2018 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

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.[1] In the first round and quarterfinals, two games were played simultaneously within the same arena, with the courts separated by a curtain. [2]

2018 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	12
Site	Ford Center at The Star Frisco, Texas
Champions	Marshall (1st title)
Winning coach	Dan D'Antoni (1st title)
MVP	Jon Elmore (Marshall)
Television	Stadium, CBSSN
Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournaments

2017–18 Conference USA men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Middle Tennessee	16	–	2		.889			25	–	8		.758
Old Dominion	15	–	3		.833			25	–	7		.781
Western Kentucky	14	–	4		.778			27	–	11		.711
Marshall †	12	–	6		.667			25	–	11		.694
UTSA	11	–	7		.611			20	–	15		.571
UAB	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
North Texas	8	–	10		.444			20	–	18		.526
FIU	8	–	10		.444			14	–	18		.438
Southern Miss	7	–	11		.389			16	–	18		.471
Louisiana Tech	7	–	11		.389			17	–	16		.515
Florida Atlantic	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
UTEP	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Rice	4	–	14		.222			7	–	24		.226
Charlotte	2	–	16		.111			6	–	23		.207
† 2018 C-USA Tournament winner

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	Tiebreaker
1	Middle Tennessee	16–2
2	Old Dominion	15–3
3	Western Kentucky	14–4
4	Marshall	12–6
5	UTSA	11–7
6	UAB	10–8
7	North Texas	8–10	1–0 vs. UAB
8	FIU	8–10	0–1 vs. UAB
9	Southern Miss	7–11	1–1 vs. UTSA
10	Louisiana Tech	7–11	0–2 vs. UTSA
11	Florida Atlantic	6–12	1–0 vs. UTEP
12	UTEP	6–12	0–1 vs. FAU

Schedule

[3]

Rankings denote tournament seed.

Session	Game	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 7
1	1	No. 8 FIU vs. No. 9 Southern Miss	68–69	Stadium
	2	No. 5 UTSA vs. No. 12 UTEP	71–58
	3	No. 7 North Texas vs. No. 10 Louisiana Tech	62–68
	4	No. 6 UAB vs. No. 11 Florida Atlantic	83–72
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
2	5	No. 1 Middle Tennessee vs. No. 9 Southern Miss	68–71^OT	Stadium
	6	No. 4 Marshall vs. No. 5 UTSA	95–81
	7	No. 2 Old Dominion vs. No. 10 Louisiana Tech	62–58
	8	No. 3 Western Kentucky vs. No. 6 UAB	98–70
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
3	9	No. 4 Marshall vs. No. 9 Southern Miss	85–75	CBSSN
	10	No. 2 Old Dominion vs. No. 3 Western Kentucky	49–57
Championship – Saturday, March 10
4	11	No. 3 Western Kentucky vs. No. 4 Marshall	66–67	CBSSN

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 7 Stadium					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 Stadium					Semifinals Friday, March 9 CBSSN					Championship Saturday, March 10 CBSSN
						1	Middle Tennessee	68
						9	Southern Miss	71*
	8	FIU	68
	9	Southern Miss	69
											9	Southern Miss	75
										4	Marshall	85
						4	Marshall	95
						5	UTSA	81
	5	UTSA	71
	12	UTEP	58
																4	Marshall	67
																3	Western Kentucky	66
						2	Old Dominion	62
						10	Louisiana Tech	58
	7	North Texas	62
	10	Louisiana Tech	68
											2	Old Dominion	49
										3	Western Kentucky	57
						3	Western Kentucky	98
						6	UAB	70
	6	UAB	83
	11	Florida Atlantic	72

* denotes overtime period.

References

1. Juarez, Lindsey (May 16, 2017). "Conference USA 2018, 2019 basketball championships moving to The Star in Frisco". Community Impact Newspaper. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
2. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-spt-ncaa-conference-usa-tournament-20180308-story.html
3. "2018 C-USA Men's Basketball Championship". Conference USA.

See also

• 2018 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament