2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team will represent Purdue University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers, led by eleventh year head coach Sharon Versyp, play their home games at Mackey Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–13, 10–6 in Big Ten play to finish in tie for fourth place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Green Bay in the first round before losing to Notre Dame in an overtime thriller in the second round.

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2313 (106 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Sharon Versyp (11th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Nadine Morgan
  • Beth Couture
  • Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Home arenaMackey Arena
2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Maryland151 .938323  .914
No. 11 Ohio State*151 .938287  .800
Michigan115 .688289  .757
Indiana106 .6252311  .676
Purdue106 .6252313  .639
Michigan State97 .5632112  .636
Penn State97 .5632111  .656
Northwestern88 .5002011  .645
Iowa88 .5002014  .588
Minnesota511 .3131516  .484
Illinois313 .188922  .290
Wisconsin313 .188922  .290
Nebraska313 .188722  .241
Rutgers313 .188624  .200
2017 Big Ten tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
Rankings from AP poll
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