# 2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represented Illinois State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fourth year head coach Barb Smith, played their home games at Redbird Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–23, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament, where they lost to Northern Iowa.
On March 13, the school fired Barb Smith. She finish at Illinois State with 4 year record of 28–93.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Lindenwood | W 64–46 | | Redbird Arena Normal, IL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 5:00 pm | | at No. 18 Arizona State | L 40–76 | 0–1 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,748) Tempe, AZ |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm | | at UIC | W 59–52 | 1–1 | UIC Pavilion (402) Chicago, IL |
| 11/19/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Valparaiso | W 77–52 | 2–1 | Redbird Arena (614) Normal, IL |
| 11/22/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Yale | L 45–59 | 2–2 | Redbird Arena (656) Normal, IL |
| 11/26/2016* 6:00 pm | | at Northern Illinois | L 66–108 | 2–3 | Convocation Center (1,308) DeKalb, IL |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Eastern Illinois | W 60–49 | 3–3 | Redbird Arena (509) Normal, IL |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Wisconsin | L 46–64 | 3–4 | Redbird Arena (1,209) Normal, IL |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Milwaukee | L 60–68 | 3–5 | Redbird Arena (509) Normal, IL |
| 12/11/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | George Mason | L 46–72 | 3–6 | Redbird Arena (718) Normal, IL |
| 12/20/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Western Illinois | L 50–80 | 3–7 | Western Hall (573) Macomb, IL |
| 12/23/2016* 1:00 pm | | at SIU Edwardsville | L 80–92 | 3–8 | Vadalabene Center (442) Macomb, IL |
| Missouri Valley regular season ||||||
| 01/01/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Bradley | W 71–63 | 4–8 (1–0) | Redbird Arena (784) Normal, IL |
| 01/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Loyola–Chicago | L 61–64 | 4–9 (1–1) | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (307) Chicago, IL |
| 01/08/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Indiana State | L 49–63 | 4–10 (1–2) | Hulman Center (1,421) Terre Haute, IN |
| 01/13/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Northern Iowa | L 40–78 | 4–11 (1–3) | Redbird Arena (576) Normal, IL |
| 01/15/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Drake | L 36–87 | 4–12 (1–4) | Redbird Arena (518) Normal, IL |
| 01/20/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Missouri State | L 60–65 | 4–13 (1–5) | JQH Arena (2,193) Springfield, MO |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Wichita State | L 45–67 | 4–14 (1–6) | Charles Koch Arena (1,623) Wichita, KS |
| 01/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Evansville | W 71–58 | 5–14 (2–6) | Redbird Arena (647) Normal, IL |
| 01/29/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Southern Illinois | L 56–63 | 5–15 (2–7) | Redbird Arena (1,089) Normal, IL |
| 02/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Indiana State | L 47–65 | 5–16 (2–8) | Redbird Arena (1,120) Normal, IL |
| 02/05/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Loyola–Chicago | W 63–51 | 6–16 (3–8) | Redbird Arena (548) Normal, IL |
| 02/10/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Drake | L 49–101 | 6–17 (3–9) | Knapp Center (2,563) Des Moines, IA |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Northern Iowa | L 51–82 | 6–18 (3–10) | McLeod Center (1,701) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 02/17/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Wichita State | W 54–50 | 7–18 (4–10) | Redbird Arena (618) Normal, IL |
| 02/19/2017 11:30 am, ESPN3 | | Missouri State | L 44–77 | 7–19 (4–11) | Redbird Arena (537) Normal, IL |
| 02/24/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Southern Illinois | L 48–57 | 7–20 (4–12) | SIU Arena (806) Carbondale, IL |
| 02/26/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Evansville | L 56–60 | 7–21 (4–13) | Ford Center (719) Evansville, IN |
| 03/04/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Bradley | L 59–70 | 7–22 (4–14) | Renaissance Coliseum (636) Peoria, IL |
| Missouri Valley Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/09/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (9) | vs. (8) Indiana State First Round | W 51–45 | 8–22 | iWireless Center Moline, IL |
| 03/10/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | (9) | vs. (2) Northern Iowa Quarterfinals | L 39–69 | 8–23 | iWireless Center Moline, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||