# 2016–17 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by seventeenth-year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at the Carver–Hawkeye Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 8–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Northwestern. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Missouri State, South Dakota, Colorado in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Washington State in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2016* 2:00 pm | | Lewis | W 61–35 | | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,024) Iowa City, IA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 6:00 pm | | Oral Roberts | W 96–76 | 1–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,254) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/13/2016* 12:00 pm | | Hampton | W 84–51 | 2–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,522) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/16/2016* 7:30 pm | | at North Dakota | W 75–60 | 3–0 | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,261) Grand Forks, ND |
| 11/19/2016* 10:30 am | | Massachusetts Hawkeye Classic semifinals | W 71–30 | 4–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,435) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/20/2016* 2:00 pm | | South Dakota State Hawkeye Classic championship | L 64–66 | 4–1 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,826) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/24/2016* 8:00 pm | | vs. No. 9 UCLA Cancún Challenge Riviera Division | L 65–78 | 4–2 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 11/25/2016* 8:00 pm | | vs. James Madison Cancún Challenge Riviera Division | W 90–75 | 5–2 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 11/30/2016* 8:00 pm, BTN | | No. 1 Notre Dame ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 58–73 | 5–3 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,809) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/04/2016* 7:00 pm | | Northern Iowa | W 88–39 | 6–3 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,666) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm | | Iowa State Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series | W 88–76 | 7–3 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,579) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/09/2016* 7:00 pm | | Robert Morris | W 81–60 | 8–3 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,378) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/18/2016* 2:00 pm, MC22 | | at Drake | L 76–81 | 8–4 | Knapp Center (3,307) Des Moines, IA |
| 12/20/2016* 5:00 pm | | Kent State | W 83–48 | 9–4 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,563) Iowa City, IA |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2016 3:00 pm, BTN | | at Illinois | L 65–70 | 9–5 (0–1) | State Farm Center (1,584) Champaign, IL |
| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm | | Nebraska | W 75–72 | 10–5 (1–1) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,750) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/03/2017 6:00 pm, BTN | | at Penn State | L 58–71 | 10–6 (1–2) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,258) University Park, PA |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm | | Illinois | W 78–58 | 11–6 (2–2) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,834) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/14/2017 3:00 pm, BTN | | No. 3 Maryland | L 82–98 | 11–7 (2–3) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,043) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/17/2017 6:00 pm | | at Rutgers | W 71–59 | 12–7 (3–3) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,517) Piscataway, NJ |
| 01/21/2017 2:00 pm | | Minnesota | W 80–65 | 13–7 (4–3) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,191) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/29/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 3 Maryland | L 81–100 | 13–8 (4–4) | Xifinity Center (7,988) College Park, MD |
| 02/02/2017 7:00 pm | | Rutgers | W 71–57 | 14–8 (5–4) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,884) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/05/2017 1:00 pm | | at Michigan | L 70–72 | 14–9 (5–5) | Crisler Center (3,327) Ann Arbor, MI |
| 02/09/2017 6:00 pm, BTN | | Michigan State | W 87–83 $^{OT}$ | 15–9 (6–5) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,384) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/12/2017 11:00 am, BTN | | at No. 13 Ohio State | L 81–88 | 15–10 (6–6) | Value City Arena (6,679) Columbus, OH |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm, BTN | | Northwestern | W 78–69 | 16–10 (7–6) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,167) Iowa City, IA |
| 02/19/2017 11:00 am, BTN | | at Purdue | L 52–72 | 16–11 (7–7) | Mackey Arena (7,151) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/22/2017 6:00 pm | | at Indiana | L 77–80 $^{2OT}$ | 16–12 (7–8) | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (2,946) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/26/2017 2:00 pm | | Wisconsin | W 71–60 | 17–12 (8–8) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,603) Iowa City, IA |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2017 11:00 am, BTN | (8) | vs. (9) Northwestern Second Round | L 73–78 | 17–13 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| Women's National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 7:00 pm | | Missouri State First Round | W 95–74 | 18–13 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,226) Iowa City, IA |
| 03/18/2017* 3:00 pm | | South Dakota Second Round | W 78–73 | 19–13 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (2,294) Iowa City, IA |
| 03/23/2017* 7:00 pm | | Colorado Third Round | W 80–62 | 20–13 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,735) Iowa City, IA |
| 03/26/2017* 2:00 pm | | Washington State Quarterfinals | L 66–74 | 20–14 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (5,146) Iowa City, IA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||