2016–17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1

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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team will represent University of Notre Dame during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by thirtieth year head coach Muffet McGraw, play their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center and are fourth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Marina Mabrey	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Manasquan	Belmar, NJ
G	5	Jackie Young	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Princeton Community	Princeton, IN
F	11	Brianna Turner	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Manvel	Pearland, TX
G	14	Mychael Johnson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Huntington St. Joseph	Huntington, WV
G	15	Lindsay Allen	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	St. John's College	Michelleville, MD
G	20	Ali Patberg	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Columbus North	Columbus, IN
F	21	Kristina Nelson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Buford	Buford, GA
F	22	Erin Boley	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Elizabethtown	Hodgenville, KY
G	24	Arike Ogunbowale	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	RS So	Divine Savior Holy Angels	Milwaukee, WI
F	33	Kathryn Westbeld	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Ketting Fairmount	Kettering, OH
C	35	Diamond Thompson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Sr	Wheaton Warrenville South	Wheaton, IL

Head coach

Muffet McGraw (Saint Joseph's)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Media

All Notre Dame games will air on WHPZ Pulse 96.9 FM. Games are streamed online live.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 1	Roberts Wesleyan	W 129–50		Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,675) South Bend, IN
Regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	No. 1	Central Michigan Preseason WNIT First Round	W 104–47	1–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,454) South Bend, IN
11/14/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	No. 1	Fordham Preseason WNIT quarterfinals	W 67–36	2–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,435) South Bend, IN
11/17/2016* 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra	No. 1	Green Bay Preseason WNIT semifinals	W 71–67	3–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,817) South Bend, IN
11/20/2016* 3:00 PM, CBSSN	No. 1	No. 17 Washington Preseason WNIT championship	W 71–60	4–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,106) South Bend, IN
11/22/2016* 8:00 PM	No. 1	vs. Louisiana–Lafayette	W 91–51	5–0	Campbell Center^{[n 1]} (767) Houston, TX
11/26/2016* 1:00 PM, ACCN Extra	No. 1	TCU	W 92–59	6–0	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,174) South Bend, IN
11/30/2016* 8:00 PM, BTN	No. 1	at Iowa ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 73–58	7–0	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,809) Iowa City, IA
12/04/2016* 1:00 PM, ACCN Extra	No. 1	Valparaiso			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
12/07/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN2		Connecticut Rivalry			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
12/10/2016* 8:00 PM		at DePaul			McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL
12/18/2016* 2:00 PM		at Toledo			Savage Arena Toledo, OH
12/20/2016* 7:00 PM, BTN		at Michigan State			Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
12/27/2016* 7:30 PM		at Chattanooga			McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN
12/29/2016 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra		at NC State			Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
01/02/2017 7:00 PM		at Georgia Tech			Hank McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
01/05/2017 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra		Wake Forest			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
01/08/2017 3:00 PM, ESPN Flex		at Miami (FL)			BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL
01/12/2017 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra		Pittsburgh			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
01/16/2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN2		at Tennessee			Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN
01/19/2017 7:00 PM		at Boston College			Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA
01/22/2017 12:00 PM, ESPNU		at North Carolina			Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
01/26/2017 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra		Duke			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
01/29/2017 12:00 PM, ESPNU		Virginia			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
02/02/2017 7:00 PM		at Virginia Tech			Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA
02/06/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN2		Louisville			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
02/12/2017 1:00 PM, ACCN Extra		Georgia Tech			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
02/16/2017 7:00 PM		at Clemson			Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
02/19/2017 5:00 PM, ESPN2		at Syracuse			Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
02/23/2017 7:00 PM, ACCN Extra		Boston College			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
02/26/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN2		Florida State			Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN
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^[2]

Notes

^ This game did not finish at Campbell Center. A power outage during the second quarter led the teams to move the remainder of the game to Tudor Fieldhouse on the campus of Rice University. The latter venue was available because the Owls had just completed a game against Grand Canyon.^[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	1	1	1	1																N/A
Coaches	2	1	1	1

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

References

^ "Power outage forces Notre Dame and Louisiana-Lafayette to switch venues during middle of game". ESPN.com. November 23, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "2016–17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball schedule". Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

[2] This game did not finish at Campbell Center. A power outage during the second quarter led the teams to move the remainder of the game to Tudor Fieldhouse on the campus of Rice University. The latter venue was available because the Owls had just completed a game against Grand Canyon.^[1]

[1] "Power outage forces Notre Dame and Louisiana-Lafayette to switch venues during middle of game". ESPN.com. November 23, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] "2016–17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball schedule". Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

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v t e Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball
Venues	Joyce Center (1977–present)
Rivalries	UConn
Culture & lore	Notre Dame Leprechaun Bird at the Buzzer
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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 national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics