2016 – 17 BYU Cougars women 's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . It was head coach Jeff Judkins 's sixteenth season at BYU . The Cougars , members of the West Coast Conference , play their home games at the Marriott Center . They finished the season 20 – 12 , 13 – 5 in WCC play to finish in a tie for second place . They advanced to the semifinals of the WCC Women 's Tournament where they lost to Saint Mary 's . They received an automatic bid to the WNIT where they lost to Washington State in the first round
WCC Women 's Tournament
2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 BYU Cougars women's basketball team