| Year: | 2017 |
| Conference: | MEAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Arena: | Norfolk Scope |
| City: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Champions: | Hampton |
| Television: | ESPN3 |
The 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 6–11, 2017, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia.[1] First round games were played March 6 and March 7, with the quarterfinal games played on March 8 and 9. The semifinals were held March 10, with the championship game on March 11.[2]
The top 13 teams were eligible for the tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bethune Cookman | 15–1 | ||||
| 2 | Howard | 12–4 | ||||
| 3 | Hampton | 11–5 | ||||
| 4 | Florida A&M | 9–7 | 1–0 vs Norfolk State | |||
| 5 | Norfolk State | 9–7 | 0–1 vs. Florida A&M | |||
| 6 | Coppin State | 8–8 | 2–0 vs. North Carolina A&T/Savannah State | |||
| 7 | North Carolina A&T | 8–8 | 1–1 vs. Coppin State/Savannah State | |||
| 8 | Savannah State | 8–8 | 0–2 vs. North Carolina A&T/Coppin State | |||
| 9 | Morgan State | 7–9 | 1–0 vs. NC Central | |||
| 10 | NC Central | 7–9 | 0–1 vs. Morgan State | |||
| 11 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 6–10 | ||||
| 12 | Delaware State | 2–14 | 1–0 vs. SC State | |||
| 13 | South Carolina State | 2–14 | 0–1 vs. Delaware State | |||
| † – MEAC regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. | ||||||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Monday, March 6 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am |
| 65–62 | ESPN3 | |
| 2 | 1:00 pm |
| 60–40 | |||
| 3 | 3:00 pm |
| 59–62 | |||
| First round – Tuesday, March 7 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 12:00 pm |
| 59–51 | ESPN3 | |
| 5 | 2:00 pm |
| 71–53 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8 | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 12:00 pm |
| 53–43 | ESPN3 | |
| 7 | 2:00 pm |
| 65–77 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | 12:00 pm |
| 58–68 | ESPN3 | |
| 9 | 2:00 pm |
| 66–56 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 | ||||||
| 6 | 10 | 12:00 pm |
| 59–42 | ESPN3 | |
| 11 | 2:00 pm |
| 62–64 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 | ||||||
| 7 | 12 | 4:00 pm |
| 49–52 | ESPN3 | |
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