The NCAA awards 32 automatic bids to the NCAA tournament. The Ivy League will host a conference tournament for the first time.
| 2017 conference tournaments | |||
| Conference | Tournament site | Dates | Champion |
| AAC | Hartford, Conn. | March 9-12 | SMU (30-4) |
| ACC | Brooklyn | March 7-11 | Duke (27-8) |
| America East | Campus sites | March 1, 6 & 11 | Vermont (29-5) |
| Atlantic 10 | Pittsburgh | March 8-12 | Rhode Island (24-9) |
| Atlantic Sun | Campus sites | Feb. 27, March 2 & 5 | FGCU (26-7) |
| Big East | New York | March 8-11 | Villanova (31-3) |
| Big Sky | Reno, Nev. | March 7, 9-11 | North Dakota (22-9) |
| Big South | Campus sites | Feb. 28, March 2-3 & 5 | Winthrop (26-6) |
| Big Ten | Washington D.C. | March 8-12 | Michigan (24-11) |
| Big 12 | Kansas City | March 8-11 | Iowa State (23-10) |
| Big West | Anaheim | March 9-11 | UC Davis (22-12) |
| Colonial | North Charleston, S.C. | March 3-6 | UNC-Wilmington (29-5) |
| Conference USA | Birmingham, Ala. | March 8-11 | Middle Tennessee (30-4) |
| Horizon League | Detroit | March 3-7 | N. Kentucky (24-10) |
| Ivy League | Philadelphia | March 11-12 | Princeton (23-6) |
| MAAC | Albany, N.Y. | March 2-6 | Iona (22-12) |
| MAC | Cleveland, Ohio | March 9-11 | Kent State (22-13) |
| MEAC | Norfolk, Va. | March 6-11 | NC Central (25-8) |
| Missouri Valley | St. Louis | March 2-5 | Wichita State (30-4) |
| Mountain West | Las Vegas | March 8-11 | Nevada (28-6) |
| Northeast | Campus sites | March 1, 4, 7 | Mount St. Mary's (19-15) |
| Ohio Valley | Nashville | March 1-4 | Jacksonville State (20-14) |
| Pac-12 | Las Vegas | March 8-11 | Arizona (30-4) |
| Patriot | Campus sites | March 2, 5, 8 | Bucknell (26-8) |
| SEC | Nashville | March 8-12 | Kentucky (29-5) |
| Southern | Asheville, N.C | March 3-6 | E. Tennessee State (27-7) |
| Southland | Katy, Texas | March 8-11 | New Orleans (20-11) |
| Summit | Sioux Falls, S.D. | March 4-7 | S. Dakota State (18-16) |
| Sun Belt | New Orleans | March 8, 10-12 | Troy (22-14) |
| SWAC | Campus sites | March 7, 10-11 | Texas Southern (23-11) |
| WAC | Las Vegas | March 9-11 | N. Mexico State (28-5) |
| West Coast | Las Vegas | March 3-7 | Gonzaga (32-1) |
