2018 CAA women's basketball tournament

2018 CAA women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	10
Site	Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA
Champions	Elon (2nd title)
Winning coach	Charlotte Smith (2nd title)
MVP	Shay Burnett (Elon)
Television	NBCSN, CAA.tv
CAA women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 CAA women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Drexel	16	–	2		.889			27	–	8		.771
James Madison	16	–	2		.889			23	–	11		.676
Elon †	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
Delaware	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
Northeastern	11	–	7		.611			16	–	15		.516
William & Mary	7	–	11		.389			16	–	14		.533
Hofstra	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
UNC Wilmington	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
Towson	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
College of Charleston	2	–	16		.111			7	–	24		.226
† 2018 CAA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3
1	‡† Drexel	16–2	24–6	1–1 vs. JMU	1–1 vs. Elon, 14–0 vs. remainder of CAA	RPI: 45
2	† James Madison	16–2	20–9	1–1 vs. Drexel	1–1 vs. Elon, 14–0 vs. remainder of CAA	RPI: 63
3	† Elon	14–4	22–7
4	† Northeastern	11–7	16–13	2–0 vs. UD
5	† Delaware	11–7	18–11	0–2 vs. NE
6	† William & Mary	7–11	16–13
7	Hofstra	5–13	11–18
8	UNCW	4–14	11–18	1–1 vs. Towson	1–1 vs. each of W&M, Hofstra, and Charleston; 0–10 vs. remainder of CAA	RPI: 257
9	Towson	4–14	9–20	1–1 vs. UNCW	1–1 vs. each of W&M, Hofstra, and Charleston; 0–10 vs. remainder of CAA	RPI: 270
10	College of Charleston	2–16	6–23
‡ – CAA regular season champions. † – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television
First round – Wednesday March 7, 2018
1	1	2:00 PM	#9 Towson vs #8 UNCW	CAA.tv
	2	4:30 PM	#10 Charleston vs #7 Hofstra	CAA.tv
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 8, 2018
2	3	12:00 PM	#8 UNCW vs #1 Drexel	CAA.tv
	4	2:30 PM	#5 Delaware vs #4 Northeastern	CAA.tv
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
Semifinals – Friday March 9, 2018
4	7	3:00 PM	#1 Drexel vs #5 Delaware	CAA.tv
	8	5:30 PM	#2 James Madison vs #3 Elon	CAA.tv
Championship – Saturday March 10, 2018
5	9	1:00 PM	#1 Drexel vs #3 Elon	NBC Sports
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 7 CAA.tv					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 CAA.tv					Semifinals Friday, March 9 CAA.tv					Final Saturday, March 10 NBC Sports
						1	Drexel	71
						8	UNCW	41
	8	UNCW	58
	9	Towson	47
											1	Drexel	58
											5	Delaware	53
						4	Northeastern	50
						5	Delaware	61
																1	Drexel	45
																3	Elon	57
						2	James Madison	81
						10	College of Charleston	66
	7	Hofstra	72
	10	College of Charleston	88
											2	James Madison	53
											3	Elon	76
						3	Elon	67
						6	William & Mary	50

See also

• 2018 CAA men's basketball tournament

External links

• 2018 CAA Women's Basketball Championship