2016 – 17 Michigan State Spartans women 's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I women 's basketball season . The Spartans , led by tenth-year head coach Suzy Merchant , played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing , Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference . They finished the season 21 – 12 , 9 – 7 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place . In the Big Ten Tournament , they beat Wisconsin and Michigan before losing in the semifinals to Maryland . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 8 seed where the lost in the First Round to Arizona State . Head Coach Suzy Merchant took a medical leave of absence of January 17 , 2017 after fainting on the sidelines during a game against Illinois . She also missed the following game against Purdue days after fainting
Big Ten Tournament
2017 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team