| Year: | 2017 |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| City: | Uncasville, Connecticut |
| Champions: | Connecticut |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Geno Auriemma |
| Coachcount: | 4th |
| Mvp: | Katie Lou Samuelson |
| Mvpteam: | Connecticut |
| Attendance: | 24,797 |
| Television: | ESPNU, ESPN2, ESPN3 |
The 2017 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 3–6, 2017 in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Connecticut received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
All the teams in the American Athletic Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system was used. Teams seeded 6–11 played in the opening round, and teams seeded 1–5 received a bye to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut ‡ | 16–0 | 29–0 | |||
| 2 | Temple # | 13–3 | 23–6 | |||
| 3 | South Florida # | 11–5 | 22–7 | |||
| 4 | UCF # | 9–7 | 19–10 | |||
| 5 | Tulane # | 7–9 | 16–13 | 3–2 vs SMU/Cincinnati/Memphis, 1–0 vs SMU | ||
| 6 | SMU | 7–9 | 16–13 | 3–2 vs Tulane/Cincinnati/Memphis, 0–1 vs Tulane | ||
| 7 | Cincinnati | 7–9 | 16–13 | 3–3 vs Tulane/SMU/Memphis | ||
| 8 | Memphis | 7–9 | 14–15 | 2–4 vs Tulane/SMU/Cincinnati | ||
| 9 | Tulsa | 5–11 | 9–20 | |||
| 10 | Houston | 4–12 | 11–18 | |||
| 11 | East Carolina | 2–14 | 11–17 | |||
| ‡ – American Athletic Conference regular season champions. # – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season. | ||||||
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Friday, March 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 PM |
| ESPN3 | 4,446 | |
| 2 | 6:00 PM |
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| 3 | 8:00 PM |
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| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 12:00 PM |
| ESPN3 | 5,513 | |
| 5 | 2:00 PM |
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| 3 | 6 | 6:00 PM |
| 4,559 | ||
| 7 | 8:00 PM |
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| Semifinals – Sunday, March 5 | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 5:00 PM |
| ESPN2 | 6,491 | |
| 9 | 7:30 PM |
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| Championship Game – Monday, March 6 | ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 7:00 PM |
| ESPN2 | 6,488 | |
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Note: * denotes overtime