2018 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2018
Conference:	Southern Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	8
Arena:	U.S. Cellular Center
City:	Asheville, North Carolina
Champions:	Mercer
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Susie Gardner
Coachcount:	1st
Television:	ESPN3

The 2018 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was held between March 1 and 4 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.^[1] Mercer defeated ETSU to claim their first-ever SoCon tournament championship.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Mercer	14–0	27–2
2	ETSU	11–3	18–11
3	Chattanooga	8–6	17–11
4	Furman	7–7	17–12
5		6–8	14–15	2–0 vs. UNCG
6		6–8	12–17
7		3–11	10–19
8		1–13	5–24

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1
1	1	11 AM	1 Mercer vs. #8 Western Carolina	ESPN3
	2	1:15 PM	4 Furman vs. #5 Samford
2	3	3:30 PM	2 ETSU vs. #7 Wofford
	4	5:45 PM	3 Chattanooga vs. #6 UNCG
Semifinals – Friday, March 2
3	5	11:00 AM	1 Mercer vs. #5 Samford	ESPN3
	6	1:15 PM	2 ETSU vs. #6 UNCG
Championship Game – Sunday, March 4
4	7	Noon	1 Mercer vs. #2 ETSU	ESPN3
Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

See also

• 2018 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Bracket Set . February 24, 2018 . Southern Conference.