# 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

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.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2016* 2:00 pm | | Ursuline College | W 86–58 | | Mackey Arena (5,622) West Lafayette, IN |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 5:00 pm | | at Maine Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals | L 47–67 | 0–1 | Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME |
| 11/12/2016* 5:00 pm | | vs. Villanova Maine Tip-Off Tournament 3rd place game | L 44–58 | 0–2 | Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME |
| 11/17/2016* 7:00 pm | | USC Upstate | W 71–41 | 1–2 | Mackey Arena (5,611) West Lafayette, IN |
| 11/20/2016* 2:00 pm | | Southern Illinois | L 61–64 | 1–3 | Mackey Arena (5,679) West Lafayette, IN |
| 11/24/2016* 1:30 pm | | vs. Wichita State Cancún Challenge Mayan Division | W 86–49 | 2–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 11/25/2016* 1:30 pm | | vs. Northeastern Cancún Challenge Mayan Division | W 79–54 | 3–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 11/26/2016* 1:30 pm | | vs. No. 11 Stanford Cancún Challenge Mayan Division | L 69–78 | 3–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Pittsburgh ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 67–61 | 4–4 | Peterson Events Center (702) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | | Colgate | W 71–51 | 5–4 | Mackey Arena (5,610) West Lafayette, IN |
| 12/06/2016* 7:00 pm | | Central Michigan | W 62–51 | 6–4 | Mackey Arena (5,354) West Lafayette, IN |
| 12/08/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Ball State | W 58–42 | 7–4 | Worthen Arena (2,510) Muncie, IN |
| 12/11/2016* 1:00 pm | | North Carolina Central | W 61–27 | 8–4 | Mackey Arena (5,428) West Lafayette, IN |
| 12/18/2016* 4:00 pm | | Eastern Michigan | W 77–50 | 9–4 | Mackey Arena (5,611) West Lafayette, IN |
| 12/21/2016* 12:00 pm | | IUPUI | L 62–67 | 9–5 | Mackey Arena (6,611) West Lafayette, IN |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2016 3:00 pm | | at Northwestern | L 60–76 | 10–5 (0–1) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (1,205) Evanston, IL |
| 01/04/2017 6:00 pm | | Michigan State | W 66–54 | 10–6 (1–1) | Mackey Arena (5,776) West Lafayette, IN |
| 01/07/2017 2:00 pm | | Penn State | W 64–51 | 11–6 (2–1) | Mackey Arena (5,883) West Lafayette, IN |
| 01/11/2017 8:00 pm | | at Wisconsin | W 79–57 | 12–6 (3–1) | Kohl Center (3,437) Madison, WI |
| 01/15/2017 3:30 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 11 Ohio State | L 56–61 | 12–7 (3–2) | Mackey Arena (6,803) West Lafayette, IN |
| 01/19/2017 8:00 pm, BTN | | at Indiana Rivalry/Crimson and Gold Cup | L 60–74 | 12–8 (3–3) | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,129) Bloomington, IN |
| 01/22/2017 5:00 pm, BTN | | at Michigan State | W 76–66 | 13–8 (4–3) | Breslin Center (9,808) East Lansing, MI |
| 01/26/2017 6:00 pm, BTN | | Nebraska | W 88–45 | 14–8 (5–3) | Mackey Arena (5,594) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/02/2017 8:00 pm, BTN | | No. 3 Maryland | L 70–85 | 14–9 (5–4) | Mackey Arena (5,671) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/05/2017 3:00 pm | | at Illinois | W 72–64 | 15–9 (6–4) | State Farm Center (1,889) Champaign, IL |
| 02/08/2017 6:00 pm | | No. 21 Michigan | L 62–72 | 15–10 (6–5) | Mackey Arena (5,910) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm | | at Penn State | L 73–79 | 15–11 (6–6) | Bryce Jordan Center (3,875) University Park, PA |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | | at Rutgers | W 55–42 | 16–11 (7–6) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,819) Piscataway, NJ |
| 02/19/2017 12:00 pm, BTN | | Iowa | W 72–52 | 17–11 (8–6) | Mackey Arena (7,151) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/23/2017 9:00 pm, BTN | | at Minnesota | W 67–54 | 18–11 (9–6) | Williams Arena (2,832) Minneapolis, MN |
| 02/26/2017 4:00 pm, BTN | | Northwestern | W 61–59 | 19–11 (10–6) | Mackey Arena (6,407) West Lafayette, IN |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2017 2:30 pm, BTN | (5) | vs. (12) Illinois Second Round | W 72–58 | 20–11 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (3,570) Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/03/2017 2:30 pm, BTN | (5) | vs. (4) Indiana Quarterfinals | W 66–60 | 21–11 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,004) Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/04/2017 3:00 pm, BTN | (5) | vs. (1) No. 9 Ohio State Semifinals | W 71–60 | 22–11 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/05/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | (5) | vs. (2) No. 4 Maryland Championship Game | L 64–74 | 22–12 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,881) Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | (9 L) | vs. (8 L) Green Bay First Round | W 74–62 | 23–12 | Edmund P. Joyce Center South Bend, IN |
| 03/19/2017* 9:00 pm, ESPN | (9 L) | at (1 L) No. 2 Notre Dame Second Round | L 82–88 $^{OT}$ | 23–13 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,422) South Bend, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
Source

## Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |