2018 CAA women's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year = 2018
| Conference = CAA
| Division = I
| Gender = Women's
| Image =
| ImageSize = 200px
| Caption = Tournament Logo
| Teams = 10
| Arena = Daskalakis Athletic Center
| City = Philadelphia, PA
| Champions = Elon
| TitleCount = 2nd
| Coach = Charlotte Smith
| CoachCount = 2nd
| MVP = Shay Burnett
| MVPTeam = Elon
| Attendance =
| OneTopScorer =
| TwoTopScorers =
| TopScorer =
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| Television = NBCSN, CAA.tv
}}
{{2017–18 CAA women's basketball standings}}
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
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conference !Overall !Tiebreaker 1 !Tiebreaker 2 !Tiebreaker 3 |
| 1
| align=left | ‡† Drexel | 16–2 | 24–6 | align=left | 1–1 vs. JMU | align=left | 1–1 vs. Elon, 14–0 vs. remainder of CAA | align=left | RPI: 45 |
| 2
| align=left | † James Madison | 16–2 | 20–9 | align=left | 1–1 vs. Drexel | align=left | 1–1 vs. Elon, 14–0 vs. remainder of CAA | align=left | RPI: 63 |
| 3
| align=left | † Elon | 14–4 | 22–7 | align=left | | align=left | | align=left | |
| 4
| align=left | † Northeastern | 11–7 | 16–13 | align=left | 2–0 vs. UD | align=left | | align=left | |
| 5
| align=left | † Delaware | 11–7 | 18–11 | align=left | 0–2 vs. NE | align=left | | align=left | |
| 6
| align=left | † William & Mary | 7–11 | 16–13 | align=left | | align=left | | align=left | |
| 7
| align=left | Hofstra | 5–13 | 11–18 | align=left | | align=left | | align=left | |
| 8
| align=left | UNCW | 4–14 | 11–18 | align=left | 1–1 vs. Towson | align=left | 1–1 vs. each of W&M, Hofstra, and Charleston; 0–10 vs. remainder of CAA | align=left | RPI: 257 |
| 9
| align=left | Towson | 4–14 | 9–20 | align=left | 1–1 vs. UNCW | align=left | 1–1 vs. each of W&M, Hofstra, and Charleston; 0–10 vs. remainder of CAA | align=left | RPI: 270 |
| 10
| align="left" | College of Charleston | 2–16 | 6–23 | align=left | | align=left | | align=left | |
| colspan=7 align=left|‡ – CAA regular season champions. † – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Records are as of the end of the regular season. |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
!Session !Game !Time* !Matchup# !Television |
| colspan=5| First round – Wednesday March 7, 2018 |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1
|1 |2:00 PM |#9 Towson vs #8 UNCW |CAA.tv |
| 2
|4:30 PM |#10 Charleston vs #7 Hofstra |CAA.tv |
| colspan=5| Quarterfinals – Thursday March 8, 2018 |
| rowspan=2|2
|3 |12:00 PM |#8 UNCW vs #1 Drexel |CAA.tv |
| 4
|2:30 PM |#5 Delaware vs #4 Northeastern |CAA.tv |
| rowspan=2|3
|5 |5:00 PM |#10 Charleston vs #2 James Madison |CAA.tv |
| 6
|7:30 PM |#6 William & Mary vs #3 Elon |CAA.tv |
| colspan=5| Semifinals – Friday March 9, 2018 |
| rowspan=2|4
|7 |3:00 PM |#1 Drexel vs #5 Delaware |CAA.tv |
| 8
|5:30 PM |#2 James Madison vs #3 Elon |CAA.tv |
| colspan=5| Championship – Saturday March 10, 2018 |
| 5
|9 |1:00 PM |#1 Drexel vs #3 Elon |
| colspan=5| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed |
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 7
CAA.tv
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
CAA.tv
| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 9
CAA.tv
| RD4=Final
Saturday, March 10
NBC Sports
| RD1-seed03 = 8
| RD1-team03 = UNCW
| RD1-score03 = 58
| RD1-seed04 = 9
| RD1-team04 = Towson
| RD1-score04 = 47
| RD1-seed11 = 7
| RD1-team11 = Hofstra
| RD1-score11 = 72
| RD1-seed12 = 10
| RD1-team12 = College of Charleston
| RD1-score12 = 88
| RD2-seed01 = 1
| RD2-team01 = Drexel
| RD2-score01 = 71
| RD2-seed02 = 8
| RD2-team02 = UNCW
| RD2-score02 = 41
| RD2-seed03 = 4
| RD2-team03 = Northeastern
| RD2-score03 = 50
| RD2-seed04 = 5
| RD2-team04 = Delaware
| RD2-score04 = 61
| RD2-seed05 = 2
| RD2-team05 = James Madison
| RD2-score05 = 81
| RD2-seed06 = 10
| RD2-team06 = College of Charleston
| RD2-score06 = 66
| RD2-seed07 = 3
| RD2-team07 = Elon
| RD2-score07 = 67
| RD2-seed08 = 6
| RD2-team08 = William & Mary
| RD2-score08 = 50
| RD3-seed01 = 1
| RD3-team01 = Drexel
| RD3-score01 = 58
| RD3-seed02 = 5
| RD3-team02 = Delaware
| RD3-score02 = 53
| RD3-seed03 = 2
| RD3-team03 = James Madison
| RD3-score03 = 53
| RD3-seed04 = 3
| RD3-team04 = Elon
| RD3-score04 = 76
| RD4-seed01 = 1
| RD4-team01 = Drexel
| RD4-score01 = 45
| RD4-seed02 = 3
| RD4-team02 = Elon
| RD4-score02 = 57
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180130091310/http://caasports.com/tournaments/2018_caa_women_s_basketball_championship 2018 CAA Women's Basketball Championship]
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