| Year: | 2017 |
| Conference: | CAA |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | JMU Convocation Center |
| City: | Harrisonburg, VA |
| Champions: | Elon |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Charlotte Smith |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Lauren Brown |
| Mvpteam: | Elon |
| Television: | CSN, ASN, CAA.tv |
The 2017 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament was a postseason event was held from March 8–11, 2017 at the JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Elon won their first CAA Women's Basketball Tournament in school history and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.
Due to the revelation that Charleston had supplied improperly sized basketballs in its home conference wins over William & Mary and UNCW, the CAA announced on February 2 that those games would be treated as Charleston losses for purposes of CAA tournament seeding, although they still count as Charleston wins for all other purposes.[1]
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‡† Elon | 16–2 | 24–6 | ||
| 2 | † James Madison | 15–3 | 22–7 | ||
| 3 | † Drexel | 11–7 | 20–9 | ||
| 4 | † William & Mary | 10–8 | 19–10 | 1–1 vs. Delaware | 0–2 vs. Elon, 1–1 vs. JMU |
| 5 | † Delaware | 10–8 | 16–13 | 1–1 vs. William & Mary | 0–2 vs. Elon, 0–2 vs. JMU |
| 6 | † Northeastern | 8–10 | 12–18 | ||
| 7 | UNC Wilmington | 6–12 | 10–19 | ||
| 8 | Towson | 5–13 | 12–17 | 1–1 vs. Hofstra | 0–2 vs. Elon, 2–0 vs. JMU |
| 9 | Hofstra | 5–13 | 12–17 | 1–1 vs. Towson | 0–2 vs. Elon, 0–2 vs. JMU |
| 10 | College of Charleston | 4–14 | 9–20 | ||
| ‡ – CAA regular season champions. † – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. Changes due to the Charleston basketball size scandal:
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| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Score | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 8, 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 pm |
| CAA.tv | 77–66 | 1,123 | |
| 2 | 2:30 pm |
| 44–49 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9, 2017 | |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm |
| CAA.tv | 50–78 | 2,497 | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm |
| 44–59 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 5:00 pm |
| 27–52 | |||
| 6 | 7:30 pm |
| 50–68 | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2017 | |||||||
| 4 | 7 | 4:30 pm |
| CSN | 88–60 | ||
| 8 | 7:00 pm |
| 76–68 | ||||
| Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2017 | |||||||
| 5 | 9 | 7:00 pm |
| CSN | 78–60 | ||
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