The 2017–18 FIU Panthers men's basketball team represented
Florida International University during the
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2017. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season ended with the Final Four in San Antonio on April 2, 2018. Practices officially began on September 2 ...
. The Panthers, led by fifth-year head coach
Anthony Evans, played their home games at
FIU Arena in
Miami, Florida as members of
Conference USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are l ...
. They finished the season 14–18, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the
C-USA tournament to
Southern Miss.
On April 2, 2018, FIU fired head coach Anthony Evans after five seasons. On April 20, the school announced
VCU associate head coach
Jeremy Ballard
Jeremy Ballard (born June 29, 1981) is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the FIU Panthers men's basketball team.
Playing career
Ballard played college basketball at Colgate, where he was a two-time Patriot League A ...
was hired as the new head coach.
Previous season
The
Panthers finished the
2016–17 season 7–24, 3–15 in
C-USA play to finish in 13th place. They failed to qualify for the
C-USA tournament.
Offseason
Departures
Incoming transfers
Recruiting class of 2017
Roster
Schedule and results
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Conference USA regular season
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Conference USA tournament
References
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