| Year: | 2017 |
| Conference: | America East |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Quarterarena: | Cross Insurance Arena |
| Quartercity: | Portland, ME |
| Semiarena: | Cross Insurance Arena |
| Semicity: | Portland, ME |
| Finalarena: | SEFCU Arena |
| Finalcity: | Albany, NY |
| Champions: | Albany |
| Titlecount: | 6th |
| Coach: | Joanna Bernabei-McNamee |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Television: | ESPNU/ESPN3 |
The 2017 America East women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the America East Conference. It was held March 4 through 10, 2017. The quarterfinals and semifinals were held at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME, with the finals being held at the SEFCU Arena in Albany, NY. Albany won their 6th straight American East tournament title to earn an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 15–1 | 25–4 | ||
| Albany | 12–4 | 18–11 | ||
| UMBC | 10–6 | 15–14 | ||
| Maine | 9–7 | 16–15 | ||
| Binghamton | 8–8 | 13–16 | ||
| Hartford | 7–9 | 16–13 | ||
| Vermont | 6–10 | 9–19 | ||
| Stony Brook | 5–11 | 12–17 |
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM |
| ESPN3 | 941 | |
| 2 | 2:30 PM |
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| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM |
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| 4 | 8:30 PM |
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| Semifinals – Sunday, March 5 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 2:00 PM |
| ESPN3 | 1,847 | |
| 6 | 4:30 PM |
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| Championship Game – Friday, March 10 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 4:30 PM |
| ESPNU | ||
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All times listed are Eastern