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
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	10
Site	JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA
Champions	Elon (1st title)
Winning coach	Charlotte Smith (1st title)
MVP	Lauren Brown (Elon)
Television	CSN, ASN, CAA.tv
CAA Women's Basketball Tournaments

2016–17 CAA women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Elon †	16	–	2		.889			27	–	7		.794
James Madison	15	–	3		.833			26	–	9		.743
Drexel	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Delaware	10	–	8		.556			16	–	14		.533
William & Mary	9	–	9		.500			20	–	11		.645
Northeastern	8	–	10		.444			12	–	19		.387
College of Charleston	6	–	12		.333			9	–	21		.300
Hofstra	5	–	13		.278			13	–	18		.419
Towson	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
UNC Wilmington	5	–	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

• 2017 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament

References

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

External links

• 2017 CAA Women's Basketball Championship