The 2017–18 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team represented Longwood University during the

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. They were led by head coach

Jayson Gee Jayson Gee (born December 13, 1965) is an American men's college basketball coach who most recently served as an assistant coach under John Brannen at Cincinnati. He was formerly head coach at Longwood from 2013–2018. Prior to Longwood, Gee s ...

, in his fifth season, and played their home games at

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in Farmville, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 7–26, 3–15 in Big South play to finish in last place. They defeated High Point in the first round of the Big South tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Radford. On March 2, 2018, head coach Jayson Gee was fired. He finished at Longwood with a five-year record of 42–120. On March 22, the school hired

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assistant

Griff Aldrich Scott Griffith Aldrich is an American college basketball coach and lawyer. He is the current head coach of the Longwood Lancers men's basketball team. Playing career Aldrich played at Hampden–Sydney under Tony Shaver, where he was team capta ...

as head coach.

Previous season

The 2016–17 Lancers finished the season 6–24, 3–15 in Big South play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to

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Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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