Basketball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

The men's basketball tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games is scheduled to be held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15. The Basketball competition will be held at three venues: Cairns Convention Centre in Cairns, Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre in Townsville for the preliminaries and the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on the Gold Coast for the finals. This is the second time that the basketball competition will be held, at the Commonwealth Games. A total of eight men's are scheduled to compete (96 athletes, at 12 per team) in each respective tournament.

Format
The host nation, were assigned to Pool A, with the best ranked team, England assigned to Pool B. The remaining six teams were randomly drawn into each pool. The top team in each Pool after the preliminary round will advance to the semifinals, while two second placed teams along with the best third and best fourth placed teams will advance to the qualifying finals. The other two teams will be eliminated.