2016–17 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team

2016–17 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball

Conference	Big Sky Conference
2016–17 record	22–8 (14–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Kamie Ethridge (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Kelly Moylan
Assistant coach	Laurie Koehn
Assistant coach	Katie Shepard
Home arena	Bank of Colorado 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 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears are led by third year head coach Kamie Ethridge and played their home games at the Bank of Colorado Arena. They finished the season 22–8, 14–4 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Women's Tournament where they lost to Idaho State. Despite having 22 wins and a better record, they were not invited to a postseason tournament.