It was played between February 28, 2017 and March 5, 2017 at various campus sites.
Winthrop defeated Campbell, 76–59, to win the tournament championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The first round was played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed.
The top six teams receive a first round bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.