2016–17 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team

2016–17 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball

Big Sky regular season co-champions and Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2016–17 record	25–7 (15–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Tricia Binford (11th year)
Assistant coach	Nate Harris
Assistant coach	Kati Burrows
Assistant coach	Julian Assibey
Home arena	Worthington Arena
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Big Sky women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Montana State †	15	–	3	.833	25	–	7	.781
North Dakota	15	–	3	.833	20	–	11	.645
Northern Colorado	14	–	4	.778	22	–	8	.733
Eastern Washington	12	–	6	.667	19	–	14	.576
Idaho	11	–	7	.611	19	–	15	.559
Idaho State	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
Portland State	8	–	10	.444	16	–	17	.485
Weber State	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
Sacramento State	6	–	12	.333	10	–	20	.333
Northern Arizona	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Montana	4	–	14	.222	7	–	23	.233
Southern Utah	2	–	16	.111	7	–	23	.233


† 2017 Big Sky Tournament winner As of March 23, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Montana State Bobcats women's basketball team represented Montana State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by eleventh year head coach Tricia Binford, played their home games at Worthington Arena and are members of the Big Sky Conference. The Bobcats won the Big Sky Conference regular season and tournament championships, earning their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1993. They finished the season 25–7, 15–3 in Big Sky play. They lost in the first round to Washington.