The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2017–18 season in the

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. The tournament was held February 28 through March 3, 2018 at Ford Center in

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. Regular-season champion

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defeated Belmont in the championship game to win the tournament and received conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds received double byes to the semifinals under the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received a single bye to the quarterfinals. records. Southeast Missouri State, despite finishing in seventh place, was ineligible for the tournament due to

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violations.

Schedule

Bracket

Source

References

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Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

See also

References