The 2016–17 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Drake University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fifth-year head coach Jennie Baranczyk, played their home games at Knapp Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 28–5, 18–0 in MVC play to win the MVC regular season championship. They defeated Illinois State, Wichita State and Northern Iowa to become champions of the Missouri Valley women's tournament. They earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2007, where they were defeated by Kansas State in the first round.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| Missouri Valley Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#004477; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament
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 NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV 25 21 22 20 20 N/A Coaches RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 22 22 19 18 24 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
See also 2016–17 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team
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