# 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.

## 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 | 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 | ESPN3 |
| 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 | ESPN3 |
| 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 | ESPN3 |
| 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 | ESPNU |
| 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 | First round Friday, March 2 ESPN3 | First round Friday, March 2 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4 ESPN3 | Semifinals Monday, March 5 ESPNU | Semifinals Monday, March 5 ESPNU | Semifinals Monday, March 5 ESPNU | Finals Tuesday, March 6 ESPN | Finals Tuesday, March 6 ESPN | 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 | | | | | | |