2017 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was held March 8–12, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The championship was won by Rhode Island who defeated VCU in the championship game. As a result, Rhode Island received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2017 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams14
SitePPG Paints Arena
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ChampionsRhode Island (2nd title)
Winning coachDan Hurley (1st title)
MVPE. C. Matthews (Rhode Island)
Attendance45,667
TelevisionASN, NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS
2016–17 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Dayton153 .833248  .750
VCU144 .778269  .743
Rhode Island135 .7222510  .714
Richmond135 .7222213  .629
Saint Bonaventure117 .6112012  .625
George Washington108 .5562015  .571
George Mason99 .5002014  .588
La Salle99 .5001515  .500
Davidson810 .4441715  .531
Fordham711 .3891319  .406
Saint Louis612 .3331221  .364
UMass414 .2221518  .455
Saint Joseph's414 .2221120  .355
Duquesne315 .1671022  .313
2017 A10 Tournament winner

Seeds

All 14 A-10 schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Dayton 15–3
2 VCU 14–4
3 Richmond 13–5 1–0 vs. Rhode Island
4 Rhode Island 13–5 0–1 vs. Richmond
5 St. Bonaventure 11–7
6 George Washington 10–8
7 George Mason 9–9 1–0 vs. La Salle
8 La Salle 9–9 0–1 vs. George Mason
9 Davidson 8–10
10 Fordham 7–11
11 Saint Louis 6–12
12 Massachusetts 4–14 2–0 vs. Saint Joseph's
13 Saint Joseph's 4–14 0–2 vs. UMass
14 Duquesne 3–15

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 1 6:00 pm No. 13 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 12 Massachusetts 63–70 ASN 5,517
2 8:30 pm No. 14 Duquesne vs. No. 11 Saint Louis 71–72
Second round – Thursday, March 9
2 3 Noon No. 9 Davidson vs. No. 8 La Salle 82–73 NBCSN 7,509
4 2:30 pm No. 12 Massachusetts vs. No. 5 St. Bonaventure 60–73
3 5 6:00 pm No. 10 Fordham vs. No. 7 George Mason 71–82 OT 5,442
6 8:30 pm No. 11 Saint Louis vs. No. 6 George Washington 46–63
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
4 7 Noon No. 9 Davidson vs. No. 1 Dayton 73–67 NBCSN 6,641
8 2:30 pm No. 5 St. Bonaventure vs. No. 4 Rhode Island 63–74
5 9 6:00 pm No. 7 George Mason vs. No. 2 VCU 60–71 6,647
10 8:30 pm No. 6 George Washington vs. No. 3 Richmond 67–70
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
6 11 1:00 pm No. 9 Davidson vs. No. 4 Rhode Island 60–84 CBSSN 6,886
12 3:30 pm No. 3 Richmond vs. No. 2 VCU 77–87 OT
Championship – Sunday, March 12
7 13 12:30 pm No. 4 Rhode Island vs. No. 2 VCU 70–63 CBS 7,025
*Game times in Eastern Time.[lower-alpha 1] Rankings denote tournament seed
  1. The United States begins Daylight saving time at 2:00 am on Sunday, March 12. As a result, times through the semifinal games are in Eastern Standard Time while the Championship game time is in Eastern Daylight Time.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 8
ASN
Second round
Thursday, March 9
NBCSN
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10
NBCSN
Semifinals
Saturday, March 11
CBSSN
Championship
Sunday, March 12
CBS
1Dayton67
8La Salle739Davidson73
9Davidson829Davidson60
4Rhode Island84
4Rhode Island74
5St. Bonaventure735St. Bonaventure63
12Massachusetts7012Massachusetts604Rhode Island70
13St. Joseph's632VCU63
2VCU71
7George Mason82*7George Mason60
10Fordham712VCU87*
3Richmond77
3Richmond70
6George Washington536George Washington67
11Saint Louis7211Saint Louis46
14Duquesne71

* denotes overtime period

See also

References

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