2017 MAAC women's basketball tournament

2017 MAAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	11
Site	Times Union Center Albany, NY
Champions	Quinnipiac (2nd title)
Winning coach	Tricia Fabbri (2nd title)
MVP	Adily Martucci (Quinnipiac)
Television	ESPNU/ESPN3
MAAC women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 MAAC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Quinnipiac †	17	–	3		.850			29	–	7		.806
Rider	16	–	4		.800			24	–	9		.727
Fairfield	13	–	7		.650			17	–	14		.548
Siena	13	–	7		.650			14	–	16		.467
Iona	12	–	8		.600			18	–	13		.581
Marist	11	–	9		.550			15	–	17		.469
Monmouth	9	–	11		.450			15	–	16		.484
Canisius	8	–	12		.400			10	–	21		.323
Niagara	5	–	15		.250			8	–	22		.267
Manhattan	4	–	16		.200			8	–	22		.267
Saint Peter's	2	–	18		.100			3	–	27		.100
† 2017 MAAC tournament winner As of March 25, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

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.

Seeds

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

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 2
1	1	9:30 AM	#8 Canisius vs #9 Niagara
	2	11:30 AM	#7 Monmouth vs #10 Manhattan
	3	1:30 PM	#6 Marist vs #11 St. Peter's
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
2	4	1:00 PM	#1 Quinnipiac vs #8 Canisius
	5	3:30 PM	#2 Rider vs. #7 Monmouth
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
3	6	12:00 PM	#3 Fairfield vs #6 Marist
	7	2:30 PM	#4 Siena vs. #5 Iona
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
4	8	11:00 AM	#1 Quinnipiac vs #5 Iona	ESPN3
	9	1:30 PM	#2 Rider vs #3 Fairfield
Championship – Monday, March 6
5	10	5:00 PM	#1 Quinnipiac 81 vs #2 Rider 73	ESPNU
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 2					Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 Saturday, March 4					Semifinals Sunday, March 5 ESPN3					Championship Monday, March 6 ESPNU
						1	Quinnipiac	63
						8	Canisius	58
	8	Canisius	80OT
	9	Niagara	74
											1	Quinnipiac	64
											5	Iona	59
						4	Siena	47
						5	Iona	67
																1	Quinnipiac	81
																2	Rider	73
						2	Rider	67
						7	Monmouth	51
	7	Monmouth	62
	10	Manhattan	46
											2	Rider	49
											3	Fairfield	36
						3	Fairfield	61
						6	Marist	44
	6	Marist	71
	11	St. Peter's	60

See also

• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
• MAAC women's basketball tournament
• 2017 MAAC men's basketball tournament

External links

• 2017 MAAC Women's Basketball Championship