2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 22
Associate head coach	Jeff Osterman

2016–17 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0		1.000			36	–	1		.973
Temple	13	–	3		.813			24	–	8		.750
South Florida	11	–	5		.688			24	–	9		.727
UCF	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
SMU	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Tulane	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Cincinnati	7	–	9		.438			16	–	14		.533
Memphis	7	–	9		.438			14	–	16		.467
Tulsa	5	–	11		.313			10	–	21		.323
Houston	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
East Carolina	2	–	14		.125			11	–	19		.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 sixteenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This is USF's fourth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC.

Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2016–17 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 3 Jazzmaine Bond 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Blackman Murfreesboro, TN F 10 Laura Ferreira 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Escola Secundária De Santo André Lisbon, Portugal G/F 11 Ariadna Pujol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr GEM Mataró, Spain F 12 Maria Jesperson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Marselisborg Hojbjerg, Denmark G 13 Dorottya Nagy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr PINKK-Pécsi Pécs, Hungary F 14 Paige Cashin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Newark Newark, OH G 20 Nachalie De Jesus 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr John A. Ferguson HS Miami Dade College Luquillo, PR F 21 Shandrea Leverett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr South Effingham HS Rincon, GA G 22 Laia Flores 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Institut Municipal Biada Mataró, Spain F 23 Tamara Henshaw 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Flagler Palm Coast HS Palm Coast, FL G 24 Enna Penhadzic 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr None Denmark C 32 Nancy Warioba 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Tigoi Girls HS Blinn College Kisumu, Kenya F 33 Kitija Laksa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Rigas Francu Licejs Riga, Latvia C 45 Katelyn Weber 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Hall Little Rock, AR	Head coach Jose Fernandez (Miami-Dade Kendall) Assistant coach(es) Jeff Osterman (Siena) Michele Woods-Baxter (St. John Fisher College) Desma Thomas Bateast (Miami (FL)) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
11/15/2016* 7:00 PM		North Florida	W 78–42	1–0	USF Sun Dome (1,906) Tampa, FL
11/21/2016* 7:00 PM		Jacksonville	W 64–52	2–0	USF Sun Dome (1,776) Tampa, FL
11/24/2016* 4:45 PM		vs. North Carolina Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division semifinals	W 83–55	3–0	St. George HS Gymnasium  Freeport, BAH
11/26/2016* 6:45 PM		vs. Georgia Junkanoo Jam Lucaya Division championship	W 81–65	4–0	St. George HS Gymnasium (543) Freeport, BAH
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM		FIU	W 91–41	5–0	USF Sun Dome (1,812) Tampa, FL
12/02/2016* 7:00 PM		at Butler	W 74–59	6–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse (343) Indianapolis, IN
12/11/2016* 3:00 PM	No. 22	at Arkansas State	W 78–59	7–0	Convocation Center (1,058) Jonesboro, AR
12/14/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 22	Saint Francis (PA)	W 129–80	8–0	USF Sun Dome (1,759) Tampa, FL
12/19/2016* 3:30 PM	No. 21	vs. Long Beach State Play4Kay Shootout quarterfinals	L 68–73	8–1	T-Mobile Arena  Paradise, NV
12/20/2016* 3:30 PM	No. 21	vs. Santa Clara Play4Kay Shootout consolation 2nd round	W 63–54	9–1	T-Mobile Arena  Paradise, NV
12/21/2016* 6:00 PM	No. 21	vs. UNLV Play4Kay Shootout 5th place game	W 77–42	10–1	T-Mobile Arena  Paradise, NV
12/30/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 23	Stetson	W 74–60	11–1	USF Sun Dome (1,956) Tampa, FL
01/04/2017 8:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 22	at Tulane	W 62–53	12–1 (1–0)	Devlin Fieldhouse (1,048) New Orleans, LA
01/07/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 22	Tulsa			USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
01/10/2017 7:00 PM, CBSSN		at Connecticut			Gampel Pavilion  Storrs, CT
01/14/2017 7:00 PM, ADN		East Carolina			USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
01/17/2017 7:00 PM, CBSSN		Memphis			USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
01/22/2017* 2:00 PM, ESPNU		Louisville			USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
01/25/2017 8:00 PM		at SMU			Moody Coliseum  Dallas, TX
01/29/2017 12:00 PM, CBSSN		at Temple			McGonigle Hall  Philadelphia, PA
02/01/2017 7:00 PM, ADN		Cincinnati			USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
02/05/2017 6:30 PM, ESPNU		at Memphis			Elma Roane Fieldhouse  Memphis, TN
02/08/2017 7:00 PM		at East Carolina			Williams Arena  Greenville, NC
02/12/2017 12:00 PM, ESPN2		Tulane			USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
02/14/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN3		UCF War on I-4			USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
02/19/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN2		Temple			USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
02/21/2017 8:00 PM		at Houston			Hofheinz Pavilion  Houston, TX
02/25/2017 3:00 PM		at Tulsa			Reynolds Center  Tulsa, OK
02/27/2017 7:00 PM, ESPN2		Connecticut			USF Sun Dome  Tampa, FL
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/03–06/2017		vs.			Mohegan Sun Arena  Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in EST.

Rankings

Main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	RV	RV	22	22	21т	23	22											N/A
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	19	25	25	22

Legend

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

See also

• 2016–17 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team