The men's basketball tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.

[1] The basketball competition was 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.

A total of eight men's competed (96 athletes, at 12 per team) in each respective tournament.

The top two teams in group A after the preliminary round advanced to the semifinals, while third and fourth place entered the quarterfinals where they played the top two teams in group B from the preliminary round.

[5] The winners of the quarterfinals proceeded to meet the semifinalists in a straight knockout format.