2018 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

2018 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	12
Site	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	Little Rock (4th title)
Winning coach	Joe Foley (4th title)
MVP	Taeler Deer (Texas State)
Attendance	4,561
Television	ESPN3
Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Little Rock †	17	–	1		.944			23	–	10		.697
Texas State	14	–	4		.778			23	–	10		.697
UT Arlington	12	–	6		.667			18	–	12		.600
Troy	12	–	6		.667			18	–	13		.581
South Alabama	11	–	7		.611			21	–	13		.618
Coastal Carolina	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
Louisiana	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Arkansas State	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Appalachian State	5	–	13		.278			8	–	23		.258
Georgia State	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
Georgia Southern	2	–	16		.111			5	–	25		.167
Louisiana–Monroe	1	–	17		.056			4	–	26		.133
† 2018 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 19, 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference, which began on March 6 and ended March 11, 2018, at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.

Seeds

2018 Sun Belt women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Little Rock	17–1	23–9
2	Texas State	14–4	23–9
3	Texas–Arlington	12–6	18–12	1–0 vs. Troy
4	Troy	12–6	18–13	0–1 vs. Texas-Arlington
5	South Alabama	11–7	19–12
6	Louisiana–Lafayette	10–8	17–16	3–0 vs. Coastal Carolina & Arkansas State
7	Coastal Carolina	10–8	17–14	1–1 vs. Texas State
8	Arkansas State	10–8	15–15	0–1 vs. Texas State
9	Appalachian State	5–13	8–23
10	Georgia State	4–14	8–22
11	Georgia Southern	2–16	5–25
12	Louisiana–Monroe	1–17	4–26
‡ – Sun Belt Conference regular season champions.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 6
1	1	11:30 am	No. 8 Arkansas State vs. No. 9 Appalachian State	ESPN3	628
	2	2:00 pm	No. 5 South Alabama vs. No. 12 Louisiana-Monroe
2	3	5:00 pm	No. 7 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 10 Georgia State
	4	7:30 pm	No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette vs. No. 11 Georgia Southern
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
3	5	11:30 am	No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 9 Appalachian State	ESPN3	967
	6	2:00 pm	No. 4 Troy vs. No. 5 South Alabama
4	7	5:00 pm	No. 2 Texas State vs. No. 7 Coastal Carolina		854
	8	7:30 pm	No. 3 Texas-Arlington vs. No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
5	9	5:00 pm	No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 4 Troy	ESPN3	898
	10	7:30 pm	No. 2 Texas State vs. No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette
Championship – Sunday, March 11
6	11	6:00 pm	No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 2 Texas State	ESPN3	1,214
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 6 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 ESPN3					Semifinals Saturday, March 10 ESPN3					Championship Game Sunday, March 11 ESPN3
						1	Little Rock	66
						9	Appalachian State	34
	8	Arkansas State	68
	9	Appalachian State	79
											1	Little Rock	66
											4	Troy	63
						4	Troy	82
						5	South Alabama	79
	5	South Alabama	80
	12	Louisiana–Monroe	64
																1	Little Rock	54
																2	Texas State	53
						2	Texas State	78
						7	Coastal Carolina	69
	7	Coastal Carolina	74
	10	Georgia State	55
											2	Texas State	62
											6	Louisiana–Lafayette	56
						3	Texas–Arlington	48
						6	Louisiana–Lafayette	54
	6	Louisiana–Lafayette	88
	11	Georgia Southern	88

All times listed are Central

See also

• 2018 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

External links

• 2018 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Championship