Tournament first round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 6.

The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 8–11.

[1] Unlike with the recent tournaments, where the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals.

The top four seeds received just one bye into the quarterfinals.

[2] [3] First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds Tournament MVP – Mikaela Boyd, Toledo[4] 2017 MAC men's basketball tournament