2026 Big South Women's Basketball Championship Full Schedule, Dates, Times, Seeds, How to watch

– The seedings and pairings for next week’s Air Force Reserve Big South Conference Women’s Basketball Championship at Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tenn., have been determined following the conclusion of the conference’s regular-season schedule this afternoon.

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Regular-season champion High Point (13-3) is the No. 1 seed – its fourth No. 1 seed in the Big South Tournament in six years, and the first league member with back-to-back-to-back top seeds since Liberty from 2011-2013. HPU has secured the Big South’s automatic bid to the WBIT should the Panthers not win the tournament. Radford (12-4) is the No. 2 seed, followed by Longwood (11-5) at the No. 3 seed and Gardner-Webb (9-7) with the No. 4 seed.

The 2026 Air Force Reserve Big South Women’s Basketball Championship will be televised on ESPN+ Wednesday-through-Saturday, while Sunday’s Championship game will air live on ESPN2 for the third consecutive year. The Big South’s Tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Conference Championship schedule is below, and tickets are available at www.BigSouthSports.com/Tickets.

2026 Big South Women's Basketball Championship Full Schedule, Dates, Times, Seeds, How to watch

First Round - Wednesday, March 4 - ESPN+

Game 1: (8) USC Upstate vs. (9) Presbyterian, 5:00pm

Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 – ESPN+

Game 2: (1) High Point vs. 8/9 winner, 11:30am (Education Day presented by Food City)

Game 3: (4) Gardner-Webb vs. (5) Winthrop, 2:00pm

Game 4: (2) Radford vs. (7) Charleston Southern, 6:00pm

Game 5: (3) Longwood vs. (6) UNC Asheville, 8:30pm

Semifinals - Saturday, March 7 – ESPN+

Game 6: Semifinals – Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 6:00pm

Game 7: Semifinals – Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8:30pm

Championship - Sunday, March 8 – ESPN2