| Year: | 2017 |
| Conference: | Atlantic 10 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Arena: | PPG Paints Arena |
| City: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Champions: | Rhode Island |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Dan Hurley |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | E. C. Matthews |
| Mvpteam: | Rhode Island |
| Attendance: | 45,667 |
| Television: | ASN, NBCSN, CBSSN, CBS |
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.
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 |
| 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 | |
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* denotes overtime period