2019 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Big South women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament that ended the 2018–19 season of the Big South Conference. It was held March 12 through March 17, 2019, at various campus sites. Radford won the conference tournament championship game over the Campbell Lady Camels, 57–45, to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2019 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	11
Site	Campus sites (first round) #1 and #2 seeds (quarterfinals and semifinals) Highest remaining seed (championship)
Champions	Radford (10th title)
Winning coach	Mike McGuire (1st title)
Big South Conference women's basketball tournaments

2018–19 Big South women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Radford †	17	–	1		.944			26	–	6		.813
High Point	15	–	3		.833			22	–	8		.733
Hampton	12	–	6		.667			16	–	14		.533
UNC Asheville	11	–	7		.611			17	–	13		.567
Campbell	10	–	8		.556			20	–	12		.625
Gardner-Webb	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
Charleston Southern	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Winthrop	6	–	12		.333			10	–	20		.333
Presbyterian	4	–	14		.222			7	–	24		.226
USC Upstate	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
Longwood	2	–	16		.111			3	–	26		.103
† 2019 Big South tournament winner As of March 14, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

Sites

The first round will be played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played at #1 and #2 seeds. The championship game will be held at the home arena of the higher surviving seed.

Seeds

All 11 conference teams are eligible for the tournament. The top five teams will receive a first-round bye. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Radford	17–1	23–6
2	High Point	15–3	22–7
3	Hampton	12–6	16–13
4	UNC Asheville	11–7	16–13
5	Gardner–Webb	10–8	16–14	1–0 vs. UNCA
6	Campbell	10–8	18–11	1–1 vs. UNCA
7	Charleston Southern	9–9	12–17
8	Winthrop	6–12	10–19
9	Presbyterian	4–14	6–23
10	USC Upstate	3–15	7–22
11	Longwood	2–16	3–25
‡ – Big South regular season champion. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round - Tuesday, March 12 Campus sites
1	7:00 pm	No. 10 USC Upstate at No. 7 Charleston Southern	ESPN3
2	7:00 pm	No. 11 Longwood at No. 6 Campbell
3	7:00 pm	No. 9 Presbyterian at No. 8 Winthrop
Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 14 at #1 and #2 seeds
4	6:00 pm	No. 9 Presbyterian vs. No. 1 Radford	ESPN3
5	8:00 pm	No. 5 Gardner–Webb vs. No. 4 UNC Asheville
6	6:00 pm	No. 7 Charleston Southern vs. No. 2 High Point
7	8:00 pm	No. 6 Campbell vs. No. 3 Hampton
Semifinals - Friday, March 15 at #1 and #2 seeds
8	6:00 pm	No. 4 UNC Asheville vs. No. 1 Radford	ESPN+
9	8:00 pm	No. 6 Campbell vs. No. 7 Charleston Southern
Championship - Sunday, March 17 at Highest Remaining Seed
10	2:00 pm	No. 6 Campbell vs. No. 1 Radford	ESPN+
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 12 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 ESPN3					Semifinals Friday, March 15 ESPN+					Championship Sunday, March 17 ESPN+
						1	Radford	60
						9	Presbyterian	49
	8	Winthrop	52
	9	Presbyterian	64
											1	Radford	59
											4	UNC-Asheville	52
						4	UNC Asheville	72
						5	Gardner–Webb	56
																1	Radford	57
																6	Campbell	45
						2	High Point	61
						7	Charleston Southern	65
	7	Charleston Southern	67
	10	USC Upstate	52
											7	Charleston Southern	44
											6	Campbell	55
						3	Hampton	63
						6	Campbell	85
	6	Campbell	54
	11	Longwood	49

See also

• 2019 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament