The 2017–18 Northern Iowa Panthers women's basketball team represents the University of Northern Iowa in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by eleventh year head coach Tanya Warren, play their home games at McLeod Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 13–5 in MVC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Missouri Valley Tournament where they lost to Drake. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Milwaukee in the first round.