2016 – 17 Louisville Cardinals women 's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Cardinals , led by tenth-year head coach Jeff Walz , played their home games at the KFC Yum ! Center and were in their third year in the Atlantic Coast Conference . They finished the season 29 – 8 , 12 – 4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place . They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Women 's Tournament where they lost to Notre Dame . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women 's Tournament where they defeated Chattanooga and Tennessee in the first and second rounds before losing to Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen
ACC Women 's Tournament
2017 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team