# 2018 Conference USA women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Conference USA women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Conference USA held at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, from March 7 through March 10, 2018. Western Kentucky won their 3rd Conference USA tournament and earned an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

## Seeds

The top twelve teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | UAB # | 13–3 | 24–5 | |
| 2 | Western Kentucky # | 12–4 | 21–8 | |
| 3 | Louisiana Tech # | 10–6 | 19–10 | 0–1 vs. Charlotte, 1–0 vs. Middle Tennessee, 2–0 vs. Rice |
| 4 | Middle Tennessee # | 10–6 | 18–11 | 2–0 vs. Charlotte, 0–1 vs. Louisiana Tech, 1–0 vs. Rice |
| 5 | Rice | 10–6 | 20–8 | 1–0 vs. Charlotte, 0–2 vs. Louisiana Tech, 0–1 vs. Middle Tennessee |
| 6 | Charlotte | 10–6 | 14–15 | 1–0 vs. Louisiana Tech, 0–2 vs. Middle Tennessee, 0–1 vs. Rice |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic | 7–9 | 13–14 | 1–0 vs. Southern Miss, 1–1 vs. UTEP |
| 8 | Southern Miss | 7–9 | 15–14 | 0–1 vs. Florida Atlantic, 1–0 vs. UTEP |
| 9 | UTEP | 7–9 | 16–13 | 1–1 vs. Florida Atlantic, 0–1 vs. Southern Miss |
| 10 | UTSA | 6–10 | 8–20 | 1–0 vs. North Texas, 1–1 vs. Old Dominion |
| 11 | North Texas | 6–10 | 15–13 | 2–0 vs. Old Dominion, 0–1 vs. UTSA |
| 12 | Old Dominion | 6–10 | 8–22 | 0–1 vs. North Texas, 1–1 vs. UTSA |
| | FIU | 5–11 | 8–21 | |
| | Marshall | 3–13 | 9–20 | |
| ‡ – C–USA regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the regular season. |||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television |
| First round – Wednesday, March 7 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | #8 Southern Miss vs #9 UTEP | |
| 1 | 2 | 11:30 am | #5 Rice vs #12 Old Dominion | |
| 2 | 3 | 1:30 pm | #7 Florida Atlantic vs #10 UTSA | |
| 2 | 4 | 2:00 pm | #6 Charlotte vs #11 North Texas | |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8 ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:00 am | #1 UAB vs #9 UTEP | |
| 3 | 6 | 11:30 am | #4 Middle Tennessee vs #5 Rice | |
| 4 | 7 | 1:30 pm | #2 Western Kentucky vs #7 Florida Atlantic | |
| 4 | 8 | 2:00 pm | #3 Louisiana Tech vs #5 Old Dominion | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 9 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 5:30 pm | #1 UAB vs #5 Rice | Stadium |
| 5 | 10 | 8:00 pm | #2 Western Kentucky vs #11 North Texas | Stadium |
| Championship – Saturday, March 10 ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 4:30 pm | #1 UAB vs #2 Western Kentucky | CBSSN |
| *Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 7 | First round Wednesday, March 7 | First round Wednesday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 | Semifinals Friday, March 9 | Semifinals Friday, March 9 | Semifinals Friday, March 9 | Championship Game Saturday, March 10 CBSSN | Championship Game Saturday, March 10 CBSSN | Championship Game Saturday, March 10 CBSSN |
| | | | 1 | UAB | 75 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | UTEP | 66 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Southern Miss | 67 | 9 | UTEP | 66 | | | | | | |
| 9 | UTEP | 72 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | UTEP | 72 | | | | 1 | UAB | 67 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Rice | 55 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Middle Tennessee | 53 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Rice | 61 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rice | 70 | 5 | Rice | 61 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Old Dominion | 48 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Old Dominion | 48 | | | | | | | 1 | UAB | 57 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Western Kentucky | 72 |
| | | | 2 | Western Kentucky | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | UTSA | 50 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Florida Atlantic | 71 | 10 | UTSA | 50 | | | | | | |
| 10 | UTSA | 83 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | UTSA | 83 | | | | 2 | Western Kentucky | 77 | | | |
| | | | | | | 11 | North Texas | 61 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Louisiana Tech | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | North Texas | 76 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Charlotte | 55 | 11 | North Texas | 76 | | | | | | |
| 11 | North Texas | 58 | | | | | | | | | |
All times listed are Central