2018 Conference USA women's basketball tournament
{{Short description|Conference USA women's basketball tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year = 2018
| Conference = Conference USA
| Division = I
| Gender = Women's
| Teams = 12
| Arena = The Ford Center at The Star
| City = Frisco, Texas
| Champions = Western Kentucky
| TitleCount = 3rd
| Coach = Michelle Clark-Heard
| CoachCount = 3r
| MVP = Tashia Brown
| MVPTeam = Western Kentucky
}}
{{2017–18 Conference USA women's basketball standings}}
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 and earned an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
Seeds
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.
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:95%; text-align:center"
! Seed ! School ! Conference ! Overall ! Tiebreaker |
| 1
|align=left|UAB # |13–3 |24–5 | |
| 2
|align=left|Western Kentucky # |12–4 |21–8 | |
| 3
|align=left|Louisiana Tech # |10–6 |19–10 |0–1 vs. Charlotte, 1–0 vs. Middle Tennessee, 2–0 vs. Rice |
| 4
|align=left|Middle Tennessee # |10–6 |18–11 |2–0 vs. Charlotte, 0–1 vs. Louisiana Tech, 1–0 vs. Rice |
| 5
|align=left|Rice |10–6 |20–8 |1–0 vs. Charlotte, 0–2 vs. Louisiana Tech, 0–1 vs. Middle Tennessee |
| 6
|align=left|Charlotte |10–6 |14–15 |1–0 vs. Louisiana Tech, 0–2 vs. Middle Tennessee, 0–1 vs. Rice |
| 7
|align=left|Florida Atlantic |7–9 |13–14 |1–0 vs. Southern Miss, 1–1 vs. UTEP |
| 8
|align=left|Southern Miss |7–9 |15–14 |0–1 vs. Florida Atlantic, 1–0 vs. UTEP |
| 9
|align=left|UTEP |7–9 |16–13 |1–1 vs. Florida Atlantic, 0–1 vs. Southern Miss |
| 10
|align=left|UTSA |6–10 |8–20 |1–0 vs. North Texas, 1–1 vs. Old Dominion |
| 11
|align=left|North Texas |6–10 |15–13 |2–0 vs. Old Dominion, 0–1 vs. UTSA |
| 12
|align=left|Old Dominion |6–10 |8–22 |0–1 vs. North Texas, 1–1 vs. UTSA |
| bgcolor=#bbbbbb
| |align=left|FIU |5–11 |8–21 | |
| bgcolor=#bbbbbb
| |align=left|Marshall |3–13 |9–20 | |
| colspan=6 align=left|‡ – 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
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Session !Game !Time* !Matchup# !Television !Attendance |
| colspan=6| First round – Wednesday, March 7 |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1
|1 |11:00 am |#8 Southern Miss vs #9 UTEP |rowspan=4| |rowspan=2| |
| 2
|11:30 am |#5 Rice vs #12 Old Dominion |
| rowspan=2|2
|3 |1:30 pm |#7 Florida Atlantic vs #10 UTSA |rowspan=2| |
| 4
|2:00 pm |#6 Charlotte vs #11 North Texas |
| colspan=6| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8 |
| rowspan=2|3
|5 |11:00 am |#1 UAB vs #9 UTEP |rowspan=4| |rowspan=2| |
| 6
|11:30 am |#4 Middle Tennessee vs #5 Rice |
| rowspan=2|4
|7 |1:30 pm |#2 Western Kentucky vs #7 Florida Atlantic |rowspan=2| |
| 8
|2:00 pm |#3 Louisiana Tech vs #5 Old Dominion |
| colspan=6| Semifinals – Friday, March 9 |
| rowspan=2|5
|9 |5:30 pm |#1 UAB vs #5 Rice |rowspan=2|Stadium |rowspan=2| |
| 10
|8:00 pm |#2 Western Kentucky vs #11 North Texas |
| colspan=6| Championship – Saturday, March 10 |
| 6
|11 |4:30 pm |#1 UAB vs #2 Western Kentucky |CBSSN | |
| colspan=6| |
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 7
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 9
| RD4=Championship Game
Saturday, March 10
CBSSN
| RD1-seed03=8
| RD1-team03=Southern Miss
| RD1-score03=67
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04=UTEP
| RD1-score04=72
| RD1-seed07=5
| RD1-team07=Rice
| RD1-score07=70
| RD1-seed08=12
| RD1-team08=Old Dominion
| RD1-score08=48
| RD1-seed11=7
| RD1-team11=Florida Atlantic
| RD1-score11=71
| RD1-seed12=10
| RD1-team12=UTSA
| RD1-score12=83
| RD1-seed15=6
| RD1-team15=Charlotte
| RD1-score15=55
| RD1-seed16=11
| RD1-team16=North Texas
| RD1-score16=58
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=UAB
| RD2-score01=75
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=UTEP
| RD2-score02=66
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Middle Tennessee
| RD2-score03=53
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=Rice
| RD2-score04=61
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05=Western Kentucky
| RD2-score05=78
| RD2-seed06=10
| RD2-team06=UTSA
| RD2-score06=50
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07= Louisiana Tech
| RD2-score07=69
| RD2-seed08=11
| RD2-team08=North Texas
| RD2-score08=76
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=UAB
| RD3-score01=67
| RD3-seed02=5
| RD3-team02=Rice
| RD3-score02=55
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03=Western Kentucky
| RD3-score03=77
| RD3-seed04=11
| RD3-team04=North Texas
| RD3-score04=61
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=UAB
| RD4-score01=57
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=Western Kentucky
| RD4-score02=72
}}
All times listed are Central
See also
References
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{{Conference USA women's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament navbox}}
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