WACO, Texas -- The men's and women's fields are set for the 2018 Heartland Conference Basketball Championships in Tulsa, Okla. after a thrilling end to the regular season on Saturday.
 
The 2018 Heartland Basketball Championships will be held at the Union Multipurpose Activities Center (UMAC) in Tulsa, Okla. from March 1 - March 4.
 
The quarterfinals begin on Thursday with the top two seeds from both brackets in play followed by the conclusion of quarterfinal play on Friday. The semifinals will be Saturday followed by the championship games on Sunday. Sessions will alternate between men's and women's games with the men playing the first game in each session.
 
Tournament passes are available online now (Click Here) for the advanced purchase price of $35 if purchased by 11:59 p.m. on February 26. Daily tickets and tournament passes will be available at the ticket booth in the UMAC. On-site ticket purchases are cash only. Children 5 and under and military personnel, with military I.D., get in free.
 
Women's Bracket
Lubbock Christian locked up the top overall seed in the tournament for the second time in three years after completing an undefeated conference season in which the Lady Chaps went 14-0. LCU, the second-ranked team in Division II, will face the eight seeded Texas A&M International Dustdevils.
 
UAFS will be the No. 2 seed in the tournament and face the seventh seed St. Edward's on Thursday. The Lady Lions enter the tournament as the sixth-ranked team in the South Central Region and will face the reigning Heartland tournament champion in the Hilltoppers. St. Mary's reeled off five straight wins to close the season and move from the bottom end of the bracket up to the No. 3 seed. StMU will face the sixth-seeded Rogers State Hillcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 2.
 
Rounding out the women's bracket are the fourth-seeded Newman Jets and the fifth-seeded Oklahoma Christian Lady Eagles. OC is the fifth seed in the tournament for the second-straight year. The Lady Eagles were part of a record-breaking quarterfinal game last year with UAFS.
 
Men's Bracket
DBU will be the top seed for the second-straight year in the conference tournament after grabbing a share of the regular season conference title with a win over Newman on the final day of the season. The Patriots edged out UAFS in the tiebreaker by virtue of their two wins over third-seeded Newman. DBU will face eighth-seeded Texas A&M International. The Dustdevils took down St. Mary's to clinch the final spot in the tournament on Saturday.
 
UAFS will be the second seed after also claiming a share of their second straight conference championship. The Lions will face No. 7 Oklahoma Christian as the Eagles make their first conference tournament appearance in men's basketball. Oklahoma Christian and UAFS split their regular season games with each team winning on its home floor.
 
Newman, under first-year head coach RJ Allen, will be the No. 3 seed and will face sixth-seeded St. Edward's who improved their seeding with a win over Lubbock Christian to close out the season. The Jets swept the season series in two close games winning by a combined margin of seven points.

Lubbock Christian and Rogers State round out the bracket as the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds in the tournament. The two teams met in last year's opening round in reverse order.

All 14 tournament games will be streamed live online and free of charge on the Heartland Digital Network in partnership with JBM Productions.
 
For more information on the 2018 Heartland Conference Basketball Championships, including a complete schedule, live stats video links and visitor's guide visit the Men's and Women's Tournament Central Pages.