The 2017–18 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas 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 Mean Green, led by first-year head coach

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, played their home games at UNT Coliseum, nicknamed ''The Super Pit'', in Denton, Texas, 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 20–18, 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 Louisiana Tech. They were invited to participate in the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated South Dakota, Mercer, and

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to advance to the best-of-three finals series against San Francisco. After losing in game 1, they won games 2 and 3 to become CBI champions. They also had the biggest crowd since 2010 at 6,291.

Previous season

The Mean Green finished the 2016–17 season 8–22, 2–16 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the C-USA tournament. On March 5, 2017, the school fired head coach

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after five years without a winning season. On March 13, the school hired Arkansas State head coach Grant McCasland as head coach.

Departures

Incoming Transfers

Recruiting class of 2017

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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