The 2017 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship occurred from November 25, 2017, to December 3rd in Los Angeles at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center. This was the 49th NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship. Eight teams across from all divisions participated in this championship.

Schedule

November 25November 30December 2December 3 First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship

Qualification

The six-member selection committee selects eight institutions based on a wide number of factors, primarily number of wins, rigor of schedule, level of availability, an indication of an upward trend or winning consistently, and RPI.

InstitutionConferenceRecordAppearanceLast bidCaliforniaMPSF20–329th2016George WashingtonA-1017–111st—HarvardIvy League23–72nd2016PacificWCC19–53rd2013Pomona–PitzerSCIAC24–102nd2016UC DavisBig West22–66th2016UCLAMPSF19–433rd2016USCMPSF25–332nd2016

Seeding

Likewise with the criteria mentioned above, seeding was based on level of ranking, geographic proximity to the finals site, and a projected low level of academic commitments missed. The pots outlined feature what level in the championship institutions competed in, ranging from competing away in the first round for Pot 4 to skipping to the semifinals in Pot 1.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4UCLA UC Davis Pacific Pomona–PitzerCalifornia USC Harvard George Washington

Bracket

The championship featured a knockout format where schools that lost were eliminated from the tournament.

Harvard's play-in win over George Washington was the first-ever victory for a school outside California in a non-consolation game in tournament history. (As of 2019, however, California schools still maintain a perfect record against teams outside the state.)

Honors

The following distinctions were distributed concluding the championship to athletes that had superior performance of some kind in the championship.

All-tournament Teams

First Team

AthleteInstitution Luca Cupido California Blake Edwards USC Max Irving UCLA Matteo Morelli USC Alex Roelse UCLA Marko Vavic USC Alex Wolf (MVP) UCLA

Second Team

AthleteInstitution McQuin Baron USC Matt Farmer UCLA John Hooper California Luke Pavillard Pacific Nicolas Saveljic UCLA Ben Stevenson Pacific James Walters USC

Tournament scoring leader

AthleteInstitutionGoals Luke Pavillard Pacific 10

Team rankings

InstitutionRankingUCLA No. 1USC No. 2California No. 3Pacific No. 4UC Davis No. 5Harvard No. 6George Washington No. 7Pomona–Pitzer No. 8

References