2016–17 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

2016–17 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout champions
Big Ten regular season co-champions & Tournament Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 4
Record32–3 (15–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Shay Robinson
  • Bett Shelby
  • Terry Nooner
Home arenaXfinity Center
2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland 15 1   .938 32 3   .914
No. 11 Ohio State* 15 1   .938 28 7   .800
Michigan 11 5   .688 28 9   .757
Indiana 10 6   .625 23 11   .676
Purdue 10 6   .625 23 13   .639
Michigan State 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
Penn State 9 7   .563 21 11   .656
Northwestern 8 8   .500 20 11   .645
Iowa 8 8   .500 20 14   .588
Minnesota 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Illinois 3 13   .188 9 22   .290
Wisconsin 3 13   .188 9 22   .290
Nebraska 3 13   .188 7 22   .241
Rutgers 3 13   .188 6 24   .200
2017 Big Ten tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins, led by the fifteenth year head coach, Brenda Frese, played their home games at the Xfinity Center and they were third year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 32–3, 15–1 in Big Ten play to win share the Big Ten Regular season title with Ohio State. They were also champions of the Big Ten Women's Tournament for the third straight year and received an automatic road to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Bucknell and West Virginia in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Oregon in the sweet sixteen.