The 2017 Big South women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place March 9–12, 2017, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. All rounds after the first were broadcast on ESPN3, and the first round was broadcast on Big South Network. UNC Asheville won their 3rd Big South tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament.
Format All 10 teams were eligible for the tournament.
Seeds Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Radford 14-4 22-7 2 Campbell 13-5 21-8 2-0 vs. High Point 3 High Point 13-5 15-14 4 Liberty 12-6 13-17 5 Charleston Southern 11-7 18-12 6 Presbyterian 10-8 12-17 7 UNC Asheville 9-9 16-14 8 Gardner-Webb 6-12 12-19 9 Winthrop 1-17 2-29 (at least by RPI rankings) 10 Longwood 1-17 4-26‡ – Big South regular season champion.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round - Thursday, March 9116:00 pm#8 Gardner-Webb vs. #9 WinthropBSN62128:00 pm#7 UNC Asheville vs. #10 Longwood Quarterfinals - Friday, March 102312:00 pm#1 Radford vs. #8 Gardner-WebbESPN385242:00 pm#4 Liberty vs. #5 Charleston Southern356:00 pm#2 Campbell vs. #7 UNC-Asheville64068:00 pm#3 High Point vs. #6 Presbyterian Semifinals - Saturday, March 11472:00 pm#1 Radford vs #5 Charleston SouthernESPN369284:00 pm#7 UNC Asheville vs #6 Presbyterian Championship Game - Sunday, March 12594:00 pm#1 Radford vs. #7 UNC AshevilleESPN3794 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2017 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
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