2016–17 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team

2016–17 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball
Tulane Classic Champions
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record18–15 (7–9 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Alan Frey
  • Doshia Woods
  • Beth Dunkenberger
Home arenaDevlin Fieldhouse
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 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by 23rd year head coach Lisa Stockton, played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse and were third year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 7–9 in AAC play to finish in a 4-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to UCF. They were invited to the Women's National Invitational Tournament where they defeated Texas-Arlington and Grambling State in the first and second rounds before losing to Alabama in the third round.