2016–17 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

The 2016–17 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by 31st year head coach Doug Bruno, played their home games at the McGrath–Phillips Arena as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 16–2 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to Marquette. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Northern Iowa in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round.

2016–17 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball
Maggie Dixon Classic champions
Big East regular season co-champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 19
Record27–8 (16–2 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jill M. Pizzotti
  • Candis Blankson
  • Bart Brooks
Home arenaMcGrath-Phillips Arena
2016–17 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 DePaul*162 .889278  .771
Creighton162 .889248  .750
Marquette135 .722258  .758
St. John's117 .6112212  .647
Villanova117 .6112014  .588
Georgetown99 .5001713  .567
Providence414 .2221218  .400
Xavier414 .2221218  .400
Seton Hall414 .2221219  .387
Butler216 .111625  .194
2017 Big East tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of March 29, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

This was expected to be the Blue Demons' final season at McGrath–Phillips Arena. DePaul plans to move the women's team off campus, though still within its home city of Chicago, into the new Wintrust Arena, currently under construction at the McCormick Place convention center. The arena will also become home to the DePaul men's team.

In the February 3 game against St. John's, senior guard Brooke Schulte scored her 1,000th career point.

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