The 2016–17 Northern Illinois Huskies women's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.

The Huskies, led by second-year head coach Lisa Carlsen, played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

They defeated Ohio and Western Michigan in the MAC tournament before losing to Toledo in the championship.

They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they lost in the first round to South Dakota State.

They lost to Western Michigan in the first round of the MAC tournament.