The 2016–17 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by 31st year head coach Doug Bruno, played their home games at the McGrath–Phillips Arena as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 16–2 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to Marquette. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Northern Iowa in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round.
This was expected to be the Blue Demons' final season at McGrath–Phillips Arena. DePaul plans to move the women's team off campus, though still within its home city of Chicago, into the new Wintrust Arena, currently under construction at the McCormick Place convention center. The arena will also become home to the DePaul men's team.
In the February 3 game against St. John's, senior guard Brooke Schulte scored her 1,000th career point.DePaul Hangs on To Defeat St. John's
Previous season The Blue Devils finished the 2015–16 season 27–9, 16–2 in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to St. John's. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated James Madison in the first round, Louisville in the second round before losing to Oregon State in the sweet sixteen.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| Big East Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#00438c; color:#F10041;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
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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 21 20 18 15 16 17 RV RV 23 21 19 21 17 18 17 19 18 17 19 N/A Coaches 21 20 17 14 15 16 22 22 21 20 18 19 17 16 15 18 17 17 19 18 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
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