The 2018 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for Conference USA for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 7–10, 2018, in Frisco, Texas, at the Ford Center at The Star. In the first round and quarterfinals, two games were played simultaneously within the same arena, with the courts separated by a curtain.
The tournament was won by Marshall, who defeated Western Kentucky in the conference title game, earning the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament, their first Conference USA Tournament title.
Seeds Only 12 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed School Record Tiebreaker1Middle Tennessee16–22Old Dominion15–33Western Kentucky14–44Marshall12–65UTSA11–76UAB10–87North Texas8–101–0 vs. UAB8FIU8–100–1 vs. UAB9Southern Miss7–111–1 vs. UTSA10Louisiana Tech7–110–2 vs. UTSA11Florida Atlantic6–121–0 vs. UTEP12UTEP6–120–1 vs. FAU
Schedule
Rankings denote tournament seed. SessionGameMatchupScoreTelevisionFirst Round – Wednesday, March 711No. 8 FIU vs. No. 9 Southern Miss68–69Stadium2No. 5 UTSA vs. No. 12 UTEP 71–583No. 7 North Texas vs. No. 10 Louisiana Tech62–684No. 6 UAB vs. No. 11 Florida Atlantic83–72Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 825No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 9 Southern Miss68–71OTStadium6No. 4 Marshall vs. No. 5 UTSA95–817No. 2 Old Dominion vs. No. 10 Louisiana Tech62–588No. 3 Western Kentucky vs. No. 6 UAB98–70Semifinals – Friday, March 939No. 4 Marshall vs. No. 9 Southern Miss85–75CBSSN10No. 2 Old Dominion vs. No. 3 Western Kentucky49–57Championship – Saturday, March 10411No. 3 Western Kentucky vs. No. 4 Marshall66–67CBSSN
Bracket
* denotes overtime period.
References
See also 2018 Conference USA women's basketball tournament