| Year: | 2017 |
| Conference: | MAAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | Times Union Center |
| City: | Albany, NY |
| Champions: | Quinnipiac |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Tricia Fabbri |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Adily Martucci |
| Mvpteam: | Quinnipiac |
| Television: | ESPNU/ESPN3 |
The 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–6 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. The winner received an automatic trip to the 2017 Women's NCAA tournament.
Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinnipiac | 17–3 | ||
| 2 | Rider | 16–4 | ||
| 3 | Fairfield | 13–7 | 1–1 vs. Siena, 1–1 vs. Quin | |
| 4 | Siena | 13–7 | 1–1 vs. Fairfield, 0–2 vs. Quin | |
| 5 | Iona | 12–8 | ||
| 6 | Marist | 11–9 | ||
| 7 | Monmouth | 9–11 | ||
| 8 | Canisius | 8–12 | ||
| 9 | Niagara | 5–15 | ||
| 10 | Manhattan | 4–16 | ||
| 11 | St. Peter's | 2–18 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
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| First round – Thursday, March 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 9:30 AM |
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| 2 | 11:30 AM |
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| 3 | 1:30 PM |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 1:00 PM |
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| 5 | 3:30 PM |
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| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | 12:00 PM |
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| 7 | 2:30 PM |
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| Semifinals – Sunday, March 5 | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 11:00 AM |
| ESPN3 | ||
| 9 | 1:30 PM |
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| Championship – Monday, March 6 | ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 5:00 PM |
| ESPNU | ||
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