The 2018 Big South women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place March 8–11, 2018, at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Virginia. The first round will be broadcast on the Big South Network and Roku, with all remaining games streamed on ESPN3. Liberty, the winner of the Big South tournament, earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament.
Format All ten teams were eligible for the tournament. Seeding was determined based on regular season record and a tiebreaker system if necessary. The top six teams received a bye into the second round while the bottom 4 teams played in the first round. The top two teams played the two winners of the first round games.
Seeds
Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Liberty 16–2 21–9 2 Radford 15–3 22–7 3 UNC-Asheville 12–6 15–14 4 High Point 10–8 16–13 5 Presbyterian 9–9 12–17 6 Campbell 8–10 15–14 2–0 vs. GW 7 Gardner-Webb 8–10 18–12 0–2 vs. Campbell 8 Charleston Southern 5–13 10–19 2–0 vs. Longwood 9 Longwood 5–13 7–22 0–2 vs. CSU 10Winthrop 2–16 3–26 ‡ – Big South regular season champion.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round - Thursday, March 8116:00 pm#8 Charleston Southern vs. #9 LongwoodBSN64328:00 pm#7 Gardner–Webb vs. #10 Winthrop Quarterfinals - Friday, March 92312:00 pm#1 Liberty vs. #8 Charleston SouthernESPN385042:00 pm#4 High Point vs. #5 Presbyterian 356:00 pm#2 Radford vs. #7 Gardner–Webb84368:00 pm#3 UNC Asheville vs. #6 Campbell Semifinals - Saturday, March 10472:00 pm#1 Liberty vs. #4 High PointESPN31,19784:00 pm#2 Radford vs. #3 UNC Asheville Championship Game - Sunday, March 11592:00 pm#1 Liberty vs. #3 UNC AshevilleESPN31,077 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2018 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
References