2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record8–23 (5–13 The Valley)
Head coach
  • Barb Smith (4th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaRedbird Arena
2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 20 Drake 18 0   1.000 28 4   .875
Northern Iowa 15 3   .833 24 8   .750
Missouri State 12 6   .667 16 14   .533
Southern Illinois 10 8   .556 16 15   .516
Wichita State 9 9   .500 15 16   .484
Evansville 8 10   .444 14 17   .452
Bradley 7 11   .389 12 19   .387
Indiana State 6 12   .333 12 18   .400
Illinois State 4 14   .222 8 23   .258
Loyola–Chicago 1 17   .056 2 28   .067
2017 MVC tournament winner
As of March 15, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fourth year head coach Barb Smith, played their home games at Redbird Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–23, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament, where they lost to Northern Iowa.

On March 13, the school fired Barb Smith. She finish at Illinois State with 4 year record of 28–93.