2017 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament

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.

2017 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams10
SiteJMU Convocation Center
Harrisonburg, VA
ChampionsElon (1st title)
Winning coachCharlotte Smith (1st title)
MVPLauren Brown (Elon)
TelevisionCSN, ASN, CAA.tv
2016–17 CAA women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Elon †16–2 .889  27–7  .794
James Madison15–3 .833  26–9  .743
Drexel11–7 .611  22–11  .667
Delaware10–8 .556  16–14  .533
William & Mary9–9 .500  20–11  .645
Northeastern8–10 .444  12–19  .387
College of Charleston6–12 .333  9–21  .300
Hofstra5–13 .278  13–18  .419
Towson5–13 .278  12–18  .400
UNC Wilmington5–13 .278  11–20  .355
† 2017 CAA Tournament winner
As of March 23, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 ‡† Elon 16–2 24–6
2 † James Madison 15–3 22–7
3 † Drexel 11–7 20–9
4 † William & Mary 10–8 19–10 1–1 vs. Delaware 0–2 vs. Elon, 1–1 vs. JMU
5 † Delaware 10–8 16–13 1–1 vs. William & Mary 0–2 vs. Elon, 0–2 vs. JMU
6 † Northeastern 8–10 12–18
7 UNC Wilmington 6–12 10–19
8 Towson 5–13 12–17 1–1 vs. Hofstra 0–2 vs. Elon, 2–0 vs. JMU
9 Hofstra 5–13 12–17 1–1 vs. Towson 0–2 vs. Elon, 0–2 vs. JMU
10 College of Charleston 4–14 9–20
‡ – 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
Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8, 2017
1 1 12:00 pm #9 Hofstra vs. 8 Towson
CAA.tv
 77–66
1,123
2 2:30 pm #10 College of Charleston vs. #7 UNC Wilmington 44–49
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2017
2 3 12:00 pm #9 Hofstra vs. #1 Elon
CAA.tv
 50–78
2,497
4 2:30 pm #5 Delaware vs #4 William & Mary 44–59
3 5 5:00 pm #7 UNC Wilmington vs. #2 James Madison 27–52
6 7:30 pm #6 Northeastern vs #3 Drexel 50–68
Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2017
4 7 4:30 pm #1 Elon vs. #4 William & Mary
CSN
 88–60
8 7:00 pm #2 James Madison vs. #3 Drexel 76–68
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2017
5 9 7:00 pm #1 Elon vs #2 James Madison
CSN
 78–60
*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 Elon 78  
    9 Hofstra 50  
8 Towson 66
9 Hofstra 77  
  1 Elon 88  
  4 William & Mary 60  
       
       
  4 William & Mary 59
    5 Delaware 44  
     
       
  1 Elon 78
  2 James Madison 60
       
       
  2 James Madison 52
    7 UNC Wilmington 27  
7 UNC Wilmington 49
10 College of Charleston 44  
  2 James Madison 76
  3 Drexel 68  
       
       
  6 Northeastern 50
    3 Drexel 68  
     

See also

References
  1. Hays, Graham (February 2, 2017). "Use of improper basketballs to affect CAA tourney seeding". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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