The 2017–18
Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball
The Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team, known as the Houston Baptist Huskies until 2022, represents Houston Christian University in Houston, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The team is coached by Ron Cottrell ...
team represented
Houston Baptist University
Houston Christian University (HCU), formerly Houston Baptist University, is a private Baptist university in Houston, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Southern Baptist Convention). Its Cultural Arts Center hou ...
in 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 ...
. They were led by head coach
Ron Cottrell
Ron Cottrell (born October 11, 1960) is an American basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at Houston Christian University in Houston, Texas. After beginning his career as a student assistant on Nolan Richardson's staff at Arkans ...
in his 27th season at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at
Sharp Gymnasium
The Frank and Lucille Sharp Gymnasium is a 1,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Houston, Texas. It was built in 1963 and is home to the Houston Christian University Huskies basketball and volleyball teams.
Sharp Gymnasium served as the temporary hom ...
as members of the
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it pa ...
. They finished the season 6–25, 2–16 in Southland play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They failed to qualify for the
Southland tournament.
Previous season
The
Huskies
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finished the
2016–17 season 17–14, 12–6 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the
Southland tournament to
Sam Houston State
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. The Huskies received an invitation to the
CollegeInsider.com Tournament
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where they lost in the first round to
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.
Roster
Schedule and results
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See also
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2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team
References
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