2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team

2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball

Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
2016–17 record	8–23 (5–13 The Valley)
Head coach	Barb Smith (4th year)
Assistant coach	Lisa Hayden
Assistant coach	Cathy Boswell
Assistant coach	Brittney Marshall
Home arena	Redbird Arena
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#20 Drake †	18	–	0	1.000	28	–	5	.848
Northern Iowa	15	–	3	.833	24	–	9	.727
Missouri State	12	–	6	.667	16	–	15	.516
Southern Illinois	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Wichita State	9	–	9	.500	15	–	16	.484
Evansville	8	–	10	.444	14	–	17	.452
Bradley	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
Indiana State	6	–	12	.333	12	–	18	.400
Illinois State	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258
Loyola–Chicago	1	–	17	.056	2	–	28	.067


† 2017 MVC Tournament winner As of March 18, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball team represents Illinois State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Redbirds, led by fourth year head coach Barb Smith, play their home games at Redbird Arena and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–23, 5–13 in MVC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Northern Iowa.

On March 13, the school fired Barb Smith. She finish at Illinois State with 4 year record of 28–93.