2016–17 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team

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2016–17 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball

WNIT, First Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Record	21–8 (14–3 MAC)
Head coach	Brady Sallee (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Tennille Adams Audrey McDonald-Spencer Ryan Patterson
Home arena	Worthen Arena
Seasons← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Kent State	13	–	5	.722	19	–	13	.594
Ohio	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
Buffalo	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
Miami (OH)	5	–	13	.278	11	–	21	.344
Bowling Green	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258
Akron	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300
West
Central Michigan	15	–	3	.833	23	–	9	.719
Ball State	14	–	4	.778	21	–	11	.656
Toledo †	12	–	6	.667	25	–	9	.735
Northern Illinois	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Western Michigan	8	–	10	.444	19	–	13	.594
Eastern Michigan	1	–	17	.056	6	–	25	.194

† 2017 MAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2017

The 2016–17 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team represented Ball State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship season. The Cardinals, led by fifth year head coach Brady Sallee, played their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

The Cardinals lost to Indiana in the first round of the WNIT.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2016* 11:00 am, ESPN3	Arkansas Pine Bluff	W 88–60	1–0	Worthen Arena (1,683) Muncie, IN
November 16, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Evansville	W 84–49	2–0	Worthen Arena (1,012) Muncie, IN
November 22, 2016* 4:30 pm	vs. Auburn Savannah Invitational First Round	L 40–54	2–1	Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA
November 23, 2016* 2:00 pm	vs. North Carolina A&T Savannah Invitational Second Round	W 76–57	3–1	Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA
November 24, 2016* 4:30 pm	vs. East Carolina Savannah Invitational Third Round	L 69–82	3–2	Savannah Civic Center Savannah, GA
December 1, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Chicago State	W 88–53	4–2	Worthen Arena (851) Muncie, IN
December 4, 2016* 1:00 pm	at Butler	W 74–50	5–2	Hinkle Fieldhouse (786) Indianapolis, IN
December 8, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Purdue	L 42–58	5–3	Worthen Arena (2,510) Muncie, IN
December 11, 2016* 3:00 pm, ESPN3	at Oakland	W 66–59	6–3	Athletics Center O'rena (552) Rochester, MI
December 18, 2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Lipscomb	L 74–78	6–4	Worthen Arena (892) Muncie, IN
December 21, 2016* 8:00 pm	at Western Kentucky	L 61–68	6–5	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,759) Bowling Green, KY
December 28, 2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Urbana	W 93–49	7–5	Worthen Arena (706) Muncie, IN
MAC regular season
December 31, 2016 12:00 pm	at Toledo	W 51–45	8–5 (1–0)	Savage Arena (3,509) Toledo, OH
January 4, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Kent State	W 71–47	9–5 (2–0)	Worthen Arena (820) Muncie, IN
January 7, 2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3	Western Michigan	W 61–56	10–5 (3–0)	Worthen Arena (2,645) Muncie, IN
January 11, 2017 7:00 pm	at Central Michigan	L 92–101	10–6 (3–1)	McGuirk Arena (1,471) Mount Pleasant, MI
January 14, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Akron	W 80–70	11–6 (4–1)	Worthen Arena (1,015) Muncie, IN
January 18, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Eastern Michigan	W 78–49	12–6 (5–1)	Worthen Arena (954) Muncie, IN
January 21, 2017 12:00 pm	at Bowling Green	W 75–53	13–6 (6–1)	Stroh Center (2,953) Bowling Green, OH
January 25, 2017 7:00 pm	at Buffalo	W 89–75	14–6 (7–1)	Alumni Arena (1,189) Buffalo, NY
January 28, 2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3	Northern Illinois	L 96–101	14–7 (7–2)	Worthen Arena (4,298) Muncie, IN
February 1, 2017 7:00 pm	at Akron	W 90–63	15–7 (8–2)	Rhodes Arena (629) Akron, OH
February 4, 2017 1:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	W 81–60	16–7 (9–2)	Millett Hall (394) Oxford, OH
February 8, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3	Bowling Green	W 91–70	17–7 (10–2)	Worthen Arena (1,153) Muncie, IN
February 11, 2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3	Ohio	L 68–72	17–8 (10–3)	Worthen Arena (1,011) Muncie, IN
February 18, 2017 1:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	W 92–84	18–8 (11–3)	Convocation Center DeKalb, IL
February 22, 2017 7:00 pm	at Western Michigan	W 83–72	19–8 (12–3)	University Arena (683) Kalamazoo, MI
February 25, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Central Michigan	W 81–73	20–8 (13–3)	Worthen Arena (1,427) Muncie, IN
March 1, 2017 7:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan	W 64–54	21–8 (14–3)	Convocation Center (704) Ypsilanti, MI
March 4, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3	Toledo	L 66–76	21–9 (14–4)	Worthen Arena (1,785) Muncie, IN
MAC Tournament
March 8, 2017* 4:50 pm, ESPN3	vs. Buffalo	L 65–69	21–10 (14–4)	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Women's NIT
March 16, 2017* 7:00 pm, CBS	at Indiana Round 1	L 58–71	21–11 (14–4)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (2,028) Bloomington, Indiana
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

"Indiana advances past Ball State in WNIT". Courier Journal. March 16, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

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