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.