The 2016–17 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team will represent

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during the

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. The Boilermakers, led by eleventh year head coach

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, play their home games at

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and were a members of the

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. They finished the season 23–13, 10–6 in Big Ten play to finish in tie for fourth place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Green Bay in the first round before losing to Notre Dame in an overtime thriller in the second round.

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Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

References

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Roster

Schedule

Rankings

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