2018 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

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.^[1]

2018 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	10
Site	Vines Center Lynchburg, Virginia
Champions	Liberty (17th title)
Winning coach	Carey Green (14th title)
MVP	KK Barbour (Liberty)
Attendance	4,610
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2017–18 Big South women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Liberty †	16	–	2		.889			24	–	10		.706
Radford	15	–	3		.833			24	–	9		.727
UNC Asheville	12	–	6		.667			17	–	16		.515
High Point	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
Presbyterian	9	–	9		.500			12	–	18		.400
Gardner–Webb	8	–	10		.444			19	–	13		.594
Campbell	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
Charleston Southern	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Longwood	5	–	13		.278			7	–	23		.233
Winthrop	2	–	16		.111			3	–	27		.100
† 2018 Big South tournament winner As of March 17, 2018 Rankings from AP poll

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

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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
10	Winthrop	2–16	3–26
‡ – Big South regular season champion. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round - Thursday, March 8
1	1	6:00 pm	#8 Charleston Southern vs. #9 Longwood	BSN	643
	2	8:00 pm	#7 Gardner–Webb vs. #10 Winthrop
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9
2	3	12:00 pm	#1 Liberty vs. #8 Charleston Southern	ESPN3	850
	4	2:00 pm	#4 High Point vs. #5 Presbyterian
3	5	6:00 pm	#2 Radford vs. #7 Gardner–Webb		843
	6	8:00 pm	#3 UNC Asheville vs. #6 Campbell
Semifinals - Saturday, March 10
4	7	2:00 pm	#1 Liberty vs. #4 High Point	ESPN3	1,197
	8	4:00 pm	#2 Radford vs. #3 UNC Asheville
Championship Game - Sunday, March 11
5	9	2:00 pm	#1 Liberty vs. #3 UNC Asheville	ESPN3	1,077

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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	First round March 8, 2018					Quarterfinals March 9, 2018					Semifinals March 10, 2018					Championship March 11, 2018
						1	Liberty	80
						8	Charleston Southern	53
	8	Charleston Southern	72
	9	Longwood	62
											1	Liberty	78
											4	High Point	54
						4	High Point	62
						5	Presbyterian	60
																1	Liberty	60
																3	UNC Asheville	42
						2	Radford	53
						7	Gardner–Webb	51
	7	Gardner–Webb	68
	10	Winthrop	57
											2	Radford	50
											3	UNC Asheville	60
						3	UNC Asheville	47
						6	Campbell	42

See also

• 2018 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Big South Conference - 2018 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
2. "2018 Women's Basketball Championship Seedings and Pairings Announced". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
3. "2018 Big South Women's Basketball Championship" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved March 5, 2018.