2017 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Big South women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place March 9–12, 2017, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia. All rounds after 1st were broadcast on ESPN3, 1st Round on Big South Network. UNC Asheville won their 3rd Big South tournament title and earned an automatic big to the NCAA women's tournament.

2017 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	10
Site	Vines Center Lynchburg, Virginia
Champions	UNC Asheville (3rd title)
Winning coach	Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick (2nd title)
MVP	Sonora Dengokl (UNC Asheville)
Attendance	3,599
Big South Conference women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Big South women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Radford	14	–	4		.778			24	–	9		.727
Campbell	13	–	5		.722			21	–	8		.724
High Point	13	–	5		.722			15	–	14		.517
Liberty	12	–	6		.667			11	–	16		.407
Charleston Southern	11	–	7		.611			16	–	12		.571
Presbyterian	10	–	8		.556			12	–	17		.414
UNC Asheville†	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
Gardner-Webb	6	–	12		.333			11	–	17		.393
Winthrop	1	–	17		.056			2	–	28		.067
Longwood	1	–	17		.056			4	–	25		.138
† 2017 Big South tournament winner As of March 17, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Format

All 10 teams were eligible for the tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Radford	14-4	22-7
2	Campbell	13-5	21-8	2-0 vs. High Point
3	High Point	13-5	15-14
4	Liberty	12-6	13-17
5	Charleston Southern	11-7	18-12
6	Presbyterian	10-8	12-17
7	UNC Asheville	9-9	16-14
8	Gardner-Webb	6-12	12-19
9	Winthrop	1-17	2-29	(at least by RPI rankings)
10	Longwood	1-17	4-26
‡ – Big South regular season champion. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round - Thursday, March 9
1	1	6:00 pm	#8 Gardner-Webb vs. #9 Winthrop	BSN	621
	2	8:00 pm	#7 UNC Asheville vs. #10 Longwood
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 10
2	3	12:00 pm	#1 Radford vs. #8 Gardner-Webb	ESPN3	852
	4	2:00 pm	#4 Liberty vs. #5 Charleston Southern
3	5	6:00 pm	#2 Campbell vs. #7 UNC-Asheville		640
	6	8:00 pm	#3 High Point vs. #6 Presbyterian
Semifinals - Saturday, March 11
4	7	2:00 pm	#1 Radford vs #5 Charleston Southern	ESPN3	692
	8	4:00 pm	#7 UNC Asheville vs #6 Presbyterian
Championship Game - Sunday, March 12
5	9	4:00 pm	#1 Radford vs. #7 UNC Asheville	ESPN3	794

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

Bracket

	First round March 9, 2017					Quarterfinals March 10, 2017					Semifinals March 11, 2017					Championship March 12, 2017
						1	Radford	54
						8	Gardner-Webb	51
	8	Gardner-Webb	82
	9	Winthrop	43
											1	Radford	53
											5	Charleston Southern	50
						4	Liberty	50
						5	Charleston Southern	52
																1	Radford	48
																7	UNC Asheville	49
						2	Campbell	55
						7	UNC Asheville	64
	7	UNC Asheville	65
	10	Longwood	59
											7	UNC Asheville	56
											6	Presbyterian	55
						3	High Point	48
						6	Presbyterian	55

See also

• 2017 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament