2016–17 Northeast Conference women's basketball season

The 2016–17 NEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2016 and concluded in March with the 2017 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament.

Rankings
 first place votes

Head coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. All numbers are from time at current school.

NEC tournament

 * March 2017 Northeast Conference Basketball Tournament.

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed

All-NEC honors and awards
Following the regular season, the conference selected outstanding performers based on a poll of league coaches.