2018 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
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.
2018 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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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 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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#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 |
Schedule
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
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Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1 | ||||||
1 | 1 | 11 AM | #1 Mercer vs. #8 Western Carolina | ESPN3 | ||
2 | 1:15 PM | #4 Furman vs. #5 Samford | ||||
2 | 3 | 3:30 PM | #2 ETSU vs. #7 Wofford | |||
4 | 5:45 PM | #3 Chattanooga vs. #6 UNCG | ||||
Semifinals – Friday, March 2 | ||||||
3 | 5 | 11:00 AM | #1 Mercer vs. #5 Samford | ESPN3 | ||
6 | 1:15 PM | #2 ETSU vs. #6 UNCG | ||||
Championship Game – Sunday, March 4 | ||||||
4 | 7 | Noon | #1 Mercer vs. #2 ETSU | ESPN3 | ||
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
- All times are Eastern.
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 |
References
- "2018 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Bracket Set". Southern Conference. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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