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2017 CAA men's basketball tournament
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.
| 2017 CAA men's basketball tournament |
|---|
| Tournament Logo |
| Division I |
| 2016–17 |
| 10 |
| North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC |
| UNC Wilmington (6th title) |
| Kevin Keatts (2nd title) |
| C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington) |
| 21,247 |
| CAA.tv, CSN CBSSN |
| CAA men's basketball tournaments |
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.
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.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNC Wilmington | 15–3 | ||
| 2 | College of Charleston | 14–4 | ||
| 3 | Towson | 11–7 | ||
| 4 | William & Mary | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Elon | 1–1 vs. UNCW, 1–1 vs. Charl. |
| 5 | Elon | 10–8 | 1–1 vs W&M | 1–1 vs. UNCW, 0–2 vs. Charl. |
| 6 | Northeastern | 8–10 | ||
| 7 | James Madison | 7–11 | 1–1 vs. Hofstra | 0–2 vs UNCW, 0–2 vs. Charl., 1–1 vs. TU |
| 8 | Hofstra | 7–11 | 1–1 vs. JMU | 0–2 vs UNCW, 0–2 vs. Charl., 0–2 vs. TU |
| 9 | Delaware | 5–13 | ||
| 10 | Drexel | 3–15 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 PM | No. 9 Delaware vs No. 8 Hofstra | 81–76 | 1,794 | CAA.tv |
| 2 | 8:30 PM | No. 10 Drexel vs No. 7 James Madison | 70–80 | 1,889 | CAA.tv | |
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 PM | No. 9 Delaware vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington | 82–91 | 4,217 | Comcast SportsNet |
| 4 | 2:30 PM | No. 5 Elon vs No. 4 William & Mary | 66–71 | 4,096 | Comcast SportsNet | |
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 PM | No. 7 James Madison vs No. 2 College of Charleston | 62–67 | 4,212 | Comcast SportsNet |
| 6 | 8:30 PM | No. 6 Northeastern vs No. 3 Towson | 54–82 | 4,143 | Comcast SportsNet | |
| 4 | 7 | 2:00 PM | No. 4 William & Mary vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington | 94–105 | 4,389 | Comcast SportsNet |
| 8 | 4:30 PM | No. 3 Towson vs No. 2 College of Charleston | 59–67 | 4,708 | Comcast SportsNet | |
| 5 | 9 | 7:00 PM | No. 2 College of Charleston vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington | 69–78 | 6,342 | CBS Sports Network |
| *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed |
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