2017 Berlin ePrix
The 2017 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2017 FIA Formula E Berlin ePrix) were a pair of Formula E electric car races held on 10 and 11 June 2017 at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit in Berlin  before a two-day crowd of 24,000 people. They were the seventh and eighth rounds of the 2016–17 Formula E season and the third Berlin ePrix. The 44-lap race contested on 10 June was won by Mahindra driver Felix Rosenqvist from a second place start. Lucas di Grassi finished second for Audi Sport ABT and Rosenqvist's teammate Nick Heidfeld was third. The longer 46-lap race on 11 June was won by e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi from second position start. Rosenqvist took second and di Grassi was third.


2017 Berlin ePrix
Di Grassi won the pole position for the first race by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained the lead by gradually building a gap over Rosenqvist in the opening five laps but the latter steadily reduced it over the following laps to three-tenths of a second before the mandatory pit stops. Rosenqvist passed di Grassi for the lead on the 22nd lap and retained the position after switching into his second car. He opened up a two-second lead over di Grassi. who had battery temperature problems, and maintained it for the rest of the race to claim his first Formula E victory. There was one lead change among two different drivers during the course of the first race.


2017 Berlin ePrix
Rosenqvist secured the pole position for the second race and built up a large lead over Buemi that remained steady over the following 22 laps despite being required to manage his electrical energy consumption. Despite narrowly avoiding contact with teammate Heidfeld after being released from his garage, Rosenqvist kept the lead following the mandatory switch into a second car. Rosenqvist was immediately investigated by the stewards who imposed a ten-second time penalty on him. Rosenqvist finished first on the road but his time penalty gave Buemi his sixth victory of the season and the 12th of his career. There were no lead changes as Rosenqvist led every lap from start to finish.


2017 Berlin ePrix
The results of the races reduced Buemi's Drivers' Championship lead over di Grassi to 32 points. Rosenqvist advanced from sixth to third while Prost fell to fourth and Heidfeld dropped to fifth. e.Dams-Renault maintained their lead in the Teams' Championship on 229 points but it was reduced to 58 points ahead of Audi Sport ABT in second position. Mahindra consolidated third position with 147 points with four races remaining in the season.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Preview
The Berlin ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2016–17 schedule in September 2016 by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. They were the seventh and eighth of twelve scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2016–17 season, the third Berlin ePrix, the first of three double headers, and took place at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit in Berlin on 10 and 11 June 2017.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Preview
It was confirmed as a double header in March 2017 following the cancellation of a planned race in Brussels because race organisers were unable to locate a suitable venue to hold the event, and the Berlin ePrix was moved away from the Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit in the city's downtown district, and back to Tempelhof, the location of the first German race in 2015. Other locations, such as the Kazak capital of Astana were considered, but the late switch made arrangements difficult.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Preview
Before the races, e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi led the Drivers' Championship with 132 points, 43 ahead of Lucas di Grassi in second and a further 31 in front of third-placed Nico Prost. Nick Heidfeld was fourth on 47 points and Jean-Éric Vergne was fifth place with 40 points. e.Dams-Renault led the Teams' Championship with 190 points; Audi Sport ABT were in second with 115 points and Mahindra were 28 points behind in third position. Virgin were in fourth on 63 points and NextEV were 15 points behind in fifth.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Preview
e.Dams-Renault and Buemi had dominated the championship with di Grassi winning the Mexico City ePrix. Di Grassi, Bird, Vergne (all twice) and José María López had all finished in second place and Mahindra teammates Heidfeld (three times) and Felix Rosenqvist along with di Grassi and Bird had all achieved at least one third-place result.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Preview
After finishing well in the final two races, Rosenqvist spoke of his aspiration to achieve more podium finishes with Mahindra, and at this late stage of the season, focused more on the championship, and no longer felt like a first year driver: "You have to try and take fewer risks to secure a strong result – especially with the double-headers. We have some great things coming from the team on the technical side, which is improving and both Nick and I are in the mix with those at the front of the grid."


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Preview
Buemi entered the race with the same perspective than he did in the past two races but was aware the track's concrete layout over  the conventional asphalt used in past races but was ready to challenge for a points-scoring position. Di Grassi—nursing an ankle injury he sustained in a charity football match at Stamford Bridge four days before the first race— said his team had the potential to draw closer to e.Dams-Renault in the championship if his team achieved "a perfect weekend".


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Preview
The Templehof circuit underwent changes following the 2015 race. The anti-clockwise layout, revealed on 27 March, was shortened and simplified to complement the faster, more efficient cars with the long main and back straights protruding from the rest of the circuit. The drivers received the changes positively with Jérôme d'Ambrosio stating his like of "a technical circuit" and it showed the series did not have to completely contest their races on the streets of the host city.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Preview
Buemi reiterated the statement, feeling there were places on the track where overtaking would occur: "The team have done a great job learning from season 1, and taking the lessons we learned then and making a track that is better for racing cars." Construction of the track started on 29 May, 13 days before the first race.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Preview
There were two driver changes pre-race. Having driven with Venturi since the start of the championship, Stéphane Sarrazin was granted permission to leave the team and moved to Techeetah to replace Esteban Gutiérrez who focused on deputising for the injured Dale Coyne Racing driver Sébastien Bourdais in the IndyCar Series. Sarrazin's Venturi car was driven by the team's reserve driver and reigning Formula V8 3.5 Series champion Tom Dillmann for the rest of the season. The switch was described by Gildo Pastor, the team principal of Venturi, as "a positive solution for all those involved": "With his experience, Stephane will be embraced by Techeetah and at the same time, the season will offer Tom the chance of gathering further important experience with Venturi."


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Format of the races
Two practice sessions—both on Saturday and Sunday morning—were held before the respective day's late afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second for 30 minutes. Both the afternoon's qualifying sessions ran for 60 minutes and were divided into four groups of five cars. Each group was determined by a lottery system and was permitted six minutes of on-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Background to race weekend, Format of the races
The fastest five overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first. Each of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to fifth, and group qualifying from sixth to twentieth). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships. A special feature of Formula E is the "Fan Boost" feature, an additional 100 kilowatts (130 hp) of power to use in the driver's second car. The three drivers who were allowed to use the boost were determined by a fan vote.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Practice and qualifying
Both practice sessions took place in warm weather. In the first practice session, Buemi used the maximum of 200 kW (270 hp) available to him and set the fastest lap of 1 minute, 8.151 seconds, almost six-tenths of a second faster than teammate Prost in second and Rosenqvist third. After leading the field for most of the session, López was fourth-fastest, ahead of Bird and Vergne, Mitch Evans, Heidfeld, di Grassi and Adam Carroll. Daniel Abt stopped at the turn three exit, and later understeered into the turn-one run-off area, but was able to continue driving.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Practice and qualifying
Nelson Piquet Jr. oversteered into the turn four barrier. damaging his car's left-front corner. The session was later halted when Evans was stranded on the inside of turn nine and was moved from the track after he could not drive. Dillmann's first car had gearbox problems and was required to wait for his second car to be ready before venturing out onto the circuit. Heidfeld was the fastest driver in the second practice session with a time of 1 minute, 8.070 seconds; his teammate Rosenqvist was second, ahead of Maro Engel in third. Di Grassi was fourth-fastest; Sarrazin, López, Bird, Vergne, Buemi and Oliver Turvey completed the top ten.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Practice and qualifying
In the first group of five qualifiers, where drivers waited for the right time to set their lap times, Bird led the session despite an oversteer on his car, ahead of Abt and Robin Frijns. Carroll was fourth and António Félix da Costa was off the pace and was the first group's slowest qualifier. Vergne drove cleanly and was the fastest driver in the second group. He was ahead of Prost who lost time in the first third of a lap and d'Ambrosio. Engel and Loïc Duval were fourth and fifth.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Practice and qualifying
In the third group, Rosenqvist set the overall fastest lap time of any competitor in the group stages at 1 minute, 8.171 seconds. López was second-fastest, nearly two-tenths of a second slower with di Grassi third. Both Piquet and Evans were off the pace and were the third group's slowest two drivers; the latter made minor contact with the barrier on his maximum power lap. In the fourth group, Heidfeld was the fastest driver, nearly-three tenths of a second in front of Turvey, who was in turn, two-tenths ahead of Sarrazin.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Practice and qualifying
Buemi was the first driver to venture onto the track in group four but struggled on his maximum power lap with a large amount of oversteer, and Dillmann rounded out the top five qualifiers. At the end of group qualifying, the lap times set by Rosenqvist, Bird, Heidfeld, López and di Grassi progressed them to super pole. Di Grassi clinched the second pole position of his career with a lap of 1 minute, 8.312 seconds. He was joined on the grid's front row by López who recorded a lap time 0.001 seconds slower.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Practice and qualifying
The margin of gap was the closest in Formula E history. Rosenqvist clipped the turn nine kerb, causing him to lose momentum, and slid lightly through turn ten, leaving him third. Heidfeld qualified fourth, and Bird struggled for pace, going one second slower than di Grassi in the first sector, for fifth. Behind him, the rest of the grid order was Vergne, Turvey, Abt, Prost, d'Ambrosio, Engel, Sarrazin, Piquet, Buemi, Dillmann, Evans, Frijns, Carroll, Duval and Félix da Costa.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Race
The first race began at 16:00 Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00). The weather at the start were dry and sunny with an air temperature between 23.25 to 23.8 °C (73.85 to 74.84 °F) and a track temperature ranging from 31 to 33.9 °C (87.8 to 93.0 °F). When the race started, di Grassi maintained the lead heading into the first corner. Mahindra teammates Rosenqvist and Heidfeld made fast starts and overtook the slow starting López for second and third respectively. Abt passed Vergne for sixth and Sarrazin overtook Piquet for 12th.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Race
Evans gained places through the first corner, but after the field bunched up in turns two and three, he was unsighted by Sarrazin who squeezed the Jaguar into the concrete barrier, braking his suspension and damaging both rims. Buemi did not gain any positions and appeared to make contact with Piquet's car with a section of the NextEV's bodywork lodged in his car's open slot. At the end of the first lap, di Grassi led from Rosenqvist, Heidfeld, López, Bird, Abt, Vergne, Engel, Prost and Turvey.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Race
Evans limped his damaged Jaguar back to the pit lane where he switched to his second car and his team refocused their efforts to setting the race's fastest lap. By the fifth lap, di Grassi held a 1.3 second lead over Rosenqvist with Heidfeld in third, ahead of the Virgin duo of López and Bird. Buemi gained one position by passing Sarrazin for 12th place at turn nine. Soon after, Buemi, di Grassi and Abt were announced as the winners of the first FanBoost vote. Dillmann incurred a drive-through penalty for overusing electrical energy.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Race
Rosenqvist required additional battery life to go a lap longer than di Grassi before his pit stop while Andretti teammates Félix da Costa and Frijns elected to make their stops later to try and gain positions and have more electrical energy to use for an attack for the final laps. Attention focused on Buemi who passed Turvey for tenth and Engel on the outside of turn nine for ninth place. At the front, Rosenqvist started to draw closer to di Grassi with his additional electrical energy while Heidfeld pulled away from López and Bird.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Race
Evans recorded the race's fastest lap of 1 minute, 10.224 seconds on lap 16, earning him one point. Entering the pit stop phase, Rosenqvist reduced di Grassi's lead to three-tenths of a second after the latter locked his tyres. Di Grassi lifted and coasted early, allowing Rosenqvist to pass him on the inside for the lead into the first corner on lap 22. The mandatory pit stops for drivers to change into a second car began at the conclusion of the lap when the top three drivers entered the pit lane.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Race
Rosenqvist rejoined the track in the lead with di Grassi second and Heidfeld third. Abt fell behind Prost in seventh while Bird lost three positions to emerge in eighth. Félix da Costa and Frijns's strategy did not work and fell to 18th and 19th. While di Grassi elected to hold back on using his FanBoost to attack Rosenqvist, Buemi overtook Abt for eight and began closing up to Bird. Despite gaining positions after the pit stops, Vergne was under investigation for being released into Dillmann's path. Meanwhile, Heidfeld started to draw closer to di Grassi with 15 laps left. Buemi braked later than Bird to pass him for seventh place on the inside of turn nine.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Race
Entering the final laps, Buemi had closed up to Bird and teammate Prost; the latter did not defend as Buemi took over sixth place. Vergne was imposed a five-second time penalty for his pit stop release and Buemi responded by allowing Vergne to pull away slightly. Rosenqvist opened up a two-second lead over di Grassi, who had battery temperature issues. Rosenqvist's teammate Heidfeld had closed up to di Grassi who responded by using his FanBoost to defend second place.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Race
Rosenqvist maintained the lead and crossed the start/finish line after 44 laps to secure his and Mahindra's first victory in Formula E. Di Grassi finished second, 2.2 seconds behind, with Heidfeld securing his third consecutive third-place finish. López finished fourth, with Buemi fifth on the road. Prost, Abt and Bird were in the next three positions while Vergne's five-second time penalty dropped him from fifth to ninth. Engel was the last of the points-scoring finishers in tenth. Turvey, Sarrazin, Piquet, d'Ambrosio and Carroll, Duval, Félix da Costa and Frijns were the final drivers. There was one lead change in the race; two drivers reached the front of the field. Rosenqvist led once for a total of 23 laps, more than any other driver.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Rosenqvist said the result had been awaiting Mahindra for a long period of time and stated that he felt as if his team could win many races over the course of the season and the first Berlin race was an event that had "all the puzzle pieces came together."


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Post-race
He added that despite small errors, he was still able to win: "We work so hard and you can really see the suffering sometimes but when you have days like this it's all worth it." Di Grassi stated his car was not satisfactory and Audi started the day "very lost" and made car set-up alterations: "If you look at the pure pace from the morning – this was not the best race for us, so I tried to hang on as much as I could."


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Post-race
He revealed he lost regeneration from his overheating battery at the end of his first stint which persisted in his second stint. However di Grassi affirmed his team would improve his car and challenge for the victory in the following day's race. Third-place finisher Heidfeld said Mahindra's finish was "a really outstanding result" and stated he struggled in the first car but could mount a challenge to di Grassi in his second car.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Post-race
Mahindra team principal Dilbagh Gill eulogised his team's maiden victory, calling it "a massive breakthrough for Mahindra and Indian sport" but stated the company would not get eager for more wins but believed further successes would come: "We knew it would happen soon because we have had increased confidence with multiple podiums. For some reason when I woke up this morning I knew we would win."


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Post-race
After starting from 14th and finishing fifth, Buemi was disqualified after post-race scrutineering determined that all four tyres on both his cars were below the minimum mandated pressure of 1.60-bar (160 kPa) set by control tyre supplier Michelin, causing him to be in breach of Formula E's sporting regulations. Buemi's disqualification promoted teammate Prost, Bird, Vergne and Engel by one place and Turvey moved to tenth. e.Dams-Renault co-owner Alain Prost admitted it was an error by the team but stated their task was to improve for the following day's race and allow Buemi to remain in championship contention. Buemi spoke of his disappointment in the outcome but said he would remain focused and return stronger in the second race.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race one, Post-race
The result kept Buemi in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 132 points but his disqualification reduced his lead over di Grassi to 22 points. Prost remained in third place on 68 points with race winner Rosenqvist moving from sixth to fourth. Heidfeld fell to fifth three points in arrears of his teammate. e.Dams-Renault still led the Teams' Championship but Audi Sport ABT moved to within 56 points of the French team. Mahindra consolidated third place with 127 points while Virgin maintained fourth position and moved a further 17 points ahead of NextEV with five races left in the season.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Practice and qualifying
Both practice sessions were held in warm weather. Buemi was the only driver to utilise the full 200 kW (270 hp) available to him and recorded the fastest lap of the first practice session at 1 minute, 7.712 seconds, which had no major incidents apart from minor contact with the barriers, more than one second faster than Engel in second. López, Di Grassi, Rosenqvist, Vergne, Bird, Heidfeld, Sarrazin and Prost followed in the top ten.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Practice and qualifying
López set an early benchmark lap with the maximum amount of power available to him in the second session and remained fastest with a time of 1 minute, 7.670 seconds; Rosenqvist was 0.083 seconds off his pace in second. Buemi, Bird, Abt, Vergne, Prost, Turvey, di Grassi and Engel occupied positions three to ten.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Practice and qualifying
Qualifying took place in warm weather. In the first group of five drivers, where they all elected to take time to increase tyre temperature, Rosenqvist paced the session, half a second faster than second-placed Engel and Sarrazin was third. Piquet was fourth-fastest, while Heidfeld was affected by a throttle sensor malfunction that prevented him from recording a maximum power lap. After completing his lap, Heidfeld stopped his car on the track to rectify the problem which caused him to start from 20th.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Practice and qualifying
Buemi drove cleanly was the fastest driver in the second group; Abt was 0.013 seconds slower than Buemi in second and Prost third. Dillmann and Carroll (who missed the turn nine apex) were the slowest drivers of the second group. In the third group, López recorded the fastest time, ahead of Turvey and di Grassi. Evans took fourth and Félix da Costa rounded out the top five. Despite losing time in the second sector, Bird set the fastest overall time of any competitor in the group qualifying stages in the fourth group at 1 minute, 7.805 seconds.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Practice and qualifying
Vergne was second-fastest, ahead of the Dragon duo of Duval and d'Ambrosio. Frijns was the slowest driver in the fourth group, and at the end of group qualifying, the times set by Bird, López, Vergne, Buemi and Rosenqvist advanced them to super pole. Rosenqvist clinched the second position of his career with a lap of 1 minute, 8.208 seconds despite driving an oversteering car. He was joined on the grid's front row by Buemi. López struggled with wheelspin, and lost time with oversteer entering turn six, restricting him to third.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Practice and qualifying
Bird was close to Rosenqvist's pace in the first sector, but took fourth after drifting slightly through turn seven. A handling imbalance left Vergne with an oversteer and persistent brake locking, causing him to start from fifth place. The rest of the field lined up as Turvey, di Grassi, Abt, Evans, Prost, Duval, d'Ambrosio, Engel, Frijns, Dillmann, Sarrazin, Félix da Costa, Piquet, Carroll and Heidfeld.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
The weather at the start were dry and sunny with an air temperature between 28.2 to 29.25 °C (82.76 to 84.65 °F) and a track temperature ranging from 31.6 to 33.35 °C (88.88 to 92.03 °F). When the second race began at 16:00 local time, Rosenqvist maintained the lead into the first turn. Buemi, behind remained in second position. Both Virgin cars of López and Bird drove alongside each other entering the first corner but López stopped his teammate from moving into third place.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
Rosenqvist managed to build a significant gap over Buemi by the time they left the turn three chicane. As the field went three abreast, Engel attempted to pass Duval around the outside at turn six but was unsighted by the Dragon vehicle and the two cars collided. Sections of Engel's front suspension were bent and he made an unscheduled pit stop to repair his car. Heidfeld gained five positions by the end of the first lap, while Duval lost nine places over the same distance. At the end of the first lap, Rosenqvist led Buemi by two seconds, who was followed in turn by López, Bird, Vergne, Turvey, di Grassi, Abt, Prost, Evans.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
Turvey had energy management problems and was overtaken by both Audi Sport ABT cars of di Grassi and Abt on lap four. Prost closed up to Turvey and passed him for eighth place soon after. Heidfeld continued to gain positions, passing the Andretti cars of Félix da Costa and Frijns to move into 12th place. Rosenqvist was lapping four seconds faster than his teammate Heidfeld and their engineers radioed the teammates to lift and coast for energy preservation. Heidfeld used much of his electrical energy to draw closer to d'Ambrosio.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
Engel set the race's fastest lap of circuit in 1 minute, 9.519 seconds on lap seven, earning him one point. Soon after, Buemi, di Grassi and Abt were announced as the winners of the second FanBoost vote. Tyre rubber started to accumulate on the outer limits of the track's barriers, causing one driver to make contact with the wall. By the 13th lap, Heidfeld was closing up to Evans for tenth. At the front, Rosenqvist and Buemi had pulled away from López with the two separated by one second. López was being challenged by teammate Bird for third position but the latter had difficulty in overtaking him.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
On lap 17, Bird attempted to overtake López before the first turn, but the two cars made contact in the corner, causing Bird to run wide. Bird fell to sixth after Vergne and di Grassi passed him and was placed under pressure by Abt. Bird lost two further positions when Abt and Prost passed him and López fell to fourth when Vergne overtook him. Di Grassi passed López entering the first corner soon after.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
Buemi was 1.3 seconds behind race leader Rosenqvist by the 20th lap but the latter was aware of the situation and glanced at his rear-view mirrors to ensure he had large enough of an gap to remain ahead after the pit stop phase. The mandatory pit stop phase for the switch into a second car began on lap 23 when the leaders entered the pit lane.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
After driving out of his team's garage in his second car, Rosenqvist was released into the path of Heidfeld in the other Mahindra car, causing his teammate to swerve to the outside and nearly entered another team's pit gantry. Heidfeld stopped without damaging his car. Although he was briefly delayed, Rosenqvist kept the lead. The stewards immediately investigated Rosenqvist for the pit stop release.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
Aware of the possible implications, Rosenqvist pulled away to build a steady advantage over Buemi. Evans's team forgot to change the gear in his second car, delaying his exit from his garage as he required additional time to get into the correct gear. This caused him to emerge at the back of the field in 18th position. As the field became comfortable in the second half, di Grassi began to challenge Vergne for third. Following aggressive defensive manoeuvres which drew a verbal warning from his team, Vergne narrowly avoided hitting di Grassi at the final turn.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
Vergne was put off the racing line under braking by di Grassi who overtook him for third at the first corner on lap 32. Abt activated his FanBoost to try and pass Vergne on the next lap but was unsuccessful. Contact prevented Abt from overtaking Vergne, but not long after, passed him for fourth place. Duval stopped on the circuit but later drove his car into the pit lane to retire.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
Having reviewed Rosenqvist's pit stop release, the stewards imposed a ten-second time penalty on him during lap 34. López lined up a pass on Vergne and overtook him on the outside braking for turn nine for fifth position six laps later. Vergne became vulnerable from attack from Bird, but stopped battling him after Vergne continued to aggressively defend sixth place. Unhindered in the closing stages of the race, Rosenqvist crossed the start/finish line after 46 laps to finish first on the road, 2.9 seconds ahead of Buemi.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Race
With the application of Rosenqvist's ten-second time penalty, Buemi inherited the victory. Di Grassi was a further 3.6 seconds behind in third. Abt, López, Vergne, Bird, Prost, Turvey and Heidfeld rounded out the top ten. Félix da Costa, Piquet, d'Ambrosio, Sarrazin and Dillmann, Carroll, Evans and Frijns were the final finishers. It was Buemi's sixth victory of the season and the twelfth of his career. There were no lead changes as Rosenqvist was the only driver to lead every lap of the race.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. On the way back to pit lane, Buemi declared his satisfaction over his success to commentator Dario Franchitti but he admitted the victory was handed to him "on a plate". He stated he felt Rosenqvist was the deserving victor but was happy with the pace of his car: "I think we were more or less the same pace [as Rosenqvist]. I’m very happy with that result, it just tastes a little bit different than normal."


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Post-race
Rosenqvist spoke of his belief in the short-term he would look back at the weekend positively for himself and Mahindra but was "disappointed" to finish second: "Today, we were under pressure from Sébastien, we knew that we would be close as they looked very strong compared to yesterday. I knew that I had to drive a perfect race, every corner we had to drive perfect. I think we did a great job."


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Post-race
Third-place finisher di Grassi said he enjoyed his battle against Vergne and claimed his car was quicker than in the second race due to speed his team extricated from it the previous day: "There is still a couple of tenths we need to find to be able to fight [for the win]."


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Post-race
Rosenqvist was confused over the ten-second time penalty for his pit stop release, which had him narrowly avoid hitting his teammate Heidfeld, saying he realised his teammate was entering the pit lane and applied his brakes to allow for an overtake: "I feel like I was always behind and it was not really my fault. That's why I'm a bit confused why I got the penalty." Mahindra was also fined €1,500 for unsafely releasing Heidfeld from his garage and into the path of Piquet.


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Post-race
Dilbagh Gill described Heidfeld's rise up the field to finish tenth as a "master class in wheel-to-wheel racing" and said his team would look forward to preparing for the season's final races. Heidfeld called the result "bittersweet" as he stated his strong form meant had his sensor problem emerged in qualifying he could have finished in a higher position. Rosenqvist believed his team's strong pace in Berlin would allow him to increase his advantage over Prost in the Drivers' Championship: "It was a very long and tough weekend! We kept our heads together and had a near-perfect run. We had a really, really solid car. We are the ones to watch at the moment – it’s a bit of a game changer!"


2017 Berlin ePrix, Race two, Post-race
The result meant Buemi remained the Drivers' Championship leader on 157 points, increasing his advantage over di Grassi to 32 points. Rosenqvist's second-place finish advanced him into the third position with 86 points. Prost fell to fourth place on 72 points and was nine points ahead of fifth-placed Heidfeld. e.Dams-Renault increased their Teams' Championship advantage to 58 points ahead of Audi Sport ABT. Mahindra consolidated third on 149 points. Virgin remained in fourth position with 97 points and Techeetah passed NextEV for fifth place with four races left in the season. 24,000 people attended the race weekend. Despite his lead, Buemi lamented he could have left Berlin with the same advantage before the ePrix and sought an arrangement with his team to enter in the New York City ePrix which clashed with another racing event he was due to attend.


2017 Bermudian general election
General elections were held in Bermuda on 18 July 2017 to elect all 36 members to the House of Assembly. The result was a victory for the opposition Progressive Labour Party, which won 24 of the 36 seats. Incumbent Premier Michael Dunkley subsequently resigned as leader of the One Bermuda Alliance. Bob Richards, a senior minister and deputy premier in Dunkley's government unexpectedly lost his Devonshire East seat.


2017 Bermudian general election, Background
Under section 49(2) of the Bermuda Constitution Order 1968, the Parliament of Bermuda must be dissolved by the Governor five years after its first meeting following the previous elections (unless the Premier advises the Governor to dissolve parliament sooner). Under section 51(1) of the Constitution, a general election must be held no later than three months after a dissolution. As the first meeting of the parliament elected in December 2012 took place on 8 February 2013, meaning parliament would have needed to be dissolved before midnight on 7 February 2018 for elections to take place before 7 May 2018.


2017 Bermudian general election, Background
However, after the ruling One Bermuda Alliance lost its majority in the House of Assembly when two of its MPs left to sit as independents, the opposition Progressive Labour Party proposed a vote of no-confidence which was scheduled for 9 June 2017. Dunkley pre-empted the vote on 8 June 2017 by asking the Governor to dissolve the House and call elections for 18 July 2017.


2017 Bermudian general election, Campaign
The PLP was widely considered to have run on a populist platform, highlighting peoples' disenchantment with the political system. The campaign had been compared to the UK Independence Party and Donald Trump's electoral campaigns. The party's campaign slogan was "Let's Put Bermudians First".


2017 Bermudian general election, Campaign
In contrast, the OBA had campaigned on its economic record in government, using the slogan "Forward Together, Not Back".


2017 Bermudian general election, Irregularities
The taxpayer-funded Parliamentary Registry, Bermuda's election management body, assisted the PLP, supplying the party — but not their opponents — with contact information for all registered voters to aid in their campaigning. According to Parliamentary Registrar Tenia Woolridge shortly after the election, there is no law prohibiting this release and that such an action would be solely at the discretion of the Registrar; she further admitted that the Registry had begun sending the PLP the information in 2012 under Ms. Woolridge's predecessor, Kenneth Randolph Scott.


2017 Bermudian general election, Irregularities
The Registry ceased assisting the PLP four days prior to the election, when the OBA became aware and made a complaint. One year after the election, the OBA issued a press release criticising the refusal of the Registry to release a report on the incident, to which the Registry responded by claiming that the Governor of Bermuda had already settled the matter in a letter and also declaring that it would refuse any further comment until unspecified "inaccuracies" made by the OBA in June, 2018, in connection to the issue were corrected.


2017 Best of Nollywood Awards
The 2017 Best of Nollywood Awards was the 9th edition of the ceremony and took place in Abeokuta, Ogun State on 17 December 2017. The event was co-hosted by Rahama Shadau and Gbenro Ajibade.


2017 Best of Nollywood Awards
The nominee list was released in September 2017 with Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde, Mercy Aigbe, and Alex Ekubo identified as the "top contenders". About 120 films were considered including 113 feature films, 7 short films and 2 TV shows.


2017 Best of Nollywood Awards
Awards were given in 32 categories, with Adesua Etomi, Beverly Naya, Gabriel Afolayan and Alexx Ekubo amongst the winners. The lifetime achievement awards for special contribution to the development of Nollywood was given to Omotola Jalade-Ekiende, Ali Nuhu and filmmaker, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen.


2017 Best of Nollywood Awards, Awards
• Omotola Jalade Ekeinde – Alter Ego• Ivie Okujaye – Slow Country


2017 Best of Nollywood Awards, Awards
• Ronke Odusanya – Ailatunse• Aisha Lawal – False Flag


2017 Best of Nollywood Awards, Awards
• Queen Nwokoye – Excess Luggage• Bayray Mcnwizu – Trace


2017 Best of Nollywood Awards, Awards
• Martina Obi – Truncated• Bella Ufondu – Excess Luggage


2017 Best of Nollywood Awards, Awards
• Eric Aghimien – Slow Country• Blessing Egbe – The Women


2017 Best of Nollywood Awards, Awards
• Omowunmi Dada/Eddie Watson – Bias• Daniel K. Daniel/Chelsea Eze – Scorned


2017 Bethlehem Steel FC season
The 2017 season is Bethlehem Steel FC's second season of competitive soccer in the United Soccer League and first season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC compete in the league's Eastern Conference.


2017 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of June 21, 2017.


2017 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Competitions
Bethlehem Steel FC compete in USL, which is the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. Steel FC's affiliation with the Philadelphia Union of MLS has prevented the team from participating in the U.S. Open Cup competition. The decision to make affiliated "farm teams" ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup was decided since the 2016 iteration of the tournament.


2017 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Competitions, USL regular season
The 2017 USL season will be contested by 30 teams, 15 of which compete in the league's Eastern Conference. All teams will play a regular season total of 32 matches between teams within their respective conference. At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams from each conference advance to the 2017 USL Playoffs for a chance to compete for the USL Championship Title.


2017 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Competitions, Results summary
Last updated: October 28, 2017Source: 2017 USL seasonPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2017 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Competitions, USL Playoffs
Bethlehem Steel FC earned the final playoff spot during the 2017 USL season for the first time in the club's history. Finishing as the 8th seed, Steel FC's first round fixture was away at conference winning Louisville City FC.


2017 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team
The 2017 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune–Cookman University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They ere led by third-year head coach Terry Sims and played their home games at Municipal Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 7–4, 6–2 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.


2017 Bhayangkara F.C. season
On April 12, 2016, Surabaya United merged with the team following the Bhayangkara Cup 2016, PS Polri, and changed its name to Bhayangkara Surabaya United F.C. until September 2016. And in September 2016, their moved home to Bekasi, and change their name to Bhayangkara F.C. Bhayangkara F.C. manage to win the 2017 Liga 1 under coach Simon McMenemy.


2017 Bhayangkara F.C. season, Players, Squad information
Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 October 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger train bombing
The 2017 Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger train bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred on March 7, 2017 on the Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger, a passenger train which runs between Bhopal Junction railway station of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh and Ujjain Junction railway station. The bombing occurred at Jabri railway station in the Shajapur district of Madhya Pradesh, injuring 10 passengers. It was stated to be the first-ever strike in India by the Islamic State. One of the terrorist suspect was later killed in an encounter in Lucknow. It was stated by the police that the module was self-radicalised and didn't receive any financial support from the group. Six persons were later arrested. National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe reports stated that the ISIS-inspired module had also conspired to bomb a rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.


2017 Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger train bombing
On March 19, Indian authorities told the media that the terrorists related to this attack tried to flee India and go to Syria or Iraq.


2017 Bhutan National League
The 2017 Bhutan National League was the sixth season of national football competition in Bhutan, having replaced the A-Division (Bhutan) in 2013. Again, the Thimphu League provides the qualifiers from Thimphu, with the top three teams in that competition being awarded places in the National League alongside three regional teams.


2017 Bhutan National League, Thimphu League, Format and rules
The Thimphu League is a regional competition for teams from Thimphu. the competition consists of nine teams, each plays the others twice – home and away – for a total of 16 games each, over 18 game weeks. 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. The league table is decided firstly on points won, then on goal difference and finally on total goals scored if the previous two are equal. The first three teams automatically qualify for the National league, the bottom two teams compete in relegation playoffs with the top two teams from the B-Division for two places in the next seasons's competition.


2017 Bhutan National League, Thimphu League, Season summary
The 2017 season of the Thimphu League, previously called the Bhutan A-Division, started on 4 February 2017 and is due to end on 8 July. Thimphu City are defending champions and the competition has been expanded to 9 teams in 2017 with the addition of High Quality United, Bhutan U19 and the return of Transport United following the relegation of Tensung and Bhutan U17. On July 1, 2017, Druk Pol F.C. was suspended for 2 years after some of its players mishandled and disobeyed the referee during a match on June 29.


2017 Bhutan National League, Thimphu League, Results
Note 1: The notion of home and away fixtures in the A-Division is moot as all games are played at Changlimithang Stadium. As such, for the purpose of this table, the first result chronologically has been deemed that team's "home" game and the second the "away" game.


2017 Big 12 Championship Game
The 2017 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game that was played on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. The 16th Big 12 Championship Game, it determined the 2017 champion of the Big 12 Conference. The game featured the Oklahoma Sooners and the TCU Horned Frogs. This was Oklahoma's ninth appearance and was TCU's first appearance. The game was televised nationally by Fox. When the two teams met in the regular season, Oklahoma defeated TCU 38–20. Baker Mayfield from Oklahoma won the Big 12 Championship Game MVP honors.


2017 Big 12 Championship Game
This was the first time since 2010 that the conference champion was determined in a championship game. Formerly the Big 12 Championship Game was played between the champions of the North Division and the South Division. Now with the Big 12 having one division, the game is played between the two teams with the best conference records.


2017 Big 12 Championship Game, Background
In the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game, the South Division was represented by Oklahoma and the North Division was represented by Nebraska. Oklahoma defeated Nebraska, 23–20, to claim their seventh Big 12 title.


2017 Big 12 Championship Game, Background
The 2010–2013 realignment of the conference left the Big 12 with ten members, and NCAA regulations at the time required a conference to have at least 12 members in order to hold an "exempt" championship game that did not count against the limit of 12 regular-season contests for FBS teams. The Big 12 thus used its regular season in-conference results to determine the conference champion.


2017 Big 12 Championship Game, Background
Following a January 2016 NCAA rule change that allows FBS conferences to conduct exempt football championship games regardless of their membership numbers, the Big 12 announced that the championship game would be reinstated in 2017.


2017 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2017 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through May 28 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament earned the league's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Texas has won the most championships with five. Among original members, Baylor and Kansas State have never won the event. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. Having joined in 2013, TCU won their first title in 2014 while West Virginia has yet to win the Tournament.


2017 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight, and will then play a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game.


2017 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
The 2017 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 12 through May 13, 2017. It was the first Big 12 Softball Tournament since 2010. Oklahoma won their fifth conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.


2017 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
Oklahoma, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas received bids to the NCAA tournament. Oklahoma and Baylor would go on to play in the 2017 Women's College World Series.


2017 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference that was held from March 3 to 6, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at Chesapeake Energy Arena. West Virginia won their first Big 12 Tournament title after upsetting #1 seeded Baylor 77-66 to win an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament


2017 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from November 1–5, 2017. The seven-match tournament took place at the Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The West Virginia Mountaineers were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament by virtue of losing the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with the TCU Horned Frogs in the semifinals. The Baylor Bears won the title, defeating TCU 2–1 in overtime in the final. This was the second Big 12 tournament title for the Baylor women's soccer program and first for head coach Paul Jobson.


2017 Big 12 Conference football season
The 2017 Big 12 Conference football season was the 22nd season of Big 12 Conference football, taking place during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on Saturday, September 2, 2017, when all 10 of the league's teams played their first non-conference opponents. Big 12 Conference play began on Saturday, September 23, 2017.


2017 Big 12 Conference football season
The 2017 season was the sixth for the Big 12 since the 2010–13 Big 12 Conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form. The conference had ten members: Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia. The Big 12 is a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format, along with the ACC, the Big Ten, the Pac-12 and the SEC.


2017 Big 12 Conference football season
As a ten-team league, the Big 12 will played a nine-game, round-robin conference schedule. Each member will played three non-conference games–one of was required to be against another Power Five conference foe. The regular season was followed by a conference championship game played between the regular season champion and regular season runner-up. The 2017 Big 12 Championship Game was held Saturday, December 2, 2017, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.


2017 Big 12 Conference football season, Preseason, Preseason Poll
The 2017 Big12 Preseason media poll was announced on July 13, 2017 prior to the Big12 media days. The Big12 media days were held from July 17–18 in Frisco, Texas. Oklahoma was selected as preseason champions for the fifth time since 2011.


2017 Big 12 Conference football season, Big 12 vs other conferences, Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups
This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC along with independents Notre Dame and BYU) the Big 12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):


2017 Big 12 Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games
* Rankings based on CFP rankings, Big 12 team is bolded


2017 Big 12 Conference football season, Awards and honors, Player of the week honors
Following each week's games, Big 12 conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.


2017 Big 12 Conference football season, Awards and honors, Postseason awards
The following Big 12 players were named to the 2017 College Football All-America Team by the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Sporting News (SN), and American Football Coaches Association (AFCA):


2017 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 8 to 11, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. Iowa State received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament with an 80–74 win over West Virginia in the finals.


2017 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding
The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye. Teams have been seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
Game times for games 2, 4, 6, and 8 are subject to change because the second game of each session begins 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.


2017 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2017 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska from May 25 through May 28, 2017. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2017 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The tournament used a double-elimination format and feature the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.


2017 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament, was the fifth men's soccer tournament of the new Big East Conference, formed in July 2013 after the original Big East Conference split into two leagues along football lines. Including the history of the original conference, it was the 22nd edition of the Big East tournament.


2017 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeding
The top six teams qualified. Tiebreakers were determined by the team's winning percentage, followed by head-to-head record.


2017 Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from October 29 through November 5, 2017. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting each game. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Georgetown Hoyas and they successfully defended their title with a 3–0 victory over the Butler Bulldogs in the final. The conference tournament title was the second for the Georgetown women's soccer program, both of which have come under the direction of head coach Dave Nolan.


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season
The 2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season was the fifth season for the newly realigned Big East Conference. Including the history of the original Big East Conference, this was the 22nd season of men's soccer under the "Big East Conference" name.


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season
The regular season began on August 25, 2017 and concluded on November 1, 2017. Butler won the regular season title. The 2017 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to decide the Big East champion, and the conference's automatic berth to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship began on November 4, 2017 and concluded with the championship match on November 12, 2017. Georgetown defeated Xavier in the championship game, 2–1, on a golden goal by Declan McCabe.


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season
Butler and Georgetown both qualified for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Georgetown entered as an automatic berth, while Butler had an at-large berth. Georgetown was eliminated in the first round by SMU, while Butler reached the round of 16 before losing to Wake Forest.


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams
All conference teams were announced in conjunction with the preseason poll on August 16, 2017.


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Forwards:Brandon Guhl, So., Butler‡Ricky Lopez-Espin, Sr., Creighton‡Mac Steeves, RS-Sr., Providence


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Midfielders:Harry Cooksley, Sr., St. John’sChris Lema, Sr., GeorgetownLewis Suddick, So., Butler


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Defenders:Cory Brown, Sr., XavierDavid Enstrom, Sr., St. John’sBrendan McDonough, Jr., GeorgetownLucas Stauffer, Sr., Creighton


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Derek Dodson, Fr., GeorgetownDeclan McCabe, Sr., GeorgetownMatt Vasquenza, Sr., Xavier


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Midfielders:Andres Arcila, Jr., Seton HallNoah Franke, Sr., CreightonSimen Hestnes, Jr., XavierLuka Prpa, So., Marquette


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Defenders:Shane Bradley, So., VillanovaJoe Moulden, Jr., ButlerCameron Taylor, RS-Jr., Xavier


2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Draft picks, Notable non-draft signees
The following are notable players who went pro following the end of the season that were not selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.


2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The championship was won by Villanova who defeated Creighton in the championship game. The tournament win was Villanova's third all-time tournament championship and second in the prior three years. As a result, Villanova received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2017 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 10 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.


2017 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament, officially known as the 2017 Big East Championship, was a tournament held from March 4 to 7, 2017, at Al McGuire Center on the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee. The host Marquette Golden Eagles won the tournament and with it an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.


2017 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the 42nd edition of the postseason tournament for the Big Sky Conference, held March 7–11 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.


2017 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
In the final, regular season champion North Dakota defeated third-seed Weber State 93–89 in overtime to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It was North Dakota's first NCAA tournament as a Division I team, after multiple appearances in the Division II tourney.


2017 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
On October 8, 2016, Northern Colorado self-imposed a post-season ban amid an ongoing NCAA investigation into program violations, and did not participate.


2017 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Only 11 of the 12 teams in the conference participated in the tournament due to Northern Colorado's self-imposed ban. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top five teams received a first round bye.


2017 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA tournament
The Fighting Hawks received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament or the NIT. North Dakota was seeded fifteenth in the West regional and lost 100–82 to Arizona in the first round in Salt Lake City. It was the eleventh consecutive year that the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.


2017 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a tournament that held from March 6-11, 2017 at the Reno Events Center. Montana State won their 2nd conference tournament title for the first time since 1993 and earns an automatic trip to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.


2017 Big Sky Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Big Sky Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Sky Conference held from November 1 to 5, 2017. The five-match tournament took place at EWU Soccer Complex, home of the regular-season champions Eastern Washington Eagles. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Eastern Washington Eagles were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating the Northern Colorado Bears 3–0 in the final. This was the second Big Sky tournament title for the Eastern Washington women's soccer program, both of which have come under the direction of head coach Chad Bodnar.


2017 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2017 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 23 to 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Lexington County Baseball Stadium in Lexington, South Carolina. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top eight finishers of the league's ten teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.


2017 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference tournament for the Big South Conference. 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.


2017 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Sites
The first round was played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at No. 1-seeded Winthrop's Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The championship game was held at the home of the highest remaining seed, Winthrop's Winthrop Coliseum.


2017 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 10 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. 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.


2017 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 34th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big South Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2017 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The defending champions, Radford, were eliminated in the semifinal round in a penalty shoot-out against Presbyterian.


2017 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top six teams in the Big South Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament.


2017 Big South Conference Softball Tournament
The 2017 Big South Conference Softball Tournament was held at Longwood University's Lancer Field from May 10 through May 14, 2017. Following the departure of Coastal Carolina for the Sun Belt Conference, the Big South reconfigured the tournament to a six-team event. Longwood won their third straight tournament, and fourth of their five seasons in the conference, becoming the first tournament host to win since Radford in 2008.


2017 Big South Conference Softball Tournament, Seeds
The top two seeds had byes to the second round. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2017 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big South Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place from March 9–12, 2017, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia. All rounds after 1st were broadcast on ESPN3, 1st Round on Big South Network. UNC Asheville won their 3rd Big South Tournament title and earns an automatic big to the NCAA Women's Tournament.


2017 Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held from October 27 through November 5, 2017. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Bryan Park in Greensboro, North Carolina. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Liberty Flames were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2–0 semifinal loss to the Longwood Lancers. The High Point Panthers won the tournament with a 1–0 win over Longwood in the final. The conference tournament title was the sixth for the High Point women's soccer program and the fourth for head coach Marty Beall.


2017 Big South Conference football season
The 2017 Big South Conference football season will begin on Thursday, August 31 and conclude in December with the 2018 NCAA Division I Football Championship.


2017 Big South Conference football season, Regular season
All times Eastern time (UTC-4 before November 5, UTC-5 from November 5 forward).


2017 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
The 2017 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Bart Kaufman Field on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana from May 24 through 28. The  Iowa Hawkeyes claimed the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The event aired on the Big Ten Network. The event was held in Bloomington for one year before returning to Omaha, Nebraska, site of the College World Series.


2017 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The 2017 tournament was an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season
The 2017 Big Ten conference football season is the 122nd season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and is part of the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season
This was the Big Ten's fourth season with 14 teams. The defending league champion was the 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team. The 2017 season consisted of a nine–game conference schedule for the second year in a row.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season
Nebraska football coach Mike Riley was relieved from his position following the conclusion of Nebraska's 2017 season.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season
Ohio State defeated Wisconsin, 27–21, in the 2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game. No Big Ten teams were selected for the 2017 College Football Playoff.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Previous season
Penn State defeated Wisconsin, 38–31, for the Big Ten Football Championship Game.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Previous season
Ten teams participated in bowl games. Maryland lost to Boston College, 30–36, in the Quick Lane Bowl. Minnesota won, 17–12, over Washington State in the Holiday Bowl. Northwestern won over Pittsburgh, 31–24, in the Pinstripe Bowl. Indiana lost to Utah, 24–26, at the Foster Farms Bowl. Nebraska lost to Tennessee, 24–38, in the Music City Bowl. Iowa lost to Florida, 3–30, in the Outback Bowl. Michigan lost by 1 to Florida State by a score of 32–33 in the Orange Bowl. Wisconsin won over Western Michigan, 24–16, in the Cotton Bowl. Penn State lost to USC, 49–52, in the Rose Bowl.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Previous season
Ohio State was defeated by eventual national champion Clemson, 0–31, in the semifinal round of the College Football Playoffs at the Fiesta Bowl.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule, Regular season, Week 3
*The Florida International at Indiana game scheduled for this week was canceled due to Hurricane Irma


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Schedule, Regular season, Week 6
*Indiana was originally scheduled for a bye week here, but lost a game on Sept. 16 against Florida International due to Hurricane Irma. IU picked up a game with Charleston Southern to make up for that lost game.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Bowl games
Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Eastern Time Zone.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams
Coaches Honorable Mention: ILLINOIS: Nick Allegretti, James Crawford, Jaylen Dunlap, Stanley Green; INDIANA: Chris Covington, Jonathan Crawford, J'Shun Harris, Wes Martin, Luke Timian, Ian Thomas, Haydon Whitehead; IOWA: Nathan Bazata, James Daniels, Anthony Nelson, Ben Niemann; MARYLAND: Derwin Gray, J. C. Jackson, Darnell Savage; MICHIGAN: Chris Evans, Tyree Kinnel, Mike McCray, Josh Metellus, Quinn Nordin, Brad Robbins; MICHIGAN STATE: Luke Campbell, David Dowell, Kevin Jarvis, Justin Layne, Brian Lewerke, L. J. Scott, Josiah Scott, Khari Willis; MINNESOTA: Thomas Barber, Emmitt Carpenter, Carter Coughlin, Tyler Johnson, Steven Richardson, Ryan Santoso, Rodney Smith; NEBRASKA:


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams
Drew Brown, Jerald Foster, Nick Gates, JD Spielman (WR, KR); NORTHWESTERN: Garrett Dickerson, Nate Hall, Charlie Kuhbander, Tyler Lancaster, Samdup Miller; OHIO STATE: Jerome Baker, Marcus Baugh, K. J. Hill, Jalyn Holmes, Damon Webb, Mike Weber, Chris Worley; PENN STATE: Christian Campbell, Curtis Cothran, Grant Haley, Juwan Johnson, Shareef Miller; PURDUE: Ja'Whaun Bentley, Danny Ezechukwu, Lorenzo Neal, David Steinmetz, Jacob Thieneman; RUTGERS: Tariq Cole, Gus Edwards, Kiy Hester, Sebastian Joseph-Day, Dorian Miller; WISCONSIN: Quintez Cephus, Ryan Connelly, Joe Ferguson, Alex Hornibrook, Leon Jacobs, Natrell Jamerson, Olive Sagapolu.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams
Media Honorable Mention: ILLINOIS: Nick Allegretti, Blake Hayes, Stanley Green; INDIANA: Chris Covington, Jonathan Crawford, Chase Dutra, J'Shun Harris, Wes Martin, Robert McCray, Luke Timian, Ian Thomas, Haydon Whitehead; IOWA: Nathan Bazata, James Daniels, Ben Niemann, Nate Stanley; MARYLAND: Antoine Brooks, Jermaine Carter, Derwin Gray, J. C. Jackson, Ty Johnson, Darnell Savage Jr.; MICHIGAN:


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams
Zach Gentry, Lavert Hill, Tyree Kinnel, Patrick Kugler, David Long, Mike McCray, Sean McKeon, Josh Metellus, Quinn Nordin, Donovan Peoples-Jones; MICHIGAN STATE: Luke Campbell, Matt Coghlin, Chris Frey, Jake Hartbarger, Kevin Jarvis, Justin Layne, Brian Lewerke, Mike Panasiuk, L. J. Scott, Raequan Williams, Khari Willis; MINNESOTA: Emmitt Carpenter, Carter Coughlin, Donnell Greene, Tyler Johnson, Steven Richardson, Ryan Santoso, Rodney Smith; NEBRASKA:


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams
Drew Brown, Jerald Foster, Nick Gates, De'Mornay Pierson-El, JD Spielman; NORTHWESTERN: Garrett Dickerson, Nate Hall, Charlie Kuhbander, Tyler Lancaster, Samdup Miller; OHIO STATE: Damon Arnette, Jerome Baker, Marcus Baugh, Johnnie Dixon, Jordan Fuller, K. J. Hill, Jalyn Holmes, Dre'Mont Jones, Mike Weber, Chris Worley; PENN STATE: Troy Apke, Jason Cabinda, Christian Campbell, Parker Cothren, Grant Haley, Juwan Johnson; PURDUE: Markus Bailey, Kirk Barron, Ja'Whaun Bentley, Danny Ezechukwu, Da'Wan Hunte, Lorenzo Neal, Josh Okonye, Gelen Robinson, Joe Schopper, David Steinmetz; RUTGERS: Tariq Cole, Damon Hayes, Kiy Hester, Dorian Miller, Trevor Morris; WISCONSIN: Quintez Cephus, Ryan Connelly, Joe Ferguson, Alex Hornibrook, Leon Jacobs, Natrell Jamerson, Olive Sagapolu, Derrick Tindal.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
The 2017 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo! ).


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, NFL Draft
TradesIn the explanations below, (PD) indicates trades completed prior to the start of the draft (i.e. Pre-Draft), while (D) denotes trades that took place during the 2018 draft.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Head coaches
* Tom Allen was hired to replace Kevin Wilson in December 2016 at Indiana and coached the Hoosiers in their 2016 bowl game.


2017 Big Ten Conference football season, Head coaches
* Mike Riley was fired on November 25, 2017, following the conclusion of Nebraska's season.


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
The 2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 27th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began on August 25, 2017 and concluded on November 5, 2017. The season culminated with the 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
The Maryland Terrapins entered the 2017 season as both the Big Ten regular season and tournament defending champions. Maryland was unable to defend either title, heavily due to a late season slump in form, that culminated with a double overtime loss to Michigan. Wisconsin won their first Big Ten Tournament since 1995, defeating Indiana in the championship in penalties. The Michigan Wolverines posted a 6–1–1 Big Ten record, giving the Wolverines their first ever Big Ten regular season title, besting Indiana on points.


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
The Big Ten sent five teams to the NCAA Tournament, three being seeded (Indiana, Michigan and Michigan State), and three unseeded (Maryland and Wisconsin). Indiana advanced the furthest of all the Big Ten teams, reaching the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game, before losing in overtime to Stanford.


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Forwards:Chris Mueller, Sr., WisconsinMason Toye, Fr., IndianaJack Hallahan, So., Michigan


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Midfield:Eryk Williamson, Jr., MarylandKen Krolicki, Sr., Michigan StateJake Rozhansky, Sr., MarylandFrancesco Moore, Jr., Indiana


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Defense:Grant Lillard, Sr., IndianaJimmy Fiscus, Sr., Michigan StateAndrew Gutman,Jr., Indiana


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Forwards:Griffin Dorsey, Fr., IndianaFrancis Atuahene, Jr., MichiganDeJuan Jones, Jr., Michigan StateRyan Sierakowski, Jr., Michigan State


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Midfield:         Abdi Mohamed, Jr., Ohio State         Charles Mertz, Jr., MichiganMark Segbers, Sr., Wisconsin


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Defense:Donovan Pines, So., MarylandTimmy Mehl, Jr., IndianaMarcello Borges, Jr., Michigan


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Mohammed Zakyi, MichiganMarc Ybarra, MichiganUmar Farouk Osman, MichiganGarrett Opperman, NorthwesternEthan Beckford, Penn StateMason Toye, IndianaGriffin Dorsey, IndianaTrey Muse, IndianaTommy Katsyiannis, NorthwesternVincent Borden, RutgersBryce Washington, Rutgers


2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards
Jack Griffith, Sr., Indiana Andrew Samuels, Jr., MarylandTristan Jacob, Sr., MichiganBrad Centala, Sr., Michigan StateFrancisco Tomasino, Sr., NorthwesternHunter Robertson, Sr., Ohio StateDani Marks, Jr., Penn StateErik Sa, Sr., RutgersIsaac Schenkler, Jr., Wisconsin


2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game
The 2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game presented by Discover was played on December 2, 2017 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The seventh annual Big Ten Football Championship Game, it determined the 2017 champion of the Big Ten Conference.


2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game, History
The 2017 Championship Game was the seventh in the Big Ten's 122-year history and the fourth to feature the conference's East and West alignment. Last season, the Big Ten Championship Game featured the Penn State Nittany Lions, champions of the East Division and the Wisconsin Badgers, champions of the West Division.


2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Wisconsin Badgers
The #3 Wisconsin Badgers represented the West Division of the Big Ten for the second consecutive year and came into the game with a perfect 12-win season, including signature victories over Iowa and Michigan. Wisconsin was the only remaining undefeated FBS team in the nation, after Alabama lost to Auburn the previous week. Many analysts tabbed the Badgers as a lock to the College Football Playoff, even if they were to lose a close game in the Big Ten Championship match. It was Wisconsin's fifth appearance in the title game with other appearances coming in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016. Wisconsin is 2-3 in the game with their last wins coming in 2011 and 2012. They are 0-2 against the Buckeyes.


2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Ohio State Buckeyes
The #8 Ohio State Buckeyes represented the East Division of the Big Ten and came into the game with an overall record of 10-2 and a conference record of 8-1. Their two losses came from #2 Oklahoma and Iowa, and the team had strong victories over Penn State and Michigan State. It was the Buckeyes' third appearance in the title game with the others coming in 2013 and 2014. Ohio State is 2-1 in the game including a 2-0 against Wisconsin.


2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game, College Football Playoff controversy
Wisconsin was upset by the Buckeyes, losing by 6 points. Surprisingly, neither the Badgers nor the Buckeyes would get a playoff spot, despite the former having a 12–1 record (tied for the best in the nation) and the latter having a conference championship. Instead the fourth playoff spot ended up going to Alabama (who would eventually win the national championship game over Georgia). Such a move shocked several pundits, who believed Wisconsin could survive a close loss and still make the playoff at a lower seed. (If Wisconsin won, they would have all but assumed the No. 1 seed.) Wisconsin went undefeated in the regular season, while Clemson and Oklahoma had a sole loss to Syracuse and Iowa State, respectively. Some analysts argued that Ohio State was left out because Penn State, who was a 2-loss conference champion the previous year, was also left out.


2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game, College Football Playoff controversy
A similar situation happened in 2015, where Iowa was 12–0 going into the 2015 Big Ten Football Championship Game, before falling to Michigan State and getting knocked out of the playoff. Many fans have argued that the playoff committee has bias against the Big Ten, since the No. 5 seed in 2015, 2016, and 2017 was a Big Ten team. The Big Ten would not send a representative to the playoffs until 2019, when Ohio State was invited.


2017 Big Ten Football Championship Game, College Football Playoff controversy
In the CFP era, no conference championship loser has made the College Football Playoff. It has become common knowledge that a loss in the Conference Championship Game all but eliminates a team from the top-4 in the final CFP rankings.


2017 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference held from March 8 through March 12, 2017 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. It was the first Big Ten Conference Tournament held outside the conference's traditional heartland in the Midwest. The championship was won by Michigan, which defeated Wisconsin in the championship game. As a result, Michigan received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The championship was Michigan's first (after having their win of the inaugural tournament vacated) and they became the lowest-seeded team ever to win the Big Ten Tournament.


2017 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 Tournament.


2017 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fourth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 16 and March 18, 2017 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. As tournament champion Penn State was awarded the Big Ten's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2017 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
All six Big Ten teams participated in the tournament, which was a single-elimination format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings. In the quarterfinals, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. In the semifinals, No. 2 played the winner of the first game and No. 1 played the winner of the second game (the teams were not reseeded). The two semifinal winners played each other in the Championship Game.


2017 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


2017 Big Ten Men's Lacrosse Tournament
The 2017 Big Ten Men's Lacrosse Tournament was held May 4 and May 6 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in  Columbus, Ohio. The winner of the tournament received the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Four teams from the Big Ten conference competed in the single elimination event. The seeds were determined based upon the teams' regular season conference record. Maryland repeated as tournament champions, beating Ohio State 10-9.


2017 Big Ten Men's Lacrosse Tournament, Standings
Only the top four teams in the Big Ten Conference advanced to the Big Ten Conference Tournament.


2017 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 27th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Maryland entered the tournament as the three-time defending champions, but were defeated in the quarterfinals by eventual champions Wisconsin.


2017 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament
This was the second Big Ten Tournament title for the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers defeated Indiana in penalty kicks in the championship game.


2017 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament, Seeds
All nine Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 Tournament.


2017 Big Ten Softball Tournament
The 2017 Big Ten Conference Softball tournament was held at Wilpon Complex on the campus of University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan from May 11 through May 13, 2017. As the tournament winner, Minnesota earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.


2017 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament held from March 1–5, 2017 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.


2017 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2016–17 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top 4 teams received a double bye.


2017 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:


2017 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Tournament
The 2017 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Tournament was held May 5 and May 7 at the Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex in College Park, Maryland. For the first time, the top four teams from regular season play will earn berths in the tournament. Previously all schools qualified for the tournament. The seeds were based upon the teams' regular season conference record. The tournament format is single elimination.


2017 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Tournament
Maryland successfully defended its 2016 tournament title and received the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship.


2017 Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Tournament
The 2017 tournament was the first tournament Johns Hopkins was eligible to participate in as it was their first season in the conference.


2017 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2017 season. It was held from October 29 through November 5, 2017. The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana for the semifinals and final. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play. Minnesota were the defending champions, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2–0 quarterfinal loss to Wisconsin. The Penn State Nittany Lions won the title with a 2–1 win over the Northwestern Wildcats in the final. The conference tournament title was the seventh for the Penn State women's soccer program and the third for head coach Erica Dambach.


2017 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference. The tournament took place March 9–11, 2017 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The tournament winner, UC Davis, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 50–47 win over UC Irvine in the final.


2017 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top eight conference teams were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Teams will reseed after the quarterfinals. Hawaii was initially banned from the postseason for infractions from the previous coaching staff but in the final week of the regular season, Hawaii won their appeal and were reinstated.


2017 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will take place March 7–11, 2017 at two venues in the Los Angeles area. The first two rounds are scheduled for Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, while the semifinals and championship will be held at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2017 Big West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Big West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 2 and 5, 2017. The three-match tournament took place at Matador Soccer Field in Northridge, California. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Long Beach State 49ers, but they failed to qualify for the 2017 tournament.


2017 Big West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The Cal State Fullerton Titans won the title by virtue of winning the penalty shoot-out tiebreaking procedure following a tie with the Cal State Northridge Matadors in the final. This was the seventh Big West tournament title for the Cal State Fullerton program and the fifth for head coach Demian Brown.


2017 Big3 season
The 2017 season was the inaugural Big3 season. The regular season began on June 25, 2017 and ended on August 13, 2017. On August 26, 2017, Trilogy defeated the 3 Headed Monsters 51–46 in the Big3 Championship game, completing a perfect (10–0) season.


2017 Big3 season, Draft
The inaugural Big3 Draft was held on April 30, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 24 players were selected across three rounds.


2017 Big3 season, Draft, Player selections
NOTES* Last team does not only refer to NBA teams, it also refers to overseas play such as Euroleague, NBL or any other major international league* Last played refers to last year of being active in any basketball league


2017 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 1 (Brooklyn, NY)
The inaugural week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. It featured four 3x3 basketball games. The winner of each game was determined by the first team to reach 60-points, such that when they 60 or more points they lead by 2 points or more, half time occurs when one team reached 30 or more points. If a team reaches 60 or more points without leading by 2, the game enters "overtime" and continues until one team leads the other by 2 or more points. During this week, the inaugural game went to overtime.


2017 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 2 (Charlotte, NC)
The second week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Spectrum Center, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The winner of each game was determined by the first team to reach 50-points, such that when they score 50 or more points and they lead by 2 points. Half time occurs when one team reached 25 or more points. The 50-point goal has been kept in place after the 60-point goal made the games a little too lengthy.


2017 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 3 (Tulsa, OK)
The third week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the BOK Center, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.


2017 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 4 (Philadelphia, PA)
The fourth week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Wells Fargo Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


2017 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 5 (Chicago, IL)
The fifth week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, Illinois. Trilogy clinched a playoff berth with a win over Tri-State.


2017 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 6 (Dallas, TX)
The sixth week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the American Airlines Center, in Dallas, Texas. 3 Headed Monsters clinched a playoff berth with a win over Tri-State.


2017 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 7 (Lexington, KY)
The seventh week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at Rupp Arena, in Lexington, Kentucky.


2017 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 8 (Los Angeles, CA)
In a repeat of the first weeks games, the eighth and final week of games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. The Ghost Ballers and Power clinch playoff berths as the last two in, eliminating 3's Company due to a loss to the Ball Hogs.


2017 Big3 season, Playoffs, Week 9 (Seattle, WA)
The first post-season games took place in Key Arena, in Seattle, Washington. 3 Headed Monsters, Power, Trilogy and Ghost Ballers competed in two semifinal playoff matchups, to determine who would advance to the championship game.. The Killer 3's, Ball Hogs, 3's Company, and Tri-State played in two games which determined the lower positions, but did not officially count in the standings.


2017 Big3 season, Playoffs, Week 10 (Las Vegas, NV)
The league's inaugural championship game was hosted at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. A consolation game was also played between the two teams eliminated in the previous week's semifinals.


2017 Big3 season, Awards
The league's players voted for the inaugural Big3 awards, which were announced prior to the championship game.


2017 Big3 season, Allen Iverson controversy
Allen Iverson's return was highly publicized when Big3 came to Philadelphia. Before the game, Iverson said, "I'm not going to go out there and be the 25-year-old Allen Iverson—you're going to see a 42-year-old man out there, but to be able to do that, for my fans, I thought that would be cool, just to get back out there again [...] for my fans to get that flashback." However, hours before the game, it was announced Iverson would not be playing. Iverson claimed that he did not play due to "advice from my doctor." Iverson's decision was frowned upon by many in the Philadelphia community.


2017 Big3 season, Allen Iverson controversy
On Sunday, July 30, the Big3 was scheduled to have games being played in Dallas, Texas. Iverson was slated to appear for his team, 3's Company, but failed to show up to the event or notify league officials about his decision. The next day, TMZ Sports posted pictures showing Iverson at a Chicago Area casino on the morning of the scheduled game.


2017 Bihar flood
2017 Bihar floods affected 19  districts of North Bihar causing death of 514 people. 2,371 panchayats (settlement councils) under 187 blocks of 19 districts of Northern Bihar have been affected in the flood. Around 1.71 crore (17.1 million) people were hit by the floods. Over 8.5 lakhs of people have lost their homes, with Araria district alone accounting for 2.2 lakh homeless people. 2017 Flood has broken 9-Year record of deaths In Bihar. Bihar is India's most flood-prone State, with 76% of the population in the North Bihar living under the recurring threat of flood devastation. Devastating flood was caused due to excess heavy rainfall in monsoon season.


2017 Bihar flood, Events
This flood was result of sudden increase in water discharge due to torrential rain in the foothill of the Himalayas in Nepal and adjoining areas in Bihar between August 12 and 20 led to flash flood in various rivers — Gandak, Burhi Gandak and Bagmati, Kamla, Kosi and Mahananda — due to heavy rain in the catchment areas of the major rivers of North Bihar in Nepal.


2017 Bihar flood, Events
The floods have affected in 19 districts of North Bihar- Kishanganj, Araria, Purnia, Katihar, Eastern Champaran, Western Champaran, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Sitamdhi, Shivar, Samastipur, Gopalganj, Saran, Siwan, Supaul, Madhepura, Saharsa and Khagaria. The casualties in four districts of Purnia division (Araria  Katihar, Kishanganj and Purnia) stands at 160 deaths. Araria district accounted for 95 deaths alone, followed by Sitamarhi (43), West Champaran (36), Katihar (40), East Champaran (19) while 25 have died in Madhubani, Supaul (13) and Madhepura (15).


2017 Bihar flood, Events
24 deaths were reported in Kishanganj, while Darbhanga accounted for 19 deaths, Purnea (9), Gopalganj (9), Sheohar (4), Muzaffarpur (7), Samastipur (1) and Saharsa (4) registered four deaths each while Khagaria and Saran accounted for 13 deaths each. No deaths were reported from Siwan. Bihar government records put animal deaths in the State at 192; it announced compensation of ₹30,000 for the loss of every milch cow and buffalo and ₹3,000 for a goat.


2017 Bihar flood, Events
The swollen Gandak engulfed about 168 villages and 44 panchayats under 8 blocks of Saran district- Panapur, Taraiya, Parsa, Maker, Dariapur, Amnour, Marhoura and Masrakh.


2017 Bihar flood, Events
East Central Railway (ECR) division suffers Rs 47 crore (7.3 million USD) loss due to floods in Bihar, in which Rs 26.60 crore (4.1 million USD) has been lost to infrastructure damage of railway property, while more than Rs 20 crore (3.1 million USD) has been lost in passenger revenue due to cancellation of trains.


2017 Bihar flood, Relief operation
On 26 August 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a Rs 500 crore (78 million USD) central assistance for flood hit areas of Bihar and ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each of the deceased from the PM Relief Fund, after he conducted an aerial survey of the four districts of Purnia division, including Araria district. The Centre would finally sanction more funds for flood relief measures based on the report submitted by the central team. Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Jharkhand donated Rs 5 crore each to Bihar flood relief fund. On 29 August 2017, Bihar cabinet sanctioned Rs 1,935 crore under Bihar Contingency Fund for relief and restoration work in the flood-hit districts in the state:


2017 Bihar flood, Relief operation
Bihar cabinet sanctioned the amount when the toll was 400. Rs 6,000 will be given as gratuitous relief to every flood-affected person. The money would be deposited in the beneficiaries' bank accounts. Aamir Khan donated Rs 25 lakh to the Bihar Chief Minister’s Relief fund for a smoother relief operations for Bihar floods victims. Saran district administration  distributed Rs 48 lakh as ex gratia to the kin of 12 deceased in the floods.


2017 Bihar flood, Relief operation
Bihar Government sought a central assistance of Rs 7,636.51 crore for the post-flood repair and restoration work, which included  Rs 1091.34 crore for crop compensation, a sum of Rs 2,900 crore has been sought to repair the 512 km damaged roads, among others. In October 2017, officials of an inter-ministerial team of the Centre Government held discussions in Bihar for assessing the damages caused by the floods in the state.


2017 Bilderberg Conference
The 2017 Bilderberg Conference took place between 1-4 June 2017 at the Westfields Marriott Hotel in Chantilly, Virginia, United States. Previous Bilderberg conferences were held here in 2002, 2008 and 2012.


2017 Bilderberg Conference
Bilderberg conferences are an annual private gathering of 120 to 150 people of the European and North American political elite, experts from industry, finance, academia, and the media, established in 1954 by Prince Bernhard.


2017 Bilderberg Conference, Agenda
A list of key topics for discussion at the 2017 Bilderberg conference was published on the Bilderberg website shortly before the meeting. Topics for discussion included:


2017 Bilderberg Conference, Delegates (alphabetical)
A list of expected delegates was published by the Bilderberg Group.