Schedule:
Please note: All rankings shown are the rankings of the teams on the date that they played one another
| Game | Date | Away Team (Rank) | Away Score | Home Score | Home Team (Rank) | Game Status | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016-11-11 | Mississippi Valley State (346) | 63 | 94 | Northwestern (67) | Final | W | 31 |
| 2 | 2016-11-14 | Eastern Washington (216) | 72 | 86 | Northwestern (67) | Final | W | 14 |
| 3 | 2016-11-16 | Northwestern (75) | 68 | 70 | Butler (80) | Final | L | -2 |
| 4 | 2016-11-21 | Texas (30) | 58 | 77 | Northwestern (67) | Final | W | 19 |
| 5 | 2016-11-22 | Notre Dame (26) | 70 | 66 | Northwestern (67) | Final | L | -4 |
| 6 | 2016-11-25 | Bryant (338) | 66 | 86 | Northwestern (67) | Final | W | 20 |
| 7 | 2016-11-28 | Wake Forest (122) | 58 | 65 | Northwestern (67) | Final | W | 7 |
| 8 | 2016-12-03 | DePaul (84) | 64 | 80 | Northwestern (50) | Final | W | 16 |
| 9 | 2016-12-11 | New Orleans (223) | 49 | 83 | Northwestern (28) | Final | W | 34 |
| 10 | 2016-12-14 | Chicago State (324) | 64 | 68 | Northwestern (26) | Final | W | 4 |
| 11 | 2016-12-17 | Dayton (49) | 64 | 67 | Northwestern (26) | Final | W | 3 |
| 12 | 2016-12-20 | IUPUI (209) | 65 | 87 | Northwestern (31) | Final | W | 22 |
| 13 | 2016-12-22 | Houston Baptist (237) | 63 | 72 | Northwestern (31) | Final | W | 9 |
| 14 | 2016-12-27 | Northwestern (29) | 87 | 77 | Penn State (81) | Final | W | 10 |
| 15 | 2016-12-30 | Northwestern (29) | 52 | 61 | Michigan State (67) | Final | L | -9 |
| 16 | 2017-01-05 | Minnesota (15) | 70 | 66 | Northwestern (35) | Final | L | -4 |
| 17 | 2017-01-08 | Northwestern (35) | 74 | 66 | Nebraska (71) | Final | W | 8 |
| 18 | 2017-01-12 | Northwestern (31) | 69 | 60 | Rutgers (120) | Final | W | 9 |
| 19 | 2017-01-15 | Iowa (84) | 54 | 89 | Northwestern (31) | Final | W | 35 |
| 20 | 2017-01-22 | Northwestern (26) | 74 | 72 | Ohio State (62) | Final | W | 2 |
| 21 | 2017-01-26 | Nebraska (86) | 61 | 73 | Northwestern (25) | Final | W | 12 |
| 22 | 2017-01-29 | Indiana (29) | 55 | 68 | Northwestern (25) | Final | W | 13 |
| 23 | 2017-02-01 | Northwestern (25) | 59 | 80 | Purdue (20) | Final | L | -21 |
| 24 | 2017-02-07 | Illinois (65) | 68 | 61 | Northwestern (28) | Final | L | -7 |
| 25 | 2017-02-12 | Northwestern (28) | 66 | 59 | Wisconsin (9) | Final | W | 7 |
| 26 | 2017-02-15 | Maryland (25) | 74 | 64 | Northwestern (28) | Final | L | -10 |
| 27 | 2017-02-18 | Rutgers (121) | 65 | 69 | Northwestern (28) | Final | W | 4 |
| 28 | 2017-02-21 | Northwestern (29) | 50 | 66 | Illinois (61) | Final | L | -16 |
| 29 | 2017-02-25 | Northwestern (29) | 62 | 63 | Indiana (43) | Final | L | -1 |
| 30 | 2017-03-01 | Michigan (31) | 65 | 67 | Northwestern | Final | W | 2 |
| 31 | 2017-03-05 | Purdue (15) | 69 | 65 | Northwestern (35) | Final | L | -4 |
| 32 | 2017-03-09 | Rutgers (118) | 61 | 83 | Northwestern (36) | Final | W | 22 |
| 33 | 2017-03-10 | Northwestern (36) | 72 | 64 | Maryland (27) | Final | W | 8 |
| 34 | 2017-03-11 | Northwestern (75) | 48 | 76 | Wisconsin (24) | Final | L | -28 |
| 35 | 2017-03-16 | Vanderbilt (46) | 66 | 68 | Northwestern (33) | Final | W | 2 |
| 36 | 2017-03-18 | Northwestern (33) | 73 | 79 | Gonzaga (1) | Final | L | -6 |