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
Season2016–17
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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Dayton15–3 .833  24–8  .750
VCU14–4 .778  26–9  .743
Rhode Island †13–5 .722  25–10  .714
Richmond13–5 .722  22–13  .629
Saint Bonaventure11–7 .611  20–12  .625
George Washington10–8 .556  20–15  .571
George Mason9–9 .500  20–14  .588
La Salle9–9 .500  15–15  .500
Davidson8–10 .444  17–15  .531
Fordham7–11 .389  13–19  .406
Saint Louis6–12 .333  12–21  .364
UMass4–14 .222  15–18  .455
Saint Joseph's4–14 .222  11–20  .355
Duquesne3–15 .167  10–22  .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
                                               
1 Dayton 67  
    9 Davidson 73  
8 La Salle 73
9 Davidson 82  
  9 Davidson 60  
  4 Rhode Island 84  
4 Rhode Island 74
    5 St. Bonaventure 63  
5 St. Bonaventure 73
    12 Massachusetts 60  
12 Massachusetts 70
13 St. Joseph's 63  
4 Rhode Island 70
2 VCU 63
2 VCU 71  
    7 George Mason 60  
7 George Mason 82*
10 Fordham 71  
  2 VCU 87*
  3 Richmond 77  
3 Richmond 70
    6 George Washington 67  
6 George Washington 53
    11 Saint Louis 46  
11 Saint Louis 72
14 Duquesne 71  

* denotes overtime period

See also

References
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