2018 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament

2018 Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201718
Teams 10
Site Little Caesars Arena
Detroit, Michigan
Champions Wright State (2nd title)
Winning coach Scott Nagy (1st title)
MVP Grant Benzinger (Wright State)
Television ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN3
2017–18 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern Kentucky153 .833  2210  .688
Wright State144 .778  2510  .714
UIC126 .667  2016  .556
Oakland108 .556  1914  .576
Milwaukee810 .444  1617  .485
IUPUI810 .444  1119  .367
Green Bay711 .389  1320  .394
Cleveland State612 .333  1223  .343
Youngstown State612 .333  824  .250
Detroit414 .222  824  .250
2018 Horizon League Tournament winner

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[1] Matchup Score Television
First round – Friday, March 2
1 5:30 pm No. 7 Green Bay vs. No. 10 Detroit 93–81 ESPN3
2 8:00 pm No. 8 Cleveland State vs. No. 9 Youngstown State 72–71
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 43–44 ESPNU
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

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 2
ESPN3
Quarterfinals
Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4
ESPN3
Semifinals
Monday, March 5
ESPNU
Finals
Tuesday, March 6
ESPN
     
        1 Northern Kentucky 80  
8 Cleveland State 72     8 Cleveland State 89  
9 Youngstown State 71       8 Cleveland State 44  
          4 Oakland 43  
        4 Oakland 62  
        5 IUPUI 55  
          8 Cleveland State 57
          2 Wright State 74
        2 Wright State 87  
7 Green Bay 93     7 Green Bay 72  
10 Detroit 81       2 Wright State 59  
          6 Milwaukee 53  
        3 UIC 75      
        6 Milwaukee 80      
     

References

  1. "Motor City Madness". Horizon League.
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