2017 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

2017 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	14
Site	campus sites
Finals site	Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA
Champions	Dayton (2nd title)
Winning coach	Shauna Green (1st title)
MVP	Jenna Burdette (Dayton)
Attendance	11,138
Television	A10 Digital, ASN, CBSSN, ESPNU
Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton †	13	–	3		.813			22	–	10		.688
George Washington	13	–	3		.813			20	–	10		.667
Saint Louis	12	–	4		.750			25	–	9		.735
Saint Joseph's	12	–	4		.750			17	–	15		.531
Fordham	11	–	5		.688			22	–	12		.647
La Salle	9	–	7		.563			17	–	13		.567
Duquesne	8	–	8		.500			18	–	16		.529
VCU	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Richmond	7	–	9		.438			13	–	17		.433
George Mason	6	–	10		.375			13	–	17		.433
St. Bonaventure	4	–	12		.250			9	–	20		.310
Davidson	4	–	12		.250			6	–	23		.207
UMass	3	–	13		.188			9	–	21		.300
Rhode Island	2	–	14		.125			6	–	23		.207
† 2017 A10 Tournament winner As of March 20, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that played at campus sites on February 25 and 26 for the first round and the quarterfinals; the semifinals and championship game were held on March 3–5 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. Dayton won their second A-10 tournament title and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1	Dayton	13–3	19–9	1–1 vs. GW, 3–0 vs. Saint Joseph's/Saint Louis
#2	George Washington	13–3	20–8	1–1 vs. DAY, 1–1 vs. Saint Joseph's/Saint Louis
#3	Saint Joseph's	12–4	15–13	1–0 vs. Saint Louis
#4	Saint Louis	12–4	22–7	0–1 vs. Saint Joe's
#5	Fordham	11–5	20–10
#6	La Salle	9–7	16–12
#7	Duquesne	8–8	15–14	1–0 vs. VCU
#8	VCU	8–8	15–14	0–1 vs. Duquesne
#9	Richmond	7–9	13–16
#10	George Mason	6–10	13–16
#11	St. Bonaventure	4–12	9–19	1–0 vs. Davidson
#12	Davidson	4–12	6–22	0–1 vs. St. Bonaventure
#13	UMass	3–13	9–20
#14	Rhode Island	2–14	6–22

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round - Saturday, February 25
1	1	Noon	#6 La Salle 73, #11 St. Bonaventure 70	A10 Net	407
	2	2:00 PM	#3 Saint Joseph’s 77, #14 Rhode Island 51		781
	3	2:00 PM	#7 Duquesne 66, #10 George Mason 55		471
First round - Sunday, February 26
2	4	1:00 PM	#8 VCU 72, #9 Richmond 64	A10 Net	530
	5	2:00 PM	#5 Fordham 62, #12 Davidson 54		890
	6	3:00 PM	#4 Saint Louis 91, #13 Massachusetts 51		573
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 3
3	7	11:00 am	#1 Dayton 77, vs. #8 VCU 61	ASN	2,631
	8	2:00 pm	#4 Saint Louis 68, vs. #5 Fordham 58
4	9	4:30 pm	#2 George Washington 58, vs. #7 Duquesne 62
	10	7:00 pm	#3 Saint Joseph's 66, vs. #6 La Salle 48
Semifinals - Saturday, March 4
5	11	11:00 am	#1 Dayton 75 vs. #4 Saint Louis 65	CBSSN	1,689
	12	1:30 pm	#7 Duquesne 78 vs. #3 Saint Joseph's 63
Championship - Sunday, March 5
6	13	12:00 pm	#1 Dayton 70 vs. #7 Duquesne 56	ESPNU	3,166

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round campus sites February 25–26					Quarterfinals Richmond Coliseum March 3					Semifinals Richmond Coliseum March 4					Championship Richmond Coliseum March 5
						1	Dayton	77
						8	VCU	61
	8	VCU	72
	9	Richmond	64
											1	Dayton	75
											4	Saint Louis	65
	5	Fordham	62
	12	Davidson	54
						5	Fordham	58
						4	Saint Louis	68
	4	Saint Louis	91
	13	UMass	51
																1	Dayton	70
																7	Duquesne	56
	6	La Salle	73
	11	St. Bonaventure	70
						6	La Salle	48
						3	Saint Joseph's	66
	3	Saint Joseph's	77
	14	Rhode Island	51
											3	Saint Joseph's	63
											7	Duquesne	78
	7	Duquesne	66
	10	George Mason	55
						7	Duquesne	62
						2	George Washington	58

See also

2017 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament