The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2017–18 season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The tournament was held February 28 through March 3, 2018 at Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Regular-season champion Murray State defeated Belmont in the championship game to win the tournament and received conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds received double byes to the semifinals under the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received a single bye to the quarterfinals. records.
Southeast Missouri State, despite finishing in seventh place, was ineligible for the tournament due to Academic Progress Rate violations.
SeedSchoolConf. Tiebreaker1Murray State16–22Belmont15–33Austin Peay 12–64Jacksonville State11–75Tennessee Tech10–82–0 vs TSU6Tennessee State10–80–2 vs TT7Eastern Illinois7–118SIU Edwardsville5–132–1 vs EKU/UTM–UT Martin5–132–2 vs SIUE/EKU–Eastern Kentucky5–131–2 vs SIUE/UTM
Schedule Game Time Matchup Score Television First round – Wednesday, February 28 1 6:30 pm No. 5 Tennessee Tech vs No. 8 SIU Edwardsville 60–51 OVC Digital Network 2 8:30 pm No. 6 Tennessee State vs No. 7 Eastern Illinois 71–73 OVC Digital Network Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1 3 6:30 pm No. 4 Jacksonville State vs No. 5 Tennessee Tech 73–70 OVC Digital Network 4 8:30 pm No. 3 Austin Peay vs No. 7 Eastern Illinois 73–66 OVC Digital Network Semifinals – Friday, March 2 5 7:00 pm No. 1 Murray State vs No. 4 Jacksonville State 70–63 ESPNU 6 9:00 pm No. 2 Belmont vs No. 3 Austin Peay 94–79 ESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 3 7 7:00 pm No. 1 Murray State vs No. 2 Belmont 68–51 ESPN2 All game times in Central Time Zone.
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See also 2018 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
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