| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | New Hampshire Wildcats |
| Conference: | America East Conference |
| Short Conf: | America East |
| Record: | 26–6 |
| Conf Record: | 15–1 |
| Head Coach: | Maureen Magarity |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach1: | Brendan Copes |
| Asst Coach2: | Kelsey Hogan |
| Asst Coach3: | Whitney Edwards |
| Stadium: | Lundholm Gym |
| Champion: | America East regular season champions |
| Bowl: | WNIT |
| Bowl Result: | First Round |
The 2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of New Hampshire during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by seventh-year head coach Maureen Magarity, played their home games in Lundholm Gym and are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 26–6, 15–1 in America East play win the America East regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the America East women's tournament where they lost to Maine. As champs of the America East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Harvard in the first round.
All non-televised home games and conference road games streamed on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Select home games aired on Fox College Sports, Live Well Network, or WBIN. Most road games streamed on the opponent's website. All conference home games and select non-conference home games were broadcast on the radio on WPKX, WGIR and online on the New Hampshire Portal.
[1] |-!colspan=12 style="background:#191970; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#191970; color:#FFFFFF;"| America East regular season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#191970; color:#FFFFFF;"| America East Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style="background:#191970;"| Women's National Invitation Tournament
See main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
| + Regular Season Polls | Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A | |
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | NR | NR | NR |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| No Change | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes |