The 2018 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the league for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 7–11, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at Lake Front Arena. The tournament winner, Georgia State, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 12 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top four teams received 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 Conference Tiebreaker1Louisiana 16–22Georgia State12–63Georgia Southern11–74Texas–Arlington10–85Appalachian State9–92–1 vs tied teams6Louisiana–Monroe9–91–0 vs Georgia State7Troy9–90–2 vs Georgia State8Coastal Carolina8–109Texas State7–111–0 vs South Alabama10South Alabama7–110–1 vs Texas State11Arkansas State6–1212Little Rock4–14
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision First round – Wednesday, March 7, 2018111:30 amNo. 8 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 9 Texas State66–73ESPN3 22:00 pmNo. 5 Appalachian State vs. No. 12 Little Rock 93–6435:00 pmNo. 7 Troy vs. No. 10 South Alabama69–62 47:30 pmNo. 6 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 11 Arkansas State76–54 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9, 2018511:30 amNo. 1 Louisiana vs. No. 9 Texas State80–54ESPN362:00 pmNo. 4 Texas–Arlington vs. No. 5 Appalachian State84–6375:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 7 Troy 73–5187:30 pmNo. 3 Georgia Southern vs. No. 6 Louisiana–Monroe63–55 Semifinals – Saturday, March 10, 2018911:30 amNo. 1 Louisiana vs. No. 4 Texas–Arlington68–71ESPN3102:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern73–67 Championship – Sunday, March 11, 2018111:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 4 Texas–Arlington74–61ESPN2Game times are in Central Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. Source
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See also 2018 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
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