# 2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by tenth year head coach Tanya Warren, played their home games at McLeod Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They advanced to the championship game of the Missouri Valley Tournament, where they lost to Drake. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2011 and they lost to DePaul in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maryville | W 77–34 | | McLeod Center (905) Cedar Falls, IA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 6:00 pm | | at IUPUI | W 69–62 | 1–0 | The Jungle (293) Indianapolis, IN |
| 11/15/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Iowa State | L 68–76 | 1–1 | Hilton Coliseum (10,063) Ames, IA |
| 11/20/2016* 7:00 pm | | UW–Parkside | W 72–54 | 2–1 | McLeod Center (738) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 11/23/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Oklahoma State | L 57–81 | 2–2 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,153) Stillwater, OK |
| 11/25/2016* 4:00 pm | | vs. Idaho GCU Thanksgiving Classic | W 76–74 | 3–2 | GCU Arena (205) Phoenix, AZ |
| 11/26/2016* 3:00 pm | | vs. Denver GCU Thanksgiving Classic | W 79–68 | 4–2 | GCU Arena (369) Phoenix, AZ |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm | | South Dakota State | L 50–61 | 4–3 | McLeod Center (529) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Iowa | L 39–88 | 4–4 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,666) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/10/2016* 2:00 pm | | Creighton | W 50–49 | 5–4 | McLeod Center (1,235) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 12/18/2016* 2:00 pm | | North Dakota | W 74–53 | 6–4 | McLeod Center (1,094) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 12/22/2016* 7:00 pm | | No. 24 Kansas State | W 67–59 | 7–4 | McLeod Center (1,402) Cedar Falls, IA |
| Missouri Valley Conference Regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2016 7:00 pm | | at Missouri State | W 61–54 | 8–4 (1–0) | JQH Arena (2,694) Springfield, MO |
| 01/01/2017 3:30 pm | | at Wichita State | W 63–61 | 9–4 (2–0) | Charles Koch Arena (1,564) Wichita, KS |
| 01/06/2017 7:00 pm | | Southern Illinois | W 79–49 | 10–4 (3–0) | McLeod Center (1,178) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 01/08/2017 11:30 am | | Evansville | W 54–40 | 11–4 (4–0) | McLeod Center (1,059) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 01/13/2017 7:00 pm | | at Illinois State | W 78–40 | 12–4 (5–0) | Redbird Arena (576) Normal, IL |
| 01/15/2017 2:00 pm | | at Bradley | W 72–53 | 13–4 (6–0) | Renaissance Coliseum (649) Peoria, IL |
| 01/20/2017 7:00 pm | | Indiana State | W 59–47 | 14–4 (7–0) | McLeod Center (1,179) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm | | Loyola–Chicago | W 68–30 | 15–4 (8–0) | McLeod Center (1,501) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 01/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Drake | L 79–88 $^{2OT}$ | 15–5 (8–1) | McLeod Center (4,027) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 02/03/2017 7:00 pm | | at Evansville | W 62–36 | 16–5 (9–1) | Ford Center (528) Evansville, IN |
| 02/05/2017 2:00 pm | | at Southern Illinois | L 59–64 | 16–6 (9–2) | SIU Arena (651) Carbondale, IL |
| 02/10/2017 7:00 pm | | Bradley | W 70–50 | 17–6 (10–2) | McLeod Center (1,359) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm | | Illinois State | W 82–51 | 18–6 (11–2) | McLeod Center (1,701) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 02/17/2017 7:00 pm | | at Loyola–Chicago | W 89–43 | 19–6 (12–2) | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (301) Chicago, IL |
| 02/19/2017 11:00 am | | at Indiana State | W 61–59 $^{OT}$ | 20–6 (13–2) | Hulman Center (1,979) Terre Haute, IN |
| 02/24/2017 7:00 pm | | at No. 21 Drake | L 57–70 | 20–7 (13–3) | Knapp Center (6,456) Des Moines, IA |
| 03/02/2017 7:00 pm | | Wichita State | W 62–37 | 21–7 (14–3) | McLeod Center (1,239) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 03/04/2017 8:00 pm | | Missouri State | W 65–64 | 22–7 (15–3) | McLeod Center (1,301) Cedar Falls, IA |
| Missouri Valley Tournament ||||||
| 03/10/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (7) Bradley Quarterfinals | W 69–39 | 23–7 | iWireless Center Moline, IL |
| 03/11/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (6) Evansville Semifinals | W 82–58 | 24–7 | iWireless Center (2,181) Moline, IL |
| 03/12/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (1) No. 20 Drake Championship Game | L 69–74 $^{OT}$ | 24–8 | iWireless Center (2,451) Moline, IL |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 11:00 am, ESPN2 | (10 O) | vs. (7 O) No. 19 DePaul First Round | L 67–88 | 24–9 | Humphrey Coliseum Starkville, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma City Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||