# 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.
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 | 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 | ESPN3 |
| 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 | ESPN3 |
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 East Tennessee State vs No. 10 Chattanooga | 81–61 | ESPN3 |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Furman vs No. 6 Western Carolina | 97–73 | ESPN3 |
| 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 | ESPN3 |
| 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 | First round March 2 ESPN3 | First round March 2 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals March 3 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals March 3 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals March 3 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 4 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 4 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 4 ESPN3 | Championship March 5 ESPN2 | Championship March 5 ESPN2 | Championship March 5 ESPN2 |
| | | | 1 | UNC Greensboro | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | The Citadel | 58 | | | | | | |
| 8 | The Citadel | 78 | 8 | The Citadel | 58 | | | | | | |
| 9 | VMI | 70 | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | 59 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Chattanooga | 89 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Chattanooga | 89 | | | | 2 | East Tennessee State | 63 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Furman | 52 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Furman | 97 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Western Carolina | 73 | | | | | | |