The 2024–25 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by tenth-year head coach Lisa Carlsen, played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the Mid-American Conference.
Previous season The Huskies finished the 2023–24 season 15–16, 8–10 in MAC play, to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were defeated by eventual tournament champions Kent State in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament.
Preseason On October 22, 2024, the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Northern Illinois was picked to finish tied for sixth in the MAC regular season.
Preseason rankings MAC preseason poll 1 Ball State 120 (10) 2 Kent State 104 (2) 3 Buffalo 98 4 Bowling Green 96 5 Toledo 82 T-6 Northern Illinois 64 Ohio 64 8 Miami (OH) 44 9 Akron 43 10 Western Michigan 34 11 Eastern Michigan 23 12 Central Michigan 20
MAC tournament champions: Ball State (8), Bowling Green (1), Buffalo (1), Kent State (1), Toledo (1)
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Roster
Schedule and results
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