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'' The 2017–18 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Cardinals were led by fourth-year head coach

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and played their home games at the

Montagne Center The Montagne Center, built in 1984, is a mixed-use Auxiliary/E&G event center that houses a 10,746-seat a multi-purpose arena and a variety of event spaces in Beaumont, Texas. The Montagne Center was designed especially for the basketball program ...

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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 19–14, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland tournament to

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. They were invited to the

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where they lost in the first round to UTSA.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2016–17 season 19–15, 10–8 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the first round of the Southland tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to

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. They were invited to the

where they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule and results

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Previous season

Roster

Schedule and results

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