| Year: | 2017 |
| Conference: | CAA |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | North Charleston Coliseum |
| City: | North Charleston, SC |
| Champions: | UNC Wilmington |
| Titlecount: | 6th |
| Coach: | Kevin Keatts |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | C. J. Bryce |
| Mvpteam: | UNC Wilmington |
| Attendance: | 21,247 |
| Television: | CAA.tv, CSN CBSSN |
The 2017 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was held March 3–6, 2017 at North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina.[1] The champion, UNC Wilmington, received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 78–69 win over Charleston.
All 10 CAA teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNC Wilmington | 15–3 | ||
| 2 | College of Charleston | 14–4 | ||
| 3 | Towson | 11–7 | ||
| 4 | William & Mary | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Elon | 1–1 vs. UNCW, 1–1 vs. Charl. |
| 5 | Elon | 10–8 | 1–1 vs W&M | 1–1 vs. UNCW, 0–2 vs. Charl. |
| 6 | Northeastern | 8–10 | ||
| 7 | James Madison | 7–11 | 1–1 vs. Hofstra | 0–2 vs UNCW, 0–2 vs. Charl., 1–1 vs. TU |
| 8 | Hofstra | 7–11 | 1–1 vs. JMU | 0–2 vs UNCW, 0–2 vs. Charl., 0–2 vs. TU |
| 9 | Delaware | 5–13 | ||
| 10 | Drexel | 3–15 | ||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Friday March 3, 2017 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 PM | No. 9 Delaware vs No. 8 Hofstra | 81–76 | 1,794 | CAA.tv | |||
| 2 | 8:30 PM | No. 10 Drexel vs No. 7 James Madison | 70–80 | 1,889 | CAA.tv | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday March 4, 2017 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 PM | No. 9 Delaware vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington | 82–91 | 4,217 | Comcast SportsNet | |||
| 4 | 2:30 PM | No. 5 Elon vs No. 4 William & Mary | 66–71 | 4,096 | Comcast SportsNet | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 PM | No. 7 James Madison vs No. 2 College of Charleston | 62–67 | 4,212 | Comcast SportsNet | |||
| 6 | 8:30 PM | No. 6 Northeastern vs No. 3 Towson | 54–82 | 4,143 | Comcast SportsNet | ||||
| Semifinals – Sunday March 5, 2017 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | 2:00 PM | No. 4 William & Mary vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington | 94–105 | 4,389 | Comcast SportsNet | |||
| 8 | 4:30 PM | No. 3 Towson vs No. 2 College of Charleston | 59–67 | 4,708 | Comcast SportsNet | ||||
| Championship – Monday March 6, 2017 | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | 7:00 PM | No. 2 College of Charleston vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington | 69–78 | 6,342 | CBS Sports Network | |||
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| Team | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Minutes | |||||||
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| College of Charleston | |||||||||||||
| Elon | |||||||||||||
| James Madison | |||||||||||||
| Northeastern | |||||||||||||
| Towson | |||||||||||||
| UNC Wilmington | |||||||||||||
| William & Mary | |||||||||||||
| Delaware | R. Daly | 51 | R. Daly | 21 | R. Daly | 9 | 2 with | 2 | 3 with | 2 | R. Daly | 80 | |
| Drexel | S. Mojica | 15 | R. Williams | 7 | K. Lee | 7 | S. Mojica | 3 | R. Williams | 3 | S. Mojica | 36 | |
| Hofstra | J. Wright-Foreman | 23 | R. Gustys | 9 | 3 with | 3 | R. Gustys | 2 | H. Sabety | 1 | J. Wright-Foreman | 39 | |