The 2016–17 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented Iowa State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Bill Fennelly's 22nd season at Iowa State. The Cyclones were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Hilton Coliseum. They finished the season 18–13, 9–9 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament to Kansas State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Syracuse in the first round.
Radio All Cyclones games were carried on the Iowa State Cyclone Radio Network. Not all affiliates carried women's basketball, and some affiliates only carried select games.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style="background:#840A2C; color:#FEC938;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#840A2C; color:#FEC938;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#840A2C; color:#FEC938;"| Big 12 Conference season
!colspan=9 style="background:#840A2C; color:#FEC938;"| Big 12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#840A2C; color:#FEC938;"| NCAA tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP RV NR NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
See also 2016–17 Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team
References