The 2017–18 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Owls, led by fourth-year head coach Michael Curry, played their home games at the

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as members of

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. They finished the season 12–19, 6–12 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to UAB. March 16, 2018, head coach Michael Curry was fired after four seasons at Florida Atlantic. On March 22, it was announced that the school had hired

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assistant head coach

Dusty May Dusty A. May Coaching career After graduating from Eastern Greene High School in Indiana in 1995, May served as a student manager at Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball, Indiana under Bob Knight as an undergraduate from 1996 to 2000. After graduat ...

as head coach.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2016–17 season 10–20, 6–12 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to

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Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2017 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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