2018 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2017–18 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
	† 2018 SoCon Tournament winner ; As of March 19, 2018;

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
	Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

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.

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

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2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC American America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast
National	NCAA WNIT WBI

2017–18 Southern Conference women's basketball standings
	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;