2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record24–9 (11–5 The American)
Head coach
Associate head coachJeff Osterman
Assistant coaches
  • Michele Woods-Baxter
  • Desma Thomas Bateast
Home arenaUSF Sun Dome
2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UConn160 1.000361  .973
Temple133 .813248  .750
South Florida115 .688249  .727
UCF97 .5632112  .636
SMU79 .4381915  .559
Tulane79 .4381815  .545
Cincinnati79 .4381614  .533
Memphis79 .4381416  .467
Tulsa511 .3131021  .323
Houston412 .2501219  .387
East Carolina214 .1251119  .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.