# 2018 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

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, earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament.

## 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

| 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 |
| 1 | 2 | 8:00 pm | #7 Gardner–Webb vs. #10 Winthrop | BSN | 643 |
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | #1 Liberty vs. #8 Charleston Southern | ESPN3 | 850 |
| 2 | 4 | 2:00 pm | #4 High Point vs. #5 Presbyterian | ESPN3 | 850 |
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | #2 Radford vs. #7 Gardner–Webb | ESPN3 | 843 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:00 pm | #3 UNC Asheville vs. #6 Campbell | ESPN3 | 843 |
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 10 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 2:00 pm | #1 Liberty vs. #4 High Point | ESPN3 | 1,197 |
| 4 | 8 | 4:00 pm | #2 Radford vs. #3 UNC Asheville | ESPN3 | 1,197 |
| 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

| First round March 8, 2018 | First round March 8, 2018 | First round March 8, 2018 | Quarterfinals March 9, 2018 | Quarterfinals March 9, 2018 | Quarterfinals March 9, 2018 | Semifinals March 10, 2018 | Semifinals March 10, 2018 | Semifinals March 10, 2018 | Championship March 11, 2018 | Championship March 11, 2018 | Championship March 11, 2018 |
| | | | 1 | Liberty | 80 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Charleston Southern | 53 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Charleston Southern | 72 | 8 | Charleston Southern | 53 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Longwood | 62 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Longwood | 62 | | | | 1 | Liberty | 78 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | High Point | 54 | | | |
| | | | 4 | High Point | 62 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Presbyterian | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Liberty | 60 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | UNC Asheville | 42 |
| | | | 2 | Radford | 53 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Gardner–Webb | 51 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Gardner–Webb | 68 | 7 | Gardner–Webb | 51 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Winthrop | 57 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Winthrop | 57 | | | | 2 | Radford | 50 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | UNC Asheville | 60 | | | |
| | | | 3 | UNC Asheville | 47 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Campbell | 42 | | | | | | |