2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament

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2017 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
2017 A10 Basketball Championship Logo.jpeg
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
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2016–17 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Dayton 15 – 3   .833 24 – 8   .750
VCU 14 – 4   .778 26 – 9   .743
Rhode Island † 13 – 5   .722 25 – 10   .714
Richmond 13 – 5   .722 22 – 13   .629
Saint Bonaventure 11 – 7   .611 20 – 12   .625
George Washington 10 – 8   .556 20 – 15   .571
George Mason 9 – 9   .500 20 – 14   .588
La Salle 9 – 9   .500 15 – 15   .500
Davidson 8 – 10   .444 17 – 15   .531
Fordham 7 – 11   .389 13 – 19   .406
Saint Louis 6 – 12   .333 12 – 21   .364
UMass 4 – 14   .222 15 – 18   .455
Saint Joseph's 4 – 14   .222 11 – 20   .355
Duquesne 3 – 15   .167 10 – 22   .313
† 2017 A10 Tournament winner

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
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.[a] 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

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