2017 America East women's basketball tournament

2017 America East women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Quarterfinals site	Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME
Semifinals site	Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME
Finals site	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
Champions	Albany (6th title)
Winning coach	Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (1st title)
Television	ESPNU/ESPN3
America East women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Hampshire	15	–	1		.938			26	–	6		.813
Albany †	12	–	4		.750			21	–	12		.636
UMBC	10	–	6		.625			15	–	16		.484
Maine	9	–	7		.563			18	–	16		.529
Binghamton	8	–	8		.500			13	–	17		.433
Hartford	7	–	9		.438			17	–	14		.548
Vermont	6	–	10		.375			9	–	20		.310
Stony Brook	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
UMass Lowell*	0	–	16		.000			3	–	26		.103
† 2017 America East tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 America East women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the America East Conference. It was held March 4 through 10, 2017. The quarterfinals and semifinals were held at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME, with the finals being held at the SEFCU Arena in Albany, NY. Albany won their 6th straight American East tournament title to earn an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1	New Hampshire	15–1	25–4
#2	Albany	12–4	18–11
#3	UMBC	10–6	15–14
#4	Maine	9–7	16–15
#5	Binghamton	8–8	13–16
#6	Hartford	7–9	16–13
#7	Vermont	6–10	9–19
#8	Stony Brook	5–11	12–17

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
1	1	12:00 PM	#1 New Hampshire 58 vs. #8 Stony Brook 49	ESPN3	941
	2	2:30 PM	#4 Maine 57 vs. #5 Binghamton 40
2	3	6:00 PM	#2 Albany 65 vs. #7 Vermont 45
	4	8:30 PM	#3 UMBC 40 vs. #6 Hartford 74
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
3	5	2:00 PM	#1 New Hampshire 52 vs. #4 Maine 61	ESPN3	1,847
	6	4:30 PM	#2 Albany 67 vs. # 6 Hartford 65
Championship Game – Friday, March 10
4	7	4:30 PM	#4 Maine at #2 Albany	ESPNU
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

	Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4, 2017 ESPN3					Semifinals Sunday, March 5, 2017 ESPN3					Championship game Friday, March 10, 2017 ESPNU
	3	UMBC	40
	6	Hartford	74
						6	Hartford	65
						2	Albany	67
	2	Albany	65
	7	Vermont	45
											2	Albany	66
											4	Maine	50
	1	New Hampshire	58
	8	Stony Brook	49
						1	New Hampshire	52
						4	Maine	61
	4	Maine	57
	5	Binghamton	40

All times listed are Eastern

External links

• 2017 America East Women's Basketball Championship

See also

• 2017 America East men's basketball tournament