			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/01–05/2017	vs.			Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[1]

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																			N/A
Coaches	NR

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

References

^ "2016-17 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball schedule". North Carolina Tar Heels.

[1] "2016-17 North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball schedule". North Carolina Tar Heels.

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v t e North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball
Venues	Carmichael Auditorium (1974–2008, 2009–present) Dean Smith Center (2008–2009)
Rivalries	Duke NC State Wake Forest
Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Jumpman Invitational Tobacco Road
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 1999–00 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 national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References