2017 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

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
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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.

2016–17 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
v t e	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

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
3	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
4	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
5	12	1:30 pm	#7 Duquesne 78 vs. #3 Saint Joseph's 63	CBSSN	1,689
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

2017 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

Contents

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

References

See also