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 earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2018 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams12
SiteThe Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
ChampionsWestern Kentucky (3rd title)
Winning coachMichelle Clark-Heard (3r title)
MVPTashia Brown (Western Kentucky)
TelevisionStadium, CBSSN
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2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UAB133 .813277 .794
Western Kentucky124 .750249 .727
Rice106 .6252310 .697
Louisiana Tech106 .6251912 .613
Middle Tennessee106 .6251813 .581
Charlotte106 .6251416 .467
UTEP79 .4381714 .548
Florida Atlantic79 .4381315 .464
Southern Miss79 .4381515 .500
North Texas610 .3751714 .548
UTSA610 .375921 .300
Old Dominion610 .375823 .258
FIU511 .313821 .276
Marshall313 .188920 .310
2018 C-USA Tournament winner
As of 20 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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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.

SeedSchoolConference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1UAB #13–324–5
2Western Kentucky #12–421–8
3Louisiana Tech #10–619–100–1 vs. Charlotte, 1–0 vs. Middle Tennessee, 2–0 vs. Rice
4Middle Tennessee #10–618–112–0 vs. Charlotte, 0–1 vs. Louisiana Tech, 1–0 vs. Rice
5Rice10–620–81–0 vs. Charlotte, 0–2 vs. Louisiana Tech, 0–1 vs. Middle Tennessee
6Charlotte10–614–151–0 vs. Louisiana Tech, 0–2 vs. Middle Tennessee, 0–1 vs. Rice
7Florida Atlantic7–913–141–0 vs. Southern Miss, 1–1 vs. UTEP
8Southern Miss7–915–140–1 vs. Florida Atlantic, 1–0 vs. UTEP
9UTEP7–916–131–1 vs. Florida Atlantic, 0–1 vs. Southern Miss
10UTSA6–108–201–0 vs. North Texas, 1–1 vs. Old Dominion
11North Texas6–1015–132–0 vs. Old Dominion, 0–1 vs. UTSA
12Old Dominion6–108–220–1 vs. North Texas, 1–1 vs. UTSA
FIU5–118–21
Marshall3–139–20
‡ – 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

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SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 7
1111:00 am#8 Southern Miss vs #9 UTEP
211:30 am#5 Rice vs #12 Old Dominion
231:30 pm#7 Florida Atlantic vs #10 UTSA
42:00 pm#6 Charlotte vs #11 North Texas
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
3511:00 am#1 UAB vs #9 UTEP
611:30 am#4 Middle Tennessee vs #5 Rice
471:30 pm#2 Western Kentucky vs #7 Florida Atlantic
82:00 pm#3 Louisiana Tech vs #5 Old Dominion
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
595:30 pm#1 UAB vs #5 RiceStadium
108:00 pm#2 Western Kentucky vs #11 North Texas
Championship – Saturday, March 10
6114:30 pm#1 UAB vs #2 Western KentuckyCBSSN
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 7
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Championship Game
Saturday, March 10
CBSSN
            
1UAB75
9UTEP66
8Southern Miss67
9UTEP72
1UAB67
5Rice55
4Middle Tennessee53
5Rice61
5Rice70
12Old Dominion48
1UAB57
2Western Kentucky72
2Western Kentucky78
10UTSA50
7Florida Atlantic71
10UTSA83
2Western Kentucky77
11North Texas61
3Louisiana Tech69
11North Texas76
6Charlotte55
11North Texas58

All times listed are Central

See also

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2018 Conference USA men's basketball tournament

References

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