The 2016–17 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season was the 41st season of Atlantic 10 Conference

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. The 2017 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament was held at the

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from March 8–12, 2017.

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won the regular season championship.

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won the A-10 Tournament by beating VCU in the tournament championship. As a result, Rhode Island received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Three A-10 teams received bids to the NCAA Tournament: Dayton, VCU, and Rhode Island. Both Dayton and VCU lost in the first round while Rhode Island lost in the second round. Richmond received the conference's sole bid to the National Invitation Tournament while

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and

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received bids to the

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Head coaches

Coaching changes

On March 10, 2016, Saint Louis head coach

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was released from his coaching duties by the school. On March 30, the school hired

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as head coach.

Coaches

''Notes:'' * All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only. * Overall and A-10 records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Prior to the season at the conference's annual media day, awards and a poll were chosen by a panel of the league’s head coaches and select media members.

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 18 conference games: 1 game vs. 8 opponents (4 home, 4 away) and 2 games against 5 opponents (home and away).

Weekly honors

Throughout the conference regular season, the

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offices name a player of the week and rookie of the week each Monday.

Conference Awards

Rankings

Postseason

2017 A-10 tournament

NCAA tournament

The Atlantic 10 Conference received three bids to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

National Invitation tournament

Richmond received the sole NIT bid for the conference.

College Basketball Invitational

George Mason and George Washington received bids to the CBI.

References

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