The 2016–17 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team represented
Northern Illinois University during the
2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 11, 2016 and ended with the Final Four title game in Dallas on April 2, 2017, won by South Carolina. Practices officially began on September 30, 2016.
Season headlines
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. The Huskies, led by second-year head coach
Lisa Carlsen
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, played their home games at the
Convocation Center
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in
DeKalb, Illinois
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as members of the West Division of the
Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 12–6 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the West division. They defeated
Ohio and
Western Michigan in the
MAC tournament before losing to
Toledo
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in the championship. They received an at-large bid to the
WNIT where they lost in the first round to
South Dakota State
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.
Previous season
The
Huskies finished the
2015–16 season 11–19, 4–14 in MAC play to finished in last place in the West division. They lost to
Western Michigan in the first round of the
MAC tournament.
Schedule and results
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WNIT
See also
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2016–17 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team
The 2016–17 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by sixth-year head coach Mark Montgomery, played their home g ...
References
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Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball seasons
2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament participants