2016–17 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

2016–17 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
2016–17 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	13–17 (4–12 ACC)
Head coach	Suzie McConnell-Serio (4th season);
Assistant coaches	Kathy McConnell-Miller; Carmen Bruce; Lindsay Richards;
Home arena	Petersen Events Center
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame^†	15	–	1	.938	33	–	4	.892
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
No. 10 Florida State	13	–	3	.813	28	–	7	.800
No. 13 Louisville	12	–	4	.750	29	–	8	.784
No. 17 NC State	12	–	4	.750	23	–	9	.719
No. 21 Syracuse	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
No. 16 Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
Virginia	7	–	9	.438	20	–	13	.606
Wake Forest	6	–	10	.375	16	–	16	.500
Georgia Tech	5	–	11	.313	22	–	14	.611
Virginia Tech	4	–	12	.250	20	–	14	.588
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	13	–	17	.433
Clemson	3	–	13	.188	15	–	16	.484
North Carolina	3	–	13	.188	15	–	16	.484
Boston College	2	–	14	.125	9	–	21	.300


† 2017 ACC tournament winner As of March 29, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team will represent Pittsburgh University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fourth year head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio, played their home games at the Petersen Events Center and the Panthers, fourth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 4–12 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the ACC women's tournament to North Carolina.

2016–17 media[edit]

Pitt Panthers Sports Network[edit]

The Pitt Panthers Sports Network will broadcast all Panthers games on WJAS. George Von Benko will provide the play-by-play while Jen Tuscano will provide the analysis. Non-televised home games can be watched online via Pitt Panthers TV with the Panthers Sports Network call.

Roster[edit]

2016–17 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Aysia Bugg	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Jr	Bolingbrook	Chicago, IL
G	3	Jasmine Whitney	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Paul IV	Centreville, VA
G	4	Tania Lamb	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Long Beach Poly	Los Angeles, CA
F	5	Kauai Bradley	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Marian Catholic	Chicago, IL
G	10	Cassidy Walsh	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Seton-La Salle	Pittsburgh, PA
F	12	Yacine Diop	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	Seton-La Salle	Dakar, Senegal
G	22	Destinie Gibbs	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	RS Sr	McEachern USC	Oxford, GA
G	23	Alayna Gribble	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Norwin	Pittsburgh, PA
G	24	Madison Serio	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Upper St. Clair	Pittsburgh, PA
F	32	Kalista Walters	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Bethlehem Catholic	Fleetwood, PA
F	44	Brandi Harvey-Carr	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Leap Academy DePaul	Camden, NJ
G/F	50	Brenna Wise	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Fr	Vincentian Academy	Pittsburgh, PA

Head coach

Suzie McConnell-Serio (Penn State)

Assistant coach(es)

Kathy McConnell-Miller (Virginia)
Carmen Bruce (Duquesne)
Lindsay Richards (Iowa)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule[edit]

^[1]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 2:00 pm	Indiana (PA)	W 72–40		Peterson Events Center (670) Pittsburgh, PA
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Mount St. Mary's	W 89–54	1–0	Peterson Events Center (589) Pittsburgh, PA
11/14/2016* 11:00 am, ACCN Extra	Youngstown State	W 63–50	2–0	Peterson Events Center (9,771) Pittsburgh, PA
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Loyola–Chicago	W 59–35	3–0	Peterson Events Center (516) Pittsburgh, PA
11/21/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Loyola (MD)	W 74–44	4–0	Peterson Events Center (651) Pittsburgh, PA
11/23/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Slippery Rock	W 94–48	5–0	Peterson Events Center (646) Pittsburgh, PA
11/26/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Cornell	W 56–44	6–0	Peterson Events Center (717) Pittsburgh, PA
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Purdue ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 61–67	6–1	Peterson Events Center (702) Pittsburgh, PA
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Charlotte	L 63–70	6–2	Peterson Events Center (825) Pittsburgh, PA
12/06/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Bryant	W 76–60	7–2	Peterson Events Center (517) Pittsburgh, PA
12/10/2016* 2:00 pm	at Penn State	L 62–91	7–3	Bryce Jordan Center (2,522) University Park, PA
12/19/2016* 5:00 pm	vs. UTEP Patrick Harrington Tournament	W 71–46	8–3	The Arena at NWFSC Niceville, FL
12/20/2016* 5:00 pm	vs. McNeese State Patrick Harrington Tournament	W 71–65	9–3	The Arena at NWFSC (498) Niceville, FL
12/29/2016* 2:00 pm	at Duquesne City Game	L 54–63	9–4	Palumbo Center (1,724) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC regular season
01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Miami (FL)	L 50–82	9–5 (0–1)	Peterson Events Center (904) Pittsburgh, PA
01/05/2017 7:00 pm, RSN	Boston College	W 56–43	10–5 (1–1)	Peterson Events Center (538) Pittsburgh, PA
01/08/2017 4:00 pm, RSN	at No. 8 Louisville	L 52–73	10–6 (1–2)	KFC Yum! Center (8,039) Louisville, KY
01/12/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	at No. 6 Notre Dame	L 54–86	10–7 (1–3)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,137) South Bend, IN
01/15/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	North Carolina	W 68–48	11–7 (2–3)	Peterson Events Center (1,879) Pittsburgh, PA
01/22/2017 12:30 pm, RSN	Virginia	W 62–54	12–7 (3–3)	Peterson Events Center (2,224) Pittsburgh, PA
01/26/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	at No. 18 NC State	L 42–55	12–8 (3–4)	Reynolds Center (2,617) Raleigh, NC
01/29/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 9 Louisville	L 48–63	12–9 (3–5)	Peterson Events Center (3,152) Pittsburgh, PA
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	at No. 24 Syracuse	L 65–93	12–10 (3–6)	Carrier Dome (942) Syracuse, NY
02/05/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	at Wake Forest	L 48–57	12–11 (3–7)	LJVM Coliseum (576) Winston-Salem, NC
02/09/2017 6:30 pm, RSN	Clemson	L 46–54	12–12 (3–8)	Peterson Events Center (652) Pittsburgh, PA
02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	at No. 14 Duke	L 48–62	12–13 (3–9)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,013) Durham, NC
02/16/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	Virginia Tech	W 72–64	13–13 (3–10)	Peterson Events Center (787) Pittsburgh, PA
02/19/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	at Georgia Tech	L 57–71	13–14 (4–10)	Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,039) Atlanta, GA
02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	at No. 8 Florida State	L 48–79	13–15 (4–11)	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (4,595) Tallahassee, FL
02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 20 Syracuse	L 57–73	13–16 (4–12)	Peterson Events Center (4,212) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Women's Tournament
03/01/2017 6:30 pm, RSN	vs. North Carolina First Round	L 60–72	13–17	HTC Center (2,475) Conway, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

^ "Pitt Women's Basketball Official Schedule - PittsburghPanthers.com - University of Pittsburgh Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2016.

[1] "Pitt Women's Basketball Official Schedule - PittsburghPanthers.com - University of Pittsburgh Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2016.

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Venues	Trees Gym (1914–1925) Pitt Pavilion (1925–1927) Fitzgerald Field House (1970–2002) Civic Arena (alternate, 1984–2002) Petersen Events Center (2002–present)
Rivalries	Duquesne West Virginia
Culture & lore	History "Hail to Pitt" "Pitt Victory Song"
People	Head coaches
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