2016 – 17 Harvard Crimson women 's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Crimson , led by the head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith who was head coach for thirty five years , play their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion and were members of the Ivy League . They finished the season 21 – 9 , 8 – 6 in Ivy League play to finish in third place . They had lost in the semifinal of the Ivy Women 's Tournament to Princeton . They were invited to the WNIT where they defeated New Hampshire in the first round by scoring more points than they got , before losing to St. John 's in the second round by getting less points than they got
Ivy Women 's Tournament
2017 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team