# 2016–17 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Kamie Ethridge,third-year head coach, led the Bears, and played their home games at the Bank of Colorado Arena. They finished the season 22–8, 14–4 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament where they lost to Idaho State. Despite having 22 wins and a better record, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2016* 7:00 pm | | Regis | W 71–56 | | Bank of Colorado Arena (500) Greeley, Colorado |
| 11/06/2016* 12:00 pm | | Black Hills State | W 79–73 | | Bank of Colorado Arena Greeley, Colorado |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | | Colorado | L 62–83 | 0–1 | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,071) Greeley, Colorado |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm | | Denver | W 68–48 | 1–1 | Bank of Colorado Arena (504) Greeley, Colorado |
| 11/18/2016* 12:00 pm | | Florida Gulf Coast | W 77–74 $^{2OT}$ | 2–1 | Bank of Colorado Arena (2,550) Greeley, Colorado |
| 11/20/2016* 2:00 pm | | San Diego | W 54–51 | 3–1 | Bank of Colorado Arena (502) Greeley, Colorado |
| 11/25/2016* 3:15 pm | | at UTSA UTSA Thanksgiving Classic | W 73–66 | 4–1 | Convocation Center (1,057) San Antonio, Texas |
| 11/27/2016* 11:00 am | | vs. Eastern Michigan UTSA Thanksgiving Classic | W 58–57 | 5–1 | Convocation Center San Antonio, Texas |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Colorado State | L 47–58 | 5–2 | Moby Arena (1,178) Fort Collins, Colorado |
| 12/10/2016* 4:00 pm | | at Air Force | W 71–44 | 6–2 | Clune Arena (375) Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 12/13/2016* 7:00 pm | | Colorado Christian | W 90–47 | 7–2 | Bank of Colorado Arena (602) Greeley, Colorado |
| 12/16/2016* 7:30 pm | | at Saint Mary's | L 65–75 | 7–3 | McKeon Pavilion (285) Moraga, California |
| 12/19/2016* 8:00 pm | | at Pacific | W 60–56 | 8–3 | Alex G. Spanos Center (331) Stockton, California |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 7:00 pm | | Sacramento State | W 95–88 | 9–3 (1–0) | Bank of Colorado Arena (592) Greeley, Colorado |
| 12/31/2016 12:00 pm | | Portland State | W 91–62 | 10–3 (2–0) | Bank of Colorado Arena (545) Greeley, Colorado |
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm | | at Southern Utah | W 83–53 | 11–3 (3–0) | Centrum Arena (495) Cedar City, Utah |
| 01/07/2017 2:00 pm | | at Northern Arizona | W 69–66 | 12–3 (4–0) | Walkup Skydome (256) Flagstaff, Arizona |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm | | Montana | W 65–46 | 13–3 (5–0) | Bank of Colorado Arena (820) Greeley, Colorado |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm | | Montana State | W 66–58 | 14–3 (6–0) | Bank of Colorado Arena (879) Greeley, Colorado |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm | | at Idaho State | W 77–62 | 15–3 (7–0) | Reed Gym (942) Pocatello, Idaho |
| 01/21/2017 2:00 pm | | at Weber State | W 88–79 | 16–3 (8–0) | Dee Events Center (572) Ogden, Utah |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 75–64 | 17–3 (9–0) | Bank of Colorado Arena (902) Greeley, Colorado |
| 01/28/2017 2:00 pm | | Southern Utah | W 74–55 | 18–3 (10–0) | Bank of Colorado Arena (937) Greeley, Colorado |
| 02/04/2017 12:00 pm | | North Dakota | L 51–57 | 18–4 (10–1) | Bank of Colorado Arena (2,133) Greeley, Colorado |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm | | at Idaho | W 71–67 | 19–4 (11–1) | Cowan Spectrum (486) Moscow, Idaho |
| 02/11/2017 3:00 pm | | at Eastern Washington | L 61–67 | 19–5 (11–2) | Reese Court (1,010) Cheney, Washington |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm | | Weber State | W 86–62 | 20–5 (12–2) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,184) Greeley, Colorado |
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm | | Idaho State | L 58–68 | 20–6 (12–3) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,884) Greeley, Colorado |
| 02/25/2017 1:00 pm | | at North Dakota | L 68–75 | 20–7 (12–4) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (2,375) Grand Forks, North Dakota |
| 03/01/2017 1:00 pm | | at Portland State | W 57–50 | 21–7 (13–4) | Peter Stott Center (978) Portland, Oregon |
| 03/03/2017 8:00 pm | | at Sacramento State | W 102–74 | 22–7 (14–4) | Hornets Nest (607) Sacramento, California |
| Big Sky Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2017 6:35 pm | (3) | vs. (6) Idaho State Quarterfinals | L 59–60 | 22–8 | Reno Events Center (804) Reno, Nevada |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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