The 2018 Horizon League men's basketball tournament (also known as Motor City Madness) was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Horizon League of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 2 through March 6, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The tournament was won by No. 2 seed Wright State, who defeated No. 8 seed Cleveland State in the championship game, and received the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 10 teams participated in the tournament. The top six teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Northern Kentucky 15–3 2 Wright State 14–4 3 UIC 12–6 4 Oakland 10–8 5 IUPUI 8–10 2–0 vs. Milwaukee 6 Milwaukee 8–10 0–2 vs. IUPUI 7 Green Bay 7–11 8 Cleveland State 6–12 1–1 vs. YSU, 0–2 vs. NKU, 1–1 vs. WSU 9 Youngstown State 6–12 1–1 vs. CSU, 0–2 vs. NKU, 0–2 vs. WSU 10 Detroit 4–14
Schedule Game Time Matchup Score Television First round – Friday, March 2 1 5:30 pm No. 7 Green Bay vs. No. 10 Detroit93–81 ESPN3 2 8:00 pm No. 8 Cleveland State vs. No. 9 Youngstown State72–71 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3 3 5:30 pm No. 2 Wright State vs. No. 7 Green Bay 87–72 ESPN3 4 8:00 pm No. 1 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 8 Cleveland State 80–89 Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4 5 5:00 pm No. 3 UIC vs. No. 6 Milwaukee 75–80 ESPN3 6 7:30 pm No. 4 Oakland vs. No. 5 IUPUI 62–55 Semifinals – Monday, March 5 7 7:00 pm No. 4 Oakland vs. No. 8 Cleveland State 43–44ESPNU 8 9:30 pm No. 2 Wright State vs. No. 6 Milwaukee 59–53 Finals – Tuesday, March 6 9 7:00 pm No. 2 Wright State vs. No. 8 Cleveland State 74–57 ESPN All game times in Eastern Time Zone. Rankings denote tournament seed
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