2018 CAA women's basketball tournament

2018 CAA women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams10
SiteDaskalakis Athletic Center
Philadelphia, PA
ChampionsElon (2nd title)
Winning coachCharlotte Smith (2nd title)
MVPShay Burnett (Elon)
TelevisionNBCSN, CAA.tv
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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

References