2016–17 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crimson, led by the head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith who was head coach for thirty five years, play their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 21–9, 8–6 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. They had lost in the semifinal of the Ivy women's tournament to Princeton. They were invited to the WNIT where they defeated New Hampshire in the first round by scoring more points than they got, before losing to St. John's in the second round by getting less points than they got.

2016–17 Harvard Crimson women's basketball
Fordham Holiday Classic Champions
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	21–9 (8–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Kathy Delaney-Smith (35th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Roux Amanda Leahy Jasmine Sborov
Home arena	Lavietes Pavilion
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn†	13	–	1		.929			22	–	7		.759
Princeton	9	–	5		.643			16	–	13		.552
Harvard	8	–	6		.571			21	–	9		.700
Cornell	7	–	7		.500			16	–	11		.593
Brown	7	–	7		.500			16	–	12		.571
Yale	6	–	8		.429			15	–	12		.556
Columbia	3	–	11		.214			13	–	14		.481
Dartmouth	3	–	11		.214			8	–	19		.296
† 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League will institute conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments will only award the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships will continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results. The Ivy League playoff will take place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There will be two semifinal games on the first day with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed. The final will be played the next day for the NCAA bid.^[1]

Roster

2016–17 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Hometown G 00 Nani Redford 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Manhasset, New York G 01 Kelsey Bogdan 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Clarendon Hills, Illinois G 3 Katie Benzan 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Wellesley, Massachusetts F 10 Destiny Nunley (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr North Richland Hills, Texas G 11 Kirby Porter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Chevy Chase, Maryland F 13 Jeannie Boehm 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Winnetka, Illinois G 14 Mackenzie Barta 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Maple Grove, Minnesota F 15 Maria Guramare 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Bédarrides, France G 20 Madeline Raster 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So South Bend, Indiana G 21 Taylor Finley (C) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Edina, Minnesota G 25 Sydney Skinner 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Plano, Texas G 31 Taylor Rooks 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Warren, New Jersey G 33 Grace Keane 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Leawood, Kansas F 41 Hayley Isenberg 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Dallas, Texas	Head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith (Bridgewater State) Assistant coach(es) Mike Roux (Assumption (MA)) Amanda Leahy (Bowdoin) Jasmine Sborov (Colorado) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 13, 2016

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 12, 2016* 3:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 87–103	0–1	Williams Arena (3,056) Minneapolis, MN
Nov 15, 2016* 6:00 pm		Maine	W 69–62	1–1	Lavietes Pavilion (413) Boston, MA
Nov 18, 2016* 7:00 pm		Samford	W 57–52	2–1	Lavietes Pavilion (343) Boston, MA
Nov 22, 2016* 7:00 pm		at Boston University	W 65–52	3–1	Case Gym (262) Boston, MA
Nov 26, 2016* 6:00 pm		Fairfield	W 58–44	4–1	Lavietes Pavilion (531) Boston, MA
Nov 29, 2016* 7:00 pm		at Sacred Heart	W 68–60	5–1	William H. Pitt Center (208) Fairfield, CT
Dec 1, 2016* 7:00 pm		Temple	W 73–62	6–1	Lavietes Pavilion (437) Boston, MA
Dec 4, 2016* Noon		NJIT	W 59–38	7–1	Lavietes Pavilion (507) Boston, MA
Dec 7, 2016* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kansas	W 69–59	8–1	Allen Fieldhouse (1,679) Lawrence, KS
Dec 21, 2016* 1:00 pm		at Siena	W 65–58	9–1	Alumni Recreation Center (1,155) Loudonville, NY
Dec 29, 2016* 2:30 pm		vs. UNC Asheville Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals	W 79–62	10–1	Rose Hill Gymnasium (921) Bronx, NY
Dec 30, 2016* 2:30 pm		vs. Buffalo Fordham Holiday Classic championship	W 74–62	11–1	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
Jan 7, 2017 7:00 pm		Dartmouth	W 70–65	12–1 (1–0)	Lavietes Pavilion (572) Boston, MA
Jan 11, 2017* 7:00 pm		at La Salle	W 66–64	13–1	Tom Gola Arena (284) Philadelphia, PA
Jan 21, 2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Dartmouth	W 70–61	14–1 (2–0)	Leede Arena (877) Hanover, NH
Jan 27, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Cornell	W 62–59	15–1 (3–0)	Lavietes Pavilion (653) Boston, MA
Jan 28, 2017 6:00 pm		Columbia	W 70–68	16–1 (4–0)	Lavietes Pavilion (704) Boston, MA
Feb 3, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Penn	L 43–63	16–2 (4–1)	Palestra (763) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 4, 2017 6:00 pm		at Princeton	L 58–63 OT	16–3 (4–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,110) Princeton, NJ
Feb 10, 2017 7:00 pm		Brown	W 69–59	17–3 (5–2)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,721) Boston, MA
Feb 11, 2017 6:00 pm		Yale	W 76–56	18–3 (6–2)	Lavietes Pavilion (531) Boston, MA
Feb 17, 2017 7:00 pm		at Columbia	W 58–55	19–3 (7–2)	Levien Gymnasium (477) New York, NY
Feb 18, 2017 5:00 pm		at Cornell	L 52–57	19–4 (7–3)	Newman Arena (559) Ithaca, NY
Feb 24, 2017 7:00 pm		at Yale	L 52–57	19–5 (7–4)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,002) New Haven, CT
Feb 25, 2017 4:00 pm		at Brown	W 66–63	20–5 (8–4)	Pizzitola Sports Center (521) Providence, RI
Mar 3, 2017 7:00 pm		Princeton	L 60–64	20–6 (8–5)	Lavietes Pavilion (819) Boston, MA
Mar 4, 2017 6:00 pm		Penn	L 46–64	20–7 (8–6)	Lavietes Pavilion (703) Boston, MA
Ivy League tournament
Mar 11, 2017 6:30 pm, ESPN3	(3)	vs. (2) Princeton Semifinals	L 47–68	20–8	Palestra (6,209) Philadelphia, PA
Women's National Invitation tournament
Mar 17, 2017* 7:00 pm		at New Hampshire First Round	W 69–56	21–8	Lundholm Gym (387) Durham, NH
Mar 19, 2017* 2:00 pm		at St. John's Second Round	L 57–62	21–9	Carnesecca Arena (535) Queens, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. [2]

Rankings

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								N/A
Coaches

Legend

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

See also

• 2016–17 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

References

1. "The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017" (Press release). Ivy League. March 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
2. Harvard Women's Basketball Schedule