2016–17 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

2016–17 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record624 (313 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaLouis Brown Athletic Center
2016–17 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Maryland151 .938323  .914
No. 11 Ohio State*151 .938287  .800
Michigan115 .688289  .757
Indiana106 .6252311  .676
Purdue106 .6252313  .639
Michigan State97 .5632112  .636
Penn State97 .5632111  .656
Northwestern88 .5002011  .645
Iowa88 .5002014  .588
Minnesota511 .3131516  .484
Illinois313 .188922  .290
Wisconsin313 .188922  .290
Nebraska313 .188722  .241
Rutgers313 .188624  .200
2017 Big Ten tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team represented Rutgers University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by twenty-second year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as third year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 6–24, 3–13 in Big Ten play to finish in a 4 way for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Wisconsin.