The 2017 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was held between Thursday, March 2 and Sunday, March 5 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.
Seeds Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConf OverallTiebreaker#1Chattanooga12–2 20–102–0 vs. Mercer#212–2 25–50–2 vs. Chattanooga#3East Tennessee State8–6 16–14#47–7 17–141–1 vs. Fur, 1–1 vs. ETSU#57–7 14–171–1 vs. UNCG, 0–2 vs. ETSU#64–1012–19#73–11 13–171–1 vs. WCU, 1–1 vs. ETSU#83–11 8–221–1 vs. Woff, 0–2 vs. ETSU
Schedule All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 21111:30 AM#1 Chattanooga vs. #8 Western CarolinaESPN33,19321:45 PM#4 UNC Greensboro vs. #5 Furman234:00 PM#2 Mercer vs. #7 Wofford46:15 PM#3 East Tennessee State vs. #6 Samford Semifinals – Friday, March 33511:00 AM#1 Chattanooga vs. #4 UNC GreensboroESPN33,32961:15 PM#2 Mercer vs. #6 Samford Championship Game – Sunday, March 5471:00 PM#1 Chattanooga vs. #2 MercerESPN3 *Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
All-Tournament teams First Team Tianna Tarter, ETSU KeKe Calloway, Mercer Kahlia Lawrence, Mercer Sydni Means, Mercer Jasmine Joyner, Chattanooga
Second Team Cierra Carter, Furman Mangela Ngandjui, UNCG Nadine Soliman, UNCG Lakelyn Bouldin, Chattanooga Chelsey Shumpert, Chattanooga
Most Outstanding Player Jasmine Joyner, Chattanooga
Source:
References
See also 2017 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament