# 2018 CAA women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is a postseason event that was held from March 7–10, 2018 at the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia. The champion received an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 |
| 1 | ‡† Drexel | 16–2 | 24–6 | 1–1 vs. JMU | 1–1 vs. Elon, 14–0 vs. remainder of CAA | RPI: 45 |
| 2 | † James Madison | 16–2 | 20–9 | 1–1 vs. Drexel | 1–1 vs. Elon, 14–0 vs. remainder of CAA | RPI: 63 |
| 3 | † Elon | 14–4 | 22–7 | | | |
| 4 | † Northeastern | 11–7 | 16–13 | 2–0 vs. UD | | |
| 5 | † Delaware | 11–7 | 18–11 | 0–2 vs. NE | | |
| 6 | † William & Mary | 7–11 | 16–13 | | | |
| 7 | Hofstra | 5–13 | 11–18 | | | |
| 8 | UNCW | 4–14 | 11–18 | 1–1 vs. Towson | 1–1 vs. each of W&M, Hofstra, and Charleston; 0–10 vs. remainder of CAA | RPI: 257 |
| 9 | Towson | 4–14 | 9–20 | 1–1 vs. UNCW | 1–1 vs. each of W&M, Hofstra, and Charleston; 0–10 vs. remainder of CAA | RPI: 270 |
| 10 | College of Charleston | 2–16 | 6–23 | | | |
| ‡ – CAA regular season champions. † – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Records are as of the end of the regular season. |||||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television |
| First round – Wednesday March 7, 2018 |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2:00 PM | #9 Towson vs #8 UNCW | CAA.tv |
| 1 | 2 | 4:30 PM | #10 Charleston vs #7 Hofstra | CAA.tv |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday March 8, 2018 |||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 PM | #8 UNCW vs #1 Drexel | CAA.tv |
| 2 | 4 | 2:30 PM | #5 Delaware vs #4 Northeastern | CAA.tv |
| 3 | 5 | 5:00 PM | #10 Charleston vs #2 James Madison | CAA.tv |
| 3 | 6 | 7:30 PM | #6 William & Mary vs #3 Elon | CAA.tv |
| Semifinals – Friday March 9, 2018 |||||
| 4 | 7 | 3:00 PM | #1 Drexel vs #5 Delaware | CAA.tv |
| 4 | 8 | 5:30 PM | #2 James Madison vs #3 Elon | CAA.tv |
| Championship – Saturday March 10, 2018 |||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 PM | #1 Drexel vs #3 Elon | NBC Sports |
| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed |||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 7 CAA.tv | First round Wednesday, March 7 CAA.tv | First round Wednesday, March 7 CAA.tv | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 CAA.tv | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 CAA.tv | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 CAA.tv | Semifinals Friday, March 9 CAA.tv | Semifinals Friday, March 9 CAA.tv | Semifinals Friday, March 9 CAA.tv | Final Saturday, March 10 NBC Sports | Final Saturday, March 10 NBC Sports | Final Saturday, March 10 NBC Sports |
| | | | 1 | Drexel | 71 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | UNCW | 41 | | | | | | |
| 8 | UNCW | 58 | 8 | UNCW | 41 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Towson | 47 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Towson | 47 | | | | 1 | Drexel | 58 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Delaware | 53 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Northeastern | 50 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Delaware | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Drexel | 45 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Elon | 57 |
| | | | 2 | James Madison | 81 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | College of Charleston | 66 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Hofstra | 72 | 10 | College of Charleston | 66 | | | | | | |
| 10 | College of Charleston | 88 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | College of Charleston | 88 | | | | 2 | James Madison | 53 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Elon | 76 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Elon | 67 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | William & Mary | 50 | | | | | | |