2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team
The 2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's fifth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and play their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 25–9, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to West Virginia. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Central Arkansas and NC State in the first and second rounds before losing to Stanford in the sweet sixteen.Roster
Rankings
| 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 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | N/A |
| Coaches | 6т | 10 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
2016–17 media
Television & Radio information
Most University of Texas home games will be shown on the Longhorn Network, and select games will be available through FSN affiliates. Women's basketball games will also be carried on the radio via KVET.Schedule
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
