# 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.

## 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 |
| 1 | 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 14 Duquesne vs. No. 11 Saint Louis | 71–72 | ASN | 5,517 |
| Second round – Thursday, March 9 |||||||
| 2 | 3 | Noon | No. 9 Davidson vs. No. 8 La Salle | 82–73 | NBCSN | 7,509 |
| 2 | 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 12 Massachusetts vs. No. 5 St. Bonaventure | 60–73 | NBCSN | 7,509 |
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 10 Fordham vs. No. 7 George Mason | 71–82 $^{OT}$ | NBCSN | 5,442 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 11 Saint Louis vs. No. 6 George Washington | 46–63 | NBCSN | 5,442 |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10 |||||||
| 4 | 7 | Noon | No. 9 Davidson vs. No. 1 Dayton | 73–67 | NBCSN | 6,641 |
| 4 | 8 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 St. Bonaventure vs. No. 4 Rhode Island | 63–74 | NBCSN | 6,641 |
| 5 | 9 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 George Mason vs. No. 2 VCU | 60–71 | NBCSN | 6,647 |
| 5 | 10 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 George Washington vs. No. 3 Richmond | 67–70 | NBCSN | 6,647 |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 11 |||||||
| 6 | 11 | 1:00 pm | No. 9 Davidson vs. No. 4 Rhode Island | 60–84 | CBSSN | 6,886 |
| 6 | 12 | 3:30 pm | No. 3 Richmond vs. No. 2 VCU | 77–87 $^{OT}$ | CBSSN | 6,886 |
| 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. Rankings denote tournament seed |||||||
* ↑ 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 | First round Wednesday, March 8 ASN | First round Wednesday, March 8 ASN | Second round Thursday, March 9 NBCSN | Second round Thursday, March 9 NBCSN | Second round Thursday, March 9 NBCSN | Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 NBCSN | Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 NBCSN | Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 NBCSN | | | Semifinals Saturday, March 11 CBSSN | Semifinals Saturday, March 11 CBSSN | Semifinals Saturday, March 11 CBSSN | Championship Sunday, March 12 CBS | Championship Sunday, March 12 CBS | Championship Sunday, March 12 CBS |
| | | | | | | 1 | Dayton | 67 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | La Salle | 73 | 9 | Davidson | 73 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Davidson | 82 | | | | | | 9 | Davidson | 60 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Rhode Island | 84 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Rhode Island | 74 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | St. Bonaventure | 73 | 5 | St. Bonaventure | 63 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 70 | 12 | Massachusetts | 60 | | | | | | | | 4 | Rhode Island | 70 |
| 13 | St. Joseph's | 63 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 2 | VCU | 63 |
| | | | | | | 2 | VCU | 71 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | George Mason | 82* | 7 | George Mason | 60 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Fordham | 71 | | | | | | 2 | VCU | 87* | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Richmond | 77 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Richmond | 70 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | George Washington | 53 | 6 | George Washington | 67 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Saint Louis | 72 | 11 | Saint Louis | 46 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Duquesne | 71 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period