2017 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was held March 8–12, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The championship was won by Rhode Island who defeated VCU in the championship game. As a result, Rhode Island received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2017 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	14
Site	PPG Paints Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Champions	Rhode Island (2nd title)
Winning coach	Dan Hurley (1st title)
MVP	E. C. Matthews (Rhode Island)
Attendance	45,667
Television	ASN, NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS
Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton	15	–	3		.833			24	–	8		.750
VCU	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
Rhode Island †	13	–	5		.722			25	–	10		.714
Richmond	13	–	5		.722			22	–	13		.629
Saint Bonaventure	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
George Washington	10	–	8		.556			20	–	15		.571
George Mason	9	–	9		.500			20	–	14		.588
La Salle	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
Davidson	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Fordham	7	–	11		.389			13	–	19		.406
Saint Louis	6	–	12		.333			12	–	21		.364
UMass	4	–	14		.222			15	–	18		.455
Saint Joseph's	4	–	14		.222			11	–	20		.355
Duquesne	3	–	15		.167			10	–	22		.313
† 2017 A10 Tournament winner

Seeds

All 14 A-10 schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Dayton	15–3
2	VCU	14–4
3	Richmond	13–5	1–0 vs. Rhode Island
4	Rhode Island	13–5	0–1 vs. Richmond
5	St. Bonaventure	11–7
6	George Washington	10–8
7	George Mason	9–9	1–0 vs. La Salle
8	La Salle	9–9	0–1 vs. George Mason
9	Davidson	8–10
10	Fordham	7–11
11	Saint Louis	6–12
12	Massachusetts	4–14	2–0 vs. Saint Joseph's
13	Saint Joseph's	4–14	0–2 vs. UMass
14	Duquesne	3–15

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1	1	6:00 pm	No. 13 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 12 Massachusetts	63–70	ASN	5,517
	2	8:30 pm	No. 14 Duquesne vs. No. 11 Saint Louis	71–72
Second round – Thursday, March 9
2	3	Noon	No. 9 Davidson vs. No. 8 La Salle	82–73	NBCSN	7,509
	4	2:30 pm	No. 12 Massachusetts vs. No. 5 St. Bonaventure	60–73
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 10 Fordham vs. No. 7 George Mason	71–82 OT		5,442
	6	8:30 pm	No. 11 Saint Louis vs. No. 6 George Washington	46–63
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
4	7	Noon	No. 9 Davidson vs. No. 1 Dayton	73–67	NBCSN	6,641
	8	2:30 pm	No. 5 St. Bonaventure vs. No. 4 Rhode Island	63–74
5	9	6:00 pm	No. 7 George Mason vs. No. 2 VCU	60–71		6,647
	10	8:30 pm	No. 6 George Washington vs. No. 3 Richmond	67–70
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
6	11	1:00 pm	No. 9 Davidson vs. No. 4 Rhode Island	60–84	CBSSN	6,886
	12	3:30 pm	No. 3 Richmond vs. No. 2 VCU	77–87 OT
Championship – Sunday, March 12
7	13	12:30 pm	No. 4 Rhode Island vs. No. 2 VCU	70–63	CBS	7,025
*Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 8 ASN					Second round Thursday, March 9 NBCSN					Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 NBCSN					Semifinals Saturday, March 11 CBSSN					Championship Sunday, March 12 CBS
											1	Dayton	67
						8	La Salle	73			9	Davidson	73
						9	Davidson	82								9	Davidson	60
																4	Rhode Island	84
											4	Rhode Island	74
						5	St. Bonaventure	73			5	St. Bonaventure	63
	12	Massachusetts	70			12	Massachusetts	60													4	Rhode Island	70
	13	St. Joseph's	63																		2	VCU	63
											2	VCU	71
						7	George Mason	82*			7	George Mason	60
						10	Fordham	71								2	VCU	87*
																3	Richmond	77
											3	Richmond	70
						6	George Washington	53			6	George Washington	67
	11	Saint Louis	72			11	Saint Louis	46
	14	Duquesne	71

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2017 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament