2018 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

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.

2018 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
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
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2017–18 Horizon League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Kentucky	15	–	3		.833			22	–	10		.688
Wright State †	14	–	4		.778			25	–	10		.714
UIC	12	–	6		.667			20	–	16		.556
Oakland	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Milwaukee	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
IUPUI	8	–	10		.444			11	–	19		.367
Green Bay	7	–	11		.389			13	–	20		.394
Cleveland State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	23		.343
Youngstown State	6	–	12		.333			8	–	24		.250
Detroit	4	–	14		.222			8	–	24		.250
† 2018 Horizon League Tournament winner

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