2017 CAA women's basketball tournament

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2017 CAA women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201617
Teams10
Site JMU Convocation Center
Harrisonburg, VA
Champions Elon (1st title)
Winning coach Charlotte Smith (1st title)
MVP Lauren Brown (Elon)
Television CSN, ASN, CAA.tv
CAA women's basketball tournaments
  2016
2018  
2016–17 CAA women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Elon162 .889277  .794
James Madison 153 .833269  .743
Drexel 117 .6112211  .667
Delaware 108 .5561614  .533
William & Mary 99 .5002011  .645
Northeastern 810 .4441219  .387
College of Charleston 612 .333921  .300
Hofstra 513 .2781318  .419
Towson 513 .2781218  .400
UNC Wilmington 513 .2781120  .355
2017 CAA tournament winner
As of March 23, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament was a postseason event was held from March 8–11, 2017 at the JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Elon won their first CAA Women's Basketball Tournament in school history and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Contents

Seeds

Due to the revelation that Charleston had supplied improperly sized basketballs in its home conference wins over William & Mary and UNCW, the CAA announced on February 2 that those games would be treated as Charleston losses for purposes of CAA tournament seeding, although they still count as Charleston wins for all other purposes. [1]

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1‡† Elon16–224–6
2† James Madison15–322–7
3† Drexel11–720–9
4† William & Mary10–819–101–1 vs. Delaware0–2 vs. Elon, 1–1 vs. JMU
5† Delaware10–816–131–1 vs. William & Mary0–2 vs. Elon, 0–2 vs. JMU
6† Northeastern8–1012–18
7UNC Wilmington6–1210–19
8Towson5–1312–171–1 vs. Hofstra0–2 vs. Elon, 2–0 vs. JMU
9Hofstra5–1312–171–1 vs. Towson0–2 vs. Elon, 0–2 vs. JMU
10College of Charleston4–149–20
‡ – CAA regular season champions.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Changes due to the Charleston basketball size scandal:
  • William & Mary's CAA record for tournament seeding purposes was 10–8 instead of its actual 9–9.
  • UNCW's CAA record for tournament seeding purposes was 6–12 instead of its actual 5–13.
  • Charleston's CAA record for tournament seeding purposes was 4–14 instead of its actual 6–12.

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScoreAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8, 2017
1112:00 pm#9 Hofstra vs. 8 TowsonCAA.tv77–661,123
22:30 pm#10 College of Charleston vs. #7 UNC Wilmington44–49
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2017
2312:00 pm#9 Hofstra vs. #1 ElonCAA.tv50–782,497
42:30 pm#5 Delaware vs #4 William & Mary44–59
355:00 pm#7 UNC Wilmington vs. #2 James Madison27–52
67:30 pm#6 Northeastern vs #3 Drexel50–68
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2017
474:30 pm#1 Elon vs. #4 William & MaryCSN88–60
87:00 pm#2 James Madison vs. #3 Drexel76–68
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2017
597:00 pm#1 Elon vs #2 James MadisonCSN78–60
*Game times in ET.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 8
CAA.tv
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
ASN
Semifinals
Friday, March 10
CSN
Final
Saturday, March 11
CSN
            
1 Elon78
9 Hofstra 50
8 Towson 66
9 Hofstra77
1 Elon88
4 William & Mary 60
4 William & Mary59
5 Delaware 44
1 Elon78
2 James Madison 60
2 James Madison52
7 UNC Wilmington 27
7 UNC Wilmington49
10 College of Charleston 44
2 James Madison76
3 Drexel 68
6 Northeastern 50
3 Drexel68

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