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.
Roster
Schedule
! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;"| Exhibition
! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;"| Non-conference regular season
! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;"| Big Ten regular season
! colspan="9" style="background:#000; color:#fc0;"| Big Ten Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#000;"| Women's National Invitation Tournament
See also 2016–17 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches RV NR NR NR NR + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
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