# 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.

## 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.
| 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 |
| 1 | 2 | 2:30 pm | #10 College of Charleston vs. #7 UNC Wilmington | CAA.tv | 44–49 | 1,123 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2017 |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | #9 Hofstra vs. #1 Elon | CAA.tv | 50–78 | 2,497 |
| 2 | 4 | 2:30 pm | #5 Delaware vs #4 William & Mary | CAA.tv | 44–59 | 2,497 |
| 3 | 5 | 5:00 pm | #7 UNC Wilmington vs. #2 James Madison | CAA.tv | 27–52 | |
| 3 | 6 | 7:30 pm | #6 Northeastern vs #3 Drexel | CAA.tv | 50–68 | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2017 |||||||
| 4 | 7 | 4:30 pm | #1 Elon vs. #4 William & Mary | CSN | 88–60 | |
| 4 | 8 | 7:00 pm | #2 James Madison vs. #3 Drexel | CSN | 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 | First round Wednesday, March 8 CAA.tv | First round Wednesday, March 8 CAA.tv | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 ASN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 ASN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 ASN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 CSN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 CSN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 CSN | Final Saturday, March 11 CSN | Final Saturday, March 11 CSN | Final Saturday, March 11 CSN |
| | | | 1 | Elon | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Hofstra | 50 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Towson | 66 | 9 | Hofstra | 50 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Hofstra | 77 | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | 7 | UNC Wilmington | 27 | | | | | | |
| 10 | College of Charleston | 44 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | College of Charleston | 44 | | | | 2 | James Madison | 76 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Drexel | 68 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Northeastern | 50 | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Drexel | 68 | | | | | | |