The 2016–17 Duquesne Dukes women's basketball team will represented Duquesne University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dukes, led by fourth year head coach Dan Burt, played their home games at the Palumbo Center as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 18–16, 8–8 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the championship game of the A-10 women's tournament where they lost to Dayton. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Drexel in the first round.