2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team

2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball
WAC Regular Season & Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record24–7 (14–0 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jason Glover
  • Ashley Ford
  • Blanche Alverson
Home arenaPan American Center
2016–17 WAC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
New Mexico State140 1.000247  .774
Cal State Bakersfield104 .7141514  .517
Seattle104 .7141518  .455
UTRGV86 .5711914  .576
Grand Canyon*77 .5001512  .556
UMKC410 .2861019  .345
Utah Valley311 .214922  .290
Chicago State014 .000029  .000
2017 WAC tournament winner
As of March 19, 2017
Rankings from AP poll
* Ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II

The 2016–17 New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball team represented New Mexico State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies, led by seventh year head coach Mark Trakh, played their home games at the Pan American Center and were members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24–7, 14–0 in WAC play to win the regular season WAC championship. They defeated UMKC and Seattle to be champions of the WAC women's tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Stanford. In that game, the Aggies nearly pulled off the monumental upset, leading 38-31 at halftime. The Cardinal cut the lead to one at the end of the third quarter before taking the lead for good halfway through the fourth.