2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference beginning on March 7 and ending on March 12, 2017, at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.

2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	12
Site	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	Troy (2nd title)
Winning coach	Chanda Rigby (2nd title)
MVP	Caitlyn Ramirez (Troy)
Attendance	3,332
Television	ESPN3
Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2016–17 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Little Rock	17	–	1		.944			25	–	8		.758
UT Arlington	14	–	4		.778			22	–	8		.733
Troy †	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
Louisiana–Lafayette	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Texas State	11	–	7		.611			16	–	14		.533
Georgia Southern	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
Coastal Carolina	8	–	10		.444			13	–	16		.448
Georgia State	8	–	10		.444			12	–	18		.400
Appalachian State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
South Alabama	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Arkansas State	4	–	14		.222			7	–	25		.219
Louisiana–Monroe	3	–	15		.167			6	–	24		.200
† 2017 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 15, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

2017 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Little Rock	17-1	23-7
2	Texas Arlington	14-4	21-7
3	Troy	12-6	19-10
4	Louisiana Lafayette	11-7	17-10
5	Texas State	11-7	16-13
6	Georgia Southern	9-9	13-16
7	Coastal Carolina	8-10	12-17	1-0 vs. Troy
8	Georgia State	8-10	12-17	1-1 vs. Troy
9	Appalachian State	6-12	11-18
10	South Alabama	5-13	9-19
11	Arkansas State	4-14	6-23
12	LA-Monroe	3-15	6-23
‡ – Sun Belt Conference regular season champions.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 7
1	1	11:00 am	#8 Coastal Carolina vs #9 Appalachian State	ESPN3
	2	1:30 pm	#5 Louisiana-Lafayette vs #12 LA-Monroe
2	3	5:00 pm	#7 Georgia State vs #10 South Alabama
	4	7:30 pm	#6 Georgia Southern vs #11 Arkansas State
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
3	5	11:00 am	#1 Little Rock vs #9 Appalachian State	ESPN3
	6	1:30 pm	#4 Texas State vs #5 Louisiana-Lafayette
4	7	5:00 pm	#2 Texas Arlington vs #10 South Alabama		714
	8	7:30 pm	#3 Troy vs #11 Arkansas State
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
5	9	5:00 pm	#1 Little Rock vs #5 Louisiana-Lafayette	ESPN3	1,027
	10	7:30 pm	#2 Texas Arlington vs #3 Troy
Championship – Sunday, March 12
6	11	5:00 pm	#5 Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Winner of Game 10	ESPN3	988
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First Round Tuesday, March 7 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 ESPN3					Semifinals Saturday, March 11 ESPN3					Championship Game Sunday, March 12 ESPN3
						1	Little Rock	69
						9	Appalachian State	53
	8	Coastal Carolina	58
	9	Appalachian State	79
											1	Little Rock	71
										5	Louisiana-Lafayette	79
						4	Texas State	64
						5	Louisiana-Lafayette	66
	5	LA-Lafayette	79
	12	LA-Monroe	72
																5	Louisiana-Lafayette	64
																3	Troy	78
						2	Texas-Arlington	65
						10	South Alabama	53
	7	Georgia State	44
	10	South Alabama	49
											2	Texas Arlington	59
										3	Troy	88
						3	Troy	105
						11	Arkansas State	72
	6	Georgia Southern	50
	11	Arkansas State	61

All times listed are Central

See also

2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

References

External links

• 2017 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Championship