2016–17 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team

2016–17 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball

Big Sky regular season co-champions
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2016–17 record	20–11 (15–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Travis Brewster (5th year)
Assistant coach	Adam Jacobson
Assistant coach	Mallory Youngblut
Assistant coach	Katelin Oney
Home arena	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center
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 North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's basketball team represents the University of North Dakota during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Hawks, led by fifth year head coach Travis Brewster and play their home games at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. They are members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 15–3 in Big Sky play to share the Big Sky regular season championship with Montana State. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament where they lost to Portland State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to South Dakota in the first round.