2018 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2018 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games were played at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 2 through 5, 2018.

2018 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	10
Site	U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	UNC Greensboro (2nd title)
Winning coach	Wes Miller (1st title)
MVP	Francis Alonso (UNC Greensboro)
Television	ESPN3, ESPN2
Southern Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2017 2019 →

2017–18 Southern Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UNC Greensboro †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
East Tennessee State	14	–	4		.778			25	–	9		.735
Furman	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Mercer	11	–	7		.611			19	–	15		.559
Wofford	11	–	7		.611			21	–	13		.618
Western Carolina	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Samford	6	–	12		.333			10	–	22		.313
The Citadel	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
VMI	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
Chattanooga	3	–	15		.167			10	–	23		.303
† 2018 SoCon Tournament winner

UNC Greensboro defeated East Tennessee State in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All ten teams in the Southern Conference were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received a first-round bye.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	UNC Greensboro	15–3
2	East Tennessee State	14–4
3	Furman	13–5
4	Mercer	11–7	2–0 vs Wofford
5	Wofford	11–7	0–2 vs Mercer
6	Western Carolina	8–10
7	Samford	6–11
8	The Citadel	5–13
9	VMI	4–14
10	Chattanooga	3–15

Schedule and results

Game	Time[1]	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Friday, March 2
1	5:00 pm	No. 8 The Citadel vs No. 9 VMI	78–70	ESPN3
2	7:30 pm	No. 7 Samford vs No. 10 Chattanooga	79–89
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
3	12:00 pm	No. 1 UNC Greensboro vs No. 8 The Citadel	82–66	ESPN3
4	2:30 pm	No. 4 Mercer vs No. 5 Wofford	53–73
5	6:00 pm	No. 2 East Tennessee State vs No. 10 Chattanooga	81–61
6	8:30 pm	No. 3 Furman vs No. 6 Western Carolina	97–73
Semifinals – Sunday, March 4
7	4:00 pm	No. 1 UNC Greensboro vs No. 5 Wofford	56–55	ESPN3
8	6:30 pm	No. 2 East Tennessee State vs No. 3 Furman	63–52
Final – Monday, March 5
9	9:00 pm	No. 1 UNC Greensboro vs No. 2 East Tennessee State	62–47	ESPN2
*Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 2 ESPN3					Quarterfinals March 3 ESPN3					Semifinals March 4 ESPN3					Championship March 5 ESPN2
						1	UNC Greensboro	72
						8	The Citadel	58
	8	The Citadel	78
	9	VMI	70
											1	UNC Greensboro	56
											5	Wofford	55
						4	Mercer	53
						5	Wofford	73
																1	UNC Greensboro	62
																2	East Tennessee State	47
						2	East Tennessee State	77
						10	Chattanooga	59
	7	Samford	79
	10	Chattanooga	89
											2	East Tennessee State	63
											3	Furman	52
						3	Furman	97
						6	Western Carolina	73

See also

• 2018 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament