2016–17 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

2016–17 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
2016–17 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
Air Force Classic Champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	14–16 (4–12 SEC)
Head coach	Stephanie White (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Carolyn Peck; Joy Cheek; Kelly Komara;
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium

The 2016–17 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team will represent Vanderbilt University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Commodores, led by first year head coach Stephanie White, play their home games at Memorial Gymnasium and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 4–12 in SEC play to finish in thirteenth place. They lost in the first round of the SEC women's tournament to Alabama.

2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 South Carolina†	14	–	2	.875	33	–	4	.892
No. 7 Mississippi State	13	–	3	.813	34	–	5	.872
No. 18 Kentucky	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
No. 25 Missouri	11	–	5	.688	21	–	11	.656
Tennessee	10	–	6	.625	20	–	12	.625
Texas A&M	9	–	7	.563	22	–	12	.647
LSU	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Auburn	7	–	9	.438	17	–	15	.531
Georgia	7	–	9	.438	16	–	15	.516
Ole Miss	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
Alabama	5	–	11	.313	22	–	14	.611
Florida	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Vanderbilt	4	–	12	.250	14	–	16	.467
Arkansas	2	–	14	.125	13	–	17	.433

† 2017 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Kayla Overbeck	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Newbury Park	Newbury Park, CA
G	1	Rebekah Dahlman	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Braham Area	Braham, MN
G	3	Rachel Bell	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Creek Wood	Cumberland Furnace, TN
G	10	Cierra Walker	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Oregon City	Oregon City, OR
G	12	Myka Dancy	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Antioch	Antioch, TN
G/F	21	Erin Whalen	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Providence Day School	Charlotte, NC
F	22	Marqu'es Webb	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Hoover	Hoover, AL
G	23	Minta Spears	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Bullard Texas Tech	Bullard, TX
F/C	31	Blessing Ejiofor	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Eastside	Paterson, NJ
G	33	Christa Reed	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Bay	Bay St. Louis, MS
G	35	Kaleigh Clemons-Green	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Baylor School	Chattanooga, TN
G	41	Miaya Seawright	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Hillcrest HS	Simpsonville, SC

Head coach

Stephanie White (Purdue)

Assistant coach(es)

Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt)
Joy Cheek (Duke)
Kelly Komara (Purdue)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2016* 2:00 pm		Bellarmine	W 97–63		Memorial Gymnasium (2,228) Nashville, TN
11/06/2016* 2:00 pm		Union (KY)	W 93–43		Memorial Gymnasium (2,281) Nashville, TN
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		Kennesaw State	W 86–54	1–0	Memorial Gymnasium (2,395) Nashville, TN
11/13/2016* 1:00 pm		at No. 23 Indiana	L 61–94	1–1	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,029) Bloomington, IN
11/16/2016* 7:00 pm		Drexel	W 73–63	2–1	Memorial Gymnasium (2,243) Nashville, TN
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm		Duke	W 77–63	3–1	Memorial Gymnasium (2,841) Nashville, TN
11/22/2016* 11:30 am		Robert Morris	W 75–59	4–1	Memorial Gymnasium (4,242) Nashville, TN
11/27/2016* 2:00 pm		at UT Martin	W 79–77	5–1	Skyhawk Arena (2,137) Martin, TN
12/02/2016* 6:00 pm		at Air Force Air Force Classic semifinals	W 75–49	6–1	Clune Arena (312) Colorado Springs, CO
12/03/2016* 5:30 pm		vs. SIU Edwardsville Air Force Classic championship	W 73–63	7–1	Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO
12/05/2016* 7:00 pm		Tulane	W 74–63	8–1	Memorial Gymnasium (2,297) Nashville, TN
12/08/2016* 6:00 pm		at East Tennessee State	W 80–72	9–1	Freedom Hall Civic Center (1,014) Johnson City, TN
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm		Tennessee Tech	W 89–57	10–1	Memorial Gymnasium (2,451) Nashville, TN
12/21/2016* 7:00 pm		No. 8 Louisville	L 66–78	10–2	Memorial Gymnasium (2,779) Nashville, TN
12/28/2016* 4:00 pm, ESPNU		at Memphis	L 59–75	10–3	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,034) Memphis, TN
SEC regular season
01/02/2016 6:00 pm, SECN		at Texas A&M	L 72–77	10–4 (0–1)	Reed Arena (4,033) College Station, TX
01/05/2016 8:00 pm, SECN		Tennessee Rivalry	L 57–70	10–5 (0–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (3,509) Nashville, TN
01/08/2016 11:00 am, SECN		at Georgia	L 68–70	10–6 (0–3)	Stegeman Coliseum (2,958) Athens, GA
01/12/2016 7:00 pm		Auburn	L 59–64	10–7 (0–4)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,335) Nashville, TN
01/15/2016 2:00 pm		Missouri	L 68–74	10–8 (0–5)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,504) Nashville, TN
01/19/2016 7:00 pm		at Arkansas	L 56–59	10–9 (0–6)	Bud Walton Arena (1,302) Fayetteville, AR
01/22/2016 4:00 pm, ESPN2		at Tennessee Rivalry	L 63–91	10–10 (0–7)	Thompson–Boling Arena (10,106) Knoxville, TN
01/26/2016 8:00 pm, SECN		Alabama	W 87–80	11–10 (1–7)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,316) Nashville, TN
01/29/2016 2:00 pm		Florida	L 73–93	11–11 (1–8)	Memorial Gymnasium (4,336) Nashville, TN
02/05/2016 11:00 am, SECN		at No. 25 Kentucky	L 63–71	11–12 (1–9)	Memorial Coliseum (6,023) Lexington, KY
02/09/2016 8:00 pm, SECN		at No. 5 Mississippi State	L 41–86	11–13 (1–10)	Humphrey Coliseum (5,052) Starkville, MS
02/13/2016 6:00 pm, SECN		LSU	W 70–68	12–13 (2–10)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,324) Nashville, TN
02/16/2016 6:00 pm, SECN		at No. 6 South Carolina	L 51–82	12–14 (2–11)	Colonial Life Arena (13,089) Columbia, SC
02/19/2016 2:00 pm		Ole Miss	W 85–67	13–14 (3–11)	Memorial Gymnasium (3,663) Nashville, TN
02/23/2016 7:00 pm		Arkansas	W 66–64	14–14 (4–11)	Memorial Gymnasium (2,450) Nashville, TN
02/26/2016 12:00 pm, SECN		at LSU	L 58–64	14–15 (4–12)	Maravich Center (2,005) Baton Rouge, LA
SEC Women's Tournament
03/01/2017 10:00 am, SECN	(13)	vs. (12) Alabama First Round	L 57–77	14–16	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (3,507) Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR			N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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

References

"Vanderbilt Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2016.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "Vanderbilt Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2016.

Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1977–present)
Rivalries	Tennessee
Culture & lore	"Dynamite"
People	Head coaches Retired numbers
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
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

2016–17 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References