2017 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

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2017 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201617
Teams8
Site U.S. Cellular Center
Asheville, North Carolina
Champions Chattanooga (18th title)
Winning coach Jim Foster (4th title)
MVP Jasmine Joyner (Chattanooga)
Television ESPN3
  2016
2018  
2016–17 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Mercer 122 .857256  .806
Chattanooga*122 .8572110  .677
East Tennessee State 86 .5711614  .533
UNC Greensboro 77 .5001714  .548
Furman 77 .5001417  .452
Samford 410 .2861219  .387
Wofford 311 .2141317  .433
Western Carolina 311 .214822  .267
2017 SoCon Tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed

The 2017 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was held between Thursday, March 2 and Sunday, March 5 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center. [1]

Contents

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker
#1 Chattanooga 12–220–102–0 vs. Mercer
#2 Mercer 12–225–50–2 vs. Chattanooga
#3 East Tennessee State 8–616–14
#4 UNC Greensboro 7–717–141–1 vs. Fur, 1–1 vs. ETSU
#5 Furman 7–714–171–1 vs. UNCG, 0–2 vs. ETSU
#6 Samford 4–1012–19
#7 Wofford 3–1113–171–1 vs. WCU, 1–1 vs. ETSU
#8 Western Carolina 3–118–221–1 vs. Woff, 0–2 vs. ETSU

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
1111:30 AM#1 Chattanooga vs. #8 Western CarolinaESPN33,193
21:45 PM#4 UNC Greensboro vs. #5 Furman
234:00 PM#2 Mercer vs. #7 Wofford
46:15 PM#3 East Tennessee State vs. #6 Samford
Semifinals – Friday, March 3
3511:00 AM#1 Chattanooga vs. #4 UNC GreensboroESPN33,329
61:15 PM#2 Mercer vs. #6 Samford
Championship Game – Sunday, March 5
471:00 PM#1 Chattanooga vs. #2 MercerESPN3
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Semifinals
Friday, March 3, 2017
Championship game
Sunday, March 5, 2017
         
1 Chattanooga85
8 Western Carolina 41
1 Chattanooga75
4 UNC Greensboro 53
4 UNC Greensboro68
5 Furman 63
1 Chattanooga61
2 Mercer 59
2 Mercer67
7 Wofford 42
2 Mercer63
6 Samford 52
3 East Tennessee State 64
6 Samford67

All-Tournament teams

First Team
Second Team
Most Outstanding Player

Source: [2]

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References

  1. "2017 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". Southern Conference. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  2. "Chattanooga Wins Record Fifth Straight SoCon Tourney". soconsports.com. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.

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