2016–17 Florida Gators women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Florida Gators women's basketball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of basketball during the 2016–17 women's college basketball season. The Gators compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gators, led by tenth-year head coach Amanda Butler, played their home games in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They finished the season 15–16, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They advanced to the second round of SEC women's tournament where they lost to Texas A&M.

On March 6, the school fired Amanda Butler. She finished at Florida with a 10 year record of 190–136.

Previous season The Gators finished the season 22–9, 10–6 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Kentucky. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they were upset by Albany in the first round.

Roster

Coaches NamePositionCollegeGraduating year Amanda Butler Head coach University of Florida 1995 Bill Ferrara Assistant coach University of Florida 2003 Shimmy Gray-Miller Assistant coach University of Michigan 2000 Murriel Page Assistant coach University of Florida 1998 Ryan Gensler Video coordinator Providence College 2011 Shellie Greenman Program assistant Emory and Henry College 1988 Serena Wilson Director of basketball operations University of Florida 2008 Tyler Stuart Strength & conditioning coordinator Anderson University 2007 John "JB" Barrett Associate director, Athletic trainer Mississippi State University 1997 Lani McQuade Executive assistant Holy Names 1991

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style="background:#0021A5; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style="background:#0021A5; color:#FFFFFF;"| SEC regular season

!colspan=12 style="text-align: center; background:#0021A5"|SEC Women's Tournament

Source:Schedule

Rankings 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 20 19 16 19 23 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches 24 23 20 23 25 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week (RV)   Received Votes

See also 2016–17 Florida Gators men's basketball team

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