# 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.

## 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 |
| 1 | 2 | 8:00 pm | #7 UNC Asheville vs. #10 Longwood | BSN | 621 |
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 10 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | #1 Radford vs. #8 Gardner-Webb | ESPN3 | 852 |
| 2 | 4 | 2:00 pm | #4 Liberty vs. #5 Charleston Southern | ESPN3 | 852 |
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | #2 Campbell vs. #7 UNC-Asheville | ESPN3 | 640 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:00 pm | #3 High Point vs. #6 Presbyterian | ESPN3 | 640 |
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 11 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 2:00 pm | #1 Radford vs #5 Charleston Southern | ESPN3 | 692 |
| 4 | 8 | 4:00 pm | #7 UNC Asheville vs #6 Presbyterian | ESPN3 | 692 |
| 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 | First round March 9, 2017 | First round March 9, 2017 | Quarterfinals March 10, 2017 | Quarterfinals March 10, 2017 | Quarterfinals March 10, 2017 | Semifinals March 11, 2017 | Semifinals March 11, 2017 | Semifinals March 11, 2017 | Championship March 12, 2017 | Championship March 12, 2017 | Championship March 12, 2017 |
| | | | 1 | Radford | 54 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Gardner-Webb | 51 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Gardner-Webb | 82 | 8 | Gardner-Webb | 51 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Winthrop | 43 | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | 7 | UNC Asheville | 64 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Longwood | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Longwood | 59 | | | | 7 | UNC Asheville | 56 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Presbyterian | 55 | | | |
| | | | 3 | High Point | 48 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Presbyterian | 55 | | | | | | |