The 2016–17 Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team represented the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock, UALR) is a Public university, public research university in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School District in 1927, the ...
during the
2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 11, 2016 and ended with the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Final Four 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, title game in Dallas ...
. The Trojans, led by fourteenth year head coach
Joe Foley
Joe Michael Foley (born August 12, 1955) is an American women's basketball coach. He coached the Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team from 2003 until 2024. He coached from 1987 to 2003 at Arkansas Tech.
Career
Since Foley was brought on ...
, played their home games at the
Jack Stephens Center
Jack Stephens Center is a 5,600-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States and was built in 2005. It is home to the school's men's basketball, women's basketball, m ...
and were members of the
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference that has been affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football confe ...
. They finished the season 25–9, 17–1 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the
Sun Belt women's tournament, where they lost to Louisiana–Lafayette. They received an automatic bid to the
WNIT, where they defeated Southern Miss in the first round before losing to Alabama in the second round.
Roster
Schedule
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WNIT
Rankings
See also
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2016–17 Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team
References
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Little Rock Trojans women's basketball seasons
Little Rock
Little Rock is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Arkansas, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 202,591 as of the 2020 census. The six-county Central Arkan ...
2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament participants
Little Rock Trojans women's basketball
The Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The school joined the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) on July 1, 2022, after 31 seasons in the Sun Belt Confe ...
Little Rock Trojans women's basketball
The Little Rock Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The school joined the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) on July 1, 2022, after 31 seasons in the Sun Belt Confe ...