2017 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

2017 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Site	U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Chattanooga (18th title)
Winning coach	Jim Foster (4th title)
MVP	Jasmine Joyner (Chattanooga)
Television	ESPN3
Southern Conference women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Southern Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Mercer	12	–	2		.857			25	–	6		.806
Chattanooga*†	12	–	2		.857			21	–	10		.677
East Tennessee State	8	–	6		.571			16	–	14		.533
UNC Greensboro	7	–	7		.500			17	–	14		.548
Furman	7	–	7		.500			14	–	17		.452
Samford	4	–	10		.286			12	–	19		.387
Wofford	3	–	11		.214			13	–	17		.433
Western Carolina	3	–	11		.214			8	–	22		.267
† 2017 SoCon Tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed

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.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1	Chattanooga	12–2	20–10	2–0 vs. Mercer
#2	Mercer	12–2	25–5	0–2 vs. Chattanooga
#3	East Tennessee State	8–6	16–14
#4	UNC Greensboro	7–7	17–14	1–1 vs. Fur, 1–1 vs. ETSU
#5	Furman	7–7	14–17	1–1 vs. UNCG, 0–2 vs. ETSU
#6	Samford	4–10	12–19
#7	Wofford	3–11	13–17	1–1 vs. WCU, 1–1 vs. ETSU
#8	Western Carolina	3–11	8–22	1–1 vs. Woff, 0–2 vs. ETSU

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
1	1	11:30 AM	#1 Chattanooga vs. #8 Western Carolina	ESPN3	3,193
	2	1:45 PM	#4 UNC Greensboro vs. #5 Furman
2	3	4:00 PM	#2 Mercer vs. #7 Wofford
	4	6:15 PM	#3 East Tennessee State vs. #6 Samford
Semifinals – Friday, March 3
3	5	11:00 AM	#1 Chattanooga vs. #4 UNC Greensboro	ESPN3	3,329
	6	1:15 PM	#2 Mercer vs. #6 Samford
Championship Game – Sunday, March 5
4	7	1:00 PM	#1 Chattanooga vs. #2 Mercer	ESPN3
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2, 2017					Semifinals Friday, March 3, 2017					Championship game Sunday, March 5, 2017
	1	Chattanooga	85
	8	Western Carolina	41
						1	Chattanooga	75
						4	UNC Greensboro	53
	4	UNC Greensboro	68
	5	Furman	63
											1	Chattanooga	61
											2	Mercer	59
	2	Mercer	67
	7	Wofford	42
						2	Mercer	63
						6	Samford	52
	3	East Tennessee State	64
	6	Samford	67

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:

See also

• 2017 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament