2016β17 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball | |
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Co-Southland Conference regular season Southland Tournament Champions | |
NCAA tournament, first round | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 26β5 (16β2 Southland) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Farris Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansasβ | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian* | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M-CC | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word* | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE Louisiana | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 3 | – | 25 | .107 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017 Southland tournament winner As of March 20, 2017 *ineligible for conference and NCAA tournament postseason play due to Div. I transition Rankings from AP poll |
The 2016β17 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team represented the
University of Central Arkansas during the
2016β17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sugar Bears were led by fifth year head coach
Sandra Rushing and played their home games at the
Farris Center as members of the
Southland Conference. They finished the season 26β5, 16β2 tied for first place in conference play. They were champions of the
Southland women's tournament. They received an invitation to the
NCAA tournament marking their second consecutive NCAA tournament appearance. Their season ended in the first round with a loss to the
Texas Longhorns.
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular Schedule | |||||||||||
Nov 11, 2016* 6:00 pm |
Hendrix College | W 71β39 | 1β0 |
Farris Center (876) Conway, AR | |||||||
Nov 13, 2016* 6:00 pm |
at Texas A&M | L 49β74 | 1β1 |
Reed Arena (3,030) College Station, TX | |||||||
Nov 17, 2016* 5:30 pm |
at Alcorn State | W 71β57 | 2β1 |
Davey Whitney Complex (503) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Nov 22, 2016* 6:00 pm |
Williams Baptist College | W 82β32 | 3β1 |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Nov 29, 2016* 5:00 pm |
Alcorn State | W 59β45 | 4β1 |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Dec 2, 2016* 6:00 pm |
Crowley's Ridge College | W 102β31 | 5β1 |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Dec 12, 2016* 2:00 pm |
Central Baptist College | W 94β47 | 6β1 |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Dec 14, 2016* 5:30 pm |
at Texas Tech | L 45β79 | 6β2 |
United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||
Dec 19, 2016* 4:00 pm |
vs.
Liberty UTSA Tournament |
W 61β41 | 7β2 |
Convocation Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||
Dec 20, 2016* 4:00 pm |
vs.
Houston UTSA Tournament |
W 69β55 | 8β2 |
Convocation Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||
Southland Conference Schedule | |||||||||||
Dec 31, 2016 2:00 pm |
Lamar | L 56β70 | 8β3 (0β1) |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Jan 2, 2017 6:00 pm |
Northwestern State | W 76β43 | 9β3 (1β1) |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Jan 7, 2017 2:00 pm |
at Abilene Christian | L 76β83 | 9β4 (1β2) |
Abilene Christian Abilene, TX | |||||||
Jan 11, 2017 1:00 pm |
at Houston Baptist | W 80β49 | 10β4 (2β2) |
Sharp Gymnasium Houston, TX | |||||||
Jan 14, 2017 4:30 pm |
at Texas A&MβCorpus Christi | W 49β41 | 11β4 (3β2) |
Dugan Wellness Center (752) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
Jan 18, 2017 6:00 pm |
McNeese State | W 67β52 | 12β4 (4β2) |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Jan 21, 2017 4:00 pm |
at New Orleans | W 55β51 | 13β4 (5β2) |
Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA | |||||||
Jan 25, 2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Stephen F. Austin | W 67β63 | 14β4 (6β2) |
William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||
Jan 28, 2017 2:00 pm |
Incarnate Word | W 63β50 | 15β4 (7β2) |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Jan 31, 2017 5:30 pm |
at McNeese State | W 72β49 | 16β4 (8β2) |
Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA | |||||||
Feb 4, 2017 2:00 pm |
Southeastern Louisiana | W 77β55 | 17β4 (9β2) |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Feb 8, 2017 7:00 pm |
Abilene Christian | W 80β70 | 18β4 (10β2) |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Feb 11, 2017 1:00 pm |
at Nicholls State | W 61β52 | 19β4 (11β2) |
Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA | |||||||
Feb 15, 2017 7:00 pm |
Sam Houston State | W 75β48 | 20β4 (12β2) |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Feb 18, 2017 2:00 pm |
Houston Baptist | W 83β39 | 21β4 (13β2) |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Feb 22, 2017 5:30 pm |
at Southeastern Louisiana | W 78β64 | 22β4 (14β2) |
University Center Hammond, LA | |||||||
Feb 25, 2017 4:00 pm |
Stephen F. Austin | W 70β58 | 23β4 (15β2) |
Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||
Mar 4, 2017 1:00 pm |
at Northwestern State | W 62β51 | 24β4 (16β2) |
Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | |||||||
Southland Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 11, 2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(1) | vs. (5) Texas A&MβCorpus Christi Semifinals |
W 62β44 | 25β4 |
Merrell Center Katy, TX | ||||||
Mar 12, 2017 12:00 pm, CBSSN |
(1) | vs. (3) Stephen F. Austin Finals |
W 60β35 | 26β4 |
Merrell Center Katy, TX | ||||||
WBI | |||||||||||
Mar 17, 2017* 1:30 pm |
at
Texas First Round |
L 50β78 | 26β5 |
Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
2016β17 Central Arkansas Bears basketball team