2017 MAAC women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–6 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. The winner received an automatic trip to the 2017 Women's NCAA tournament.

2017 MAAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams11
SiteTimes Union Center
Albany, NY
ChampionsQuinnipiac (2nd title)
Winning coachTricia Fabbri (2nd title)
MVPAdily Martucci (Quinnipiac)
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN3
2016–17 MAAC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Quinnipiac173 .850297  .806
Rider164 .800249  .727
Fairfield137 .6501714  .548
Siena137 .6501416  .467
Iona128 .6001813  .581
Marist119 .5501517  .469
Monmouth911 .4501516  .484
Canisius812 .4001021  .323
Niagara515 .250822  .267
Manhattan416 .200822  .267
Saint Peter's218 .100327  .100
2017 MAAC tournament winner
As of March 25, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Quinnipiac 17–3
2 Rider 16–4
3 Fairfield 13–7 1–1 vs. Siena, 1–1 vs. Quin
4 Siena 13–7 1–1 vs. Fairfield, 0–2 vs. Quin
5 Iona 12–8
6 Marist 11–9
7 Monmouth 9–11
8 Canisius 8–12
9 Niagara 5–15
10 Manhattan 4–16
11 St. Peter's 2–18

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 2
1 1 9:30 AM #8 Canisius vs #9 Niagara  
2 11:30 AM #7 Monmouth vs #10 Manhattan
3 1:30 PM #6 Marist vs #11 St. Peter's
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
2 4 1:00 PM #1 Quinnipiac vs #8 Canisius  
5 3:30 PM #2 Rider vs. #7 Monmouth
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
3 6 12:00 PM #3 Fairfield vs #6 Marist  
7 2:30 PM #4 Siena vs. #5 Iona
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
4 8 11:00 AM #1 Quinnipiac vs #5 Iona ESPN3  
9 1:30 PM #2 Rider vs #3 Fairfield
Championship – Monday, March 6
5 10 5:00 PM #1 Quinnipiac 81 vs #2 Rider 73 ESPNU  
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 2
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
Saturday, March 4
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5
ESPN3
Championship
Monday, March 6
ESPNU
            
1 Quinnipiac 63
8 Canisius 58
8 Canisius 80OT
9 Niagara 74
1 Quinnipiac 64
5 Iona 59
4 Siena 47
5 Iona 67
1 Quinnipiac 81
2 Rider 73
2 Rider 67
7 Monmouth 51
7 Monmouth 62
10 Manhattan 46
2 Rider 49
3 Fairfield 36
3 Fairfield 61
6 Marist 44
6 Marist 71
11 St. Peter's 60

See also

References

  1. "2017 MAAC Basketball Championship Brackets" (PDF). maacsports.com. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
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