2018 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

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
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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.^[1] Mercer defeated ETSU to claim their first-ever SoCon tournament championship.

2017–18 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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

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

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1
1	1	11 AM	#1 Mercer vs. #8 Western Carolina	ESPN3
1	2	1:15 PM	#4 Furman vs. #5 Samford
2	3	3:30 PM	#2 ETSU vs. #7 Wofford
2	4	5:45 PM	#3 Chattanooga vs. #6 UNCG
Semifinals – Friday, March 2
3	5	11:00 AM	#1 Mercer vs. #5 Samford	ESPN3
3	6	1:15 PM	#2 ETSU vs. #6 UNCG	ESPN3
Championship Game – Sunday, March 4
4	7	Noon	#1 Mercer vs. #2 ETSU	ESPN3
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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