The 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 15th year head coach Karl Smesko, played their home games at Alico Arena and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 26–9, 12–2 in A-Sun play to finish in second place. They defeated North Florida, Jacksonville and Stetson to become champions of the ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Miami (FL) in the first round.
Media All home games and conference road will be shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Road games will also be broadcast on the FGCU Portal.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#00885A; color:#00287A;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#00885A; color:#00287A;"| Atlantic Sun regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#00885A; color:#00287A;"| Atlantic Sun Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#00885A; color:#00287A;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.Poll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP N/A Coaches
See also 2016–17 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team
References