| Year: | 2018 |
| Conference: | CAA |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Daskalakis Athletic Center |
| City: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Champions: | Elon |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Charlotte Smith |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Shay Burnett |
| Mvpteam: | Elon |
| Television: | NBCSN, CAA.tv |
The 2018 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is a postseason event that was held from March 7–10, 2018 at the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia. The champion received an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | ‡† Drexel | 16–2 | 24–6 | align=left | 1–1 vs. JMU | align=left | 1–1 vs. Elon, 14–0 vs. remainder of CAA | align=left | RPI: 45 |
| 2 | align=left | † James Madison | 16–2 | 20–9 | align=left | 1–1 vs. Drexel | align=left | 1–1 vs. Elon, 14–0 vs. remainder of CAA | align=left | RPI: 63 |
| 3 | align=left | † Elon | 14–4 | 22–7 | align=left | align=left | align=left | |||
| 4 | align=left | † Northeastern | 11–7 | 16–13 | align=left | 2–0 vs. UD | align=left | align=left | ||
| 5 | align=left | † Delaware | 11–7 | 18–11 | align=left | 0–2 vs. NE | align=left | align=left | ||
| 6 | align=left | † William & Mary | 7–11 | 16–13 | align=left | align=left | align=left | |||
| 7 | align=left | Hofstra | 5–13 | 11–18 | align=left | align=left | align=left | |||
| 8 | align=left | UNCW | 4–14 | 11–18 | align=left | 1–1 vs. Towson | align=left | 1–1 vs. each of W&M, Hofstra, and Charleston; 0–10 vs. remainder of CAA | align=left | RPI: 257 |
| 9 | align=left | Towson | 4–14 | 9–20 | align=left | 1–1 vs. UNCW | align=left | 1–1 vs. each of W&M, Hofstra, and Charleston; 0–10 vs. remainder of CAA | align=left | RPI: 270 |
| 10 | College of Charleston | 2–16 | 6–23 | align=left | align=left | align=left | ||||
| ‡ – CAA regular season champions. † – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Records are as of the end of the regular season. |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday March 7, 2018 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2:00 PM |
| CAA.tv | |
| 2 | 4:30 PM |
| CAA.tv | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday March 8, 2018 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 PM |
| CAA.tv | |
| 4 | 2:30 PM |
| CAA.tv | ||
| 3 | 5 | 5:00 PM |
| CAA.tv | |
| 6 | 7:30 PM |
| CAA.tv | ||
| Semifinals – Friday March 9, 2018 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 3:00 PM |
| CAA.tv | |
| 8 | 5:30 PM |
| CAA.tv | ||
| Championship – Saturday March 10, 2018 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 PM |
| NBC Sports | |
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