The 2017 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic 10 Conference. It was held March 8–12, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The championship was won by Rhode Island who defeated VCU in the championship game. As a result, Rhode Island received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds All 14 A-10 schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Dayton15–32VCU14–43Richmond13–51–0 vs. Rhode Island4Rhode Island13–50–1 vs. Richmond5St. Bonaventure11–76George Washington10–87George Mason9–91–0 vs. La Salle8La Salle9–90–1 vs. George Mason9Davidson8–10 10Fordham7–1111Saint Louis6–1212Massachusetts4–142–0 vs. Saint Joseph's13Saint Joseph's4–140–2 vs. UMass14Duquesne3–15

Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 811 6:00 pmNo. 13 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 12 Massachusetts63–70ASN5,51728:30 pmNo. 14 Duquesne vs. No. 11 Saint Louis71–72Second round – Thursday, March 923NoonNo. 9 Davidson vs. No. 8 La Salle 82–73NBCSN7,50942:30 pmNo. 12 Massachusetts vs. No. 5 St. Bonaventure60–73356:00 pmNo. 10 Fordham vs. No. 7 George Mason71–82 OT5,44268:30 pmNo. 11 Saint Louis vs. No. 6 George Washington46–63Quarterfinals – Friday, March 1047NoonNo. 9 Davidson vs. No. 1 Dayton73–67NBCSN6,64182:30 pmNo. 5 St. Bonaventure vs. No. 4 Rhode Island63–74596:00 pmNo. 7 George Mason vs. No. 2 VCU60–716,647108:30 pmNo. 6 George Washington vs. No. 3 Richmond67–70Semifinals – Saturday, March 116111:00 pmNo. 9 Davidson vs. No. 4 Rhode Island60–84CBSSN6,886123:30 pmNo. 3 Richmond vs. No. 2 VCU77–87 OTChampionship – Sunday, March 1271312:30 pmNo. 4 Rhode Island vs. No. 2 VCU70–63CBS7,025 *Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also 2017 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

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