2018 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

2018 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	8
Site	U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Mercer (1st title)
Winning coach	Susie Gardner (1st title)
Television	ESPN3
Southern Conference women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Southern Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Mercer †	14	–	0		1.000			30	–	3		.909
East Tennessee State	11	–	3		.786			20	–	13		.606
Chattanooga	8	–	6		.571			17	–	13		.567
Furman	7	–	7		.500			18	–	14		.563
Samford	6	–	8		.429			15	–	16		.484
UNC Greensboro	6	–	8		.429			13	–	18		.419
Wofford	3	–	11		.214			10	–	20		.333
Western Carolina	1	–	13		.071			5	–	25		.167
† 2018 SoCon Tournament winner As of March 19, 2018

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. 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	Samford	6–8	14–15	2–0 vs. UNCG
#6	UNCG	6–8	12–17
#7	Wofford	3–11	10–19
#8	Western Carolina	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.

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 1, 2018 ESPN3					Semifinals Friday, March 2, 2018 ESPN3					Championship game Sunday, March 4, 2018 ESPN3
	1	Mercer	75
	8	Western Carolina	44
						1	Mercer	81
						5	Samford	44
	4	Furman	48
	5	Samford	59
											1	Mercer	68
											2	ETSU	53
	2	ETSU	78
	7	Wofford	64
						2	ETSU	54
						6	UNCG	52
	3	Chattanooga	66
	6	UNCG	70

See also

• 2018 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament