2018 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2018
Conference:	Big South Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	10
Arena:	Vines Center
City:	Lynchburg, Virginia
Champions:	Liberty
Titlecount:	17th
Coach:	Carey Green
Coachcount:	14th
Mvp:	KK Barbour
Mvpteam:	Liberty
Attendance:	4,610

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 earns an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament.^[1]

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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See also

• 2018 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big South Conference - 2018 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. bigsouthsports.com. en. 2018-02-25.
2. Web site: 2018 Women's Basketball Championship Seedings and Pairings Announced. bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. March 5, 2018.
3. Web site: 2018 Big South Women's Basketball Championship. Big South Conference. March 5, 2018.