2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record23–13 (10–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nadine Morgan
  • Beth Couture
  • Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Home arenaMackey Arena
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 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers, led by eleventh year head coach Sharon Versyp, played 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.