The 2017 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was held March 3–6, 2017 at North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. The champion, UNC Wilmington, received an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 78–69 win over Charleston.
Seeds All 10 CAA teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received a bye to the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21 UNC Wilmington15–32 College of Charleston14–43Towson11–74William & Mary10–81–1 vs. Elon1–1 vs. UNCW, 1–1 vs. Charl.5Elon10–81–1 vs W&M1–1 vs. UNCW, 0–2 vs. Charl.6Northeastern8–107James Madison7–111–1 vs. Hofstra0–2 vs UNCW, 0–2 vs. Charl., 1–1 vs. TU8Hofstra7–111–1 vs. JMU0–2 vs UNCW, 0–2 vs. Charl., 0–2 vs. TU9Delaware5–13 10Drexel3–15
Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreAttendance Television First round – Friday March 3, 2017116:00 PMNo. 9 Delaware vs No. 8 Hofstra 81–761,794CAA.tv28:30 PMNo. 10 Drexel vs No. 7 James Madison70–801,889CAA.tv Quarterfinals – Saturday March 4, 20172312:00 PMNo. 9 Delaware vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington82–914,217Comcast SportsNet42:30 PMNo. 5 Elon vs No. 4 William & Mary66–714,096Comcast SportsNet356:00 PMNo. 7 James Madison vs No. 2 College of Charleston62–674,212Comcast SportsNet68:30 PMNo. 6 Northeastern vs No. 3 Towson54–824,143Comcast SportsNet Semifinals – Sunday March 5, 2017472:00 PMNo. 4 William & Mary vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington94–1054,389Comcast SportsNet84:30 PMNo. 3 Towson vs No. 2 College of Charleston59–674,708Comcast SportsNet Championship – Monday March 6, 2017597:00 PMNo. 2 College of Charleston vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington69–786,342CBS Sports Network *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
Game summaries
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
Team and tournament leaders
Team leaders Team Points Rebounds Assists StealsBlocksMinutesCollege of Charleston Elon James Madison Northeastern Towson UNC Wilmington William & Mary Delaware R. Daly 51 R. Daly 21 R. Daly 9 2 with 2 3 with 2 R. Daly 80 Drexel S. Mojica 15 R. Williams 7 K. Lee 7 S. Mojica 3 R. Williams 3 S. Mojica 36Hofstra J. Wright-Foreman 23 R. Gustys 9 3 with 3 R. Gustys 2 H. Sabety 1 J. Wright-Foreman 39
See also Colonial Athletic Association 2017 CAA women's basketball tournament
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