2017 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament

2017 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Site	campus sites
Champions	Robert Morris (7th title)
Winning coach	Charlie Buscaglia (1st title)
MVP	Anna Niki Stamolamprou (Robert Morris)
Northeast Conference women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Northeast Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Robert Morris	14	–	4		.778			22	–	11		.667
Sacred Heart	13	–	5		.722			17	–	15		.531
Saint Francis (PA)	13	–	5		.722			17	–	15		.531
Bryant	11	–	7		.611			18	–	14		.563
Mount St. Mary's	10	–	8		.556			12	–	18		.400
Central Connecticut	9	–	9		.500			11	–	20		.355
Fairleigh Dickinson	6	–	12		.333			8	–	22		.267
St. Francis Brooklyn	6	–	12		.333			8	–	22		.267
LIU Brooklyn	5	–	13		.278			6	–	23		.207
Wagner	3	–	15		.167			4	–	25		.138
† 2017 NEC tournament winner As of March 12, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Northeast Conference women's basketball tournament was held from March 5–8, 2017. The tournament featured the league's top eight seeds, with the higher seed hosting games. Robert Morris won their second consecutive NEC Tournament Championship and seventh overall.

Format

For the thirteenth straight year, the NEC Women’s Basketball Tournament consists of an eight-team playoff format with all games played at the home of the higher seed. LIU Brooklyn and Wagner were the bottom two teams left out of the Tournament. After the quarterfinals, the teams will be reseeded so the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Robert Morris	14–4	19–10
2	Sacred Heart	13–5	16–13	1–1 vs. SFPA, 2–0 vs. Bryant
3	Saint Francis (PA)	13–5	16–13	1–1 vs. SH, 1–1 vs. Bryant
4	Bryant	11–7	16–13
5	Mount St. Mary's	10–8	12–17
6	Central Connecticut State	9–9	10–19
7	St. Francis Brooklyn	6–12	8–21	1–1 vs. FDU, 1–1 vs. RM
8	Fairleigh Dickinson	6–12	8–21	1–1 vs. SFNY, 0–2 vs. RM

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Sunday, March 5 NEC Front Row					Semifinals Wednesday, March 8 NEC Front Row					Championship Sunday, March 12 ESPNU
	1	Robert Morris	68
	8	Fairleigh Dickinson	35
						1	Robert Morris	70
						6	Central Connecticut	62
	4	Bryant	59
	5	Mount St. Mary's	47
											1	Robert Morris	65
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											4	Bryant	52
	2	Sacred Heart	90
	7	St. Francis (NY)	69
						2	Sacred Heart	68
						4	Bryant	75
	3	Saint Francis (PA)	57
	6	Central Connecticut	65

All games will be played at the venue of the higher seed

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

Name	School
Anna Niki Stamolamprou	Robert Morris
Megan Smith	Robert Morris
Hannah Kimmel	Sacred Heart
Morgan Olander	Bryant
Naomi Ashley	Bryant