2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team

2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball
America East regular season champions
WNIT, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record26–6 (15–1 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brendan Copes
  • Kelsey Hogan
  • Whitney Edwards
Home arenaLundholm Gym
2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Hampshire 15 1   .938 26 6   .813
Albany 12 4   .750 21 12   .636
UMBC 10 6   .625 15 16   .484
Maine 9 7   .563 18 16   .529
Binghamton 8 8   .500 13 17   .433
Hartford 7 9   .438 17 14   .548
Vermont 6 10   .375 9 20   .310
Stony Brook 5 11   .313 12 18   .400
UMass Lowell* 0 16   .000 3 26   .103
2017 America East tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of New Hampshire during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by seventh-year head coach Maureen Magarity, played their home games in Lundholm Gym and are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 26–6, 15–1 in America East play win the America East regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the America East women's tournament where they lost to Maine. As champs of the America East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Harvard in the first round.