The 2017–18 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represents the
University of South Florida 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 season marks the 46th basketball season for USF, the fifth as a member of the
American Athletic Conference, and the first season under head coach
Brian Gregory
Brian Francis Gregory (born December 15, 1966) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at South Florida Bulls men's basketball, South Florida. He was previously serving as a consultant to Tom ...
. The Bulls play their home games at the
USF Sun Dome
Yuengling Center (formerly the USF Sun Dome) is an indoor arena on the main campus of the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, Florida. Construction began in November 1977, and it opened on November 29, 1980. It is located in USF's Athl ...
on the university's
Tampa, Florida campus. The Bulls finished the season 10–22, 3–15 in
AAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 12 seed in the
AAC tournament, they lost in the first round to
Memphis.
Previous season
The
Bulls
Bulls may refer to:
*The plural of bull, an adult male bovine
*Bulls, New Zealand, a small town in the Rangitikei District
Sports
*Bucking bull, used in the sport of bull riding
*Bulls (rugby union), a South African rugby union franchise operated ...
finished the
2015–16 season 7–23, 1–17 in
AAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 11 seed in the
AAC tournament, they lost in the first round to
UConn.
The Bulls were led by head coach
Orlando Antigua
Orlando Radhames Antigua Fernández (born February 20, 1973), nicknamed "Hurricane", is a former Dominican-American basketball player and is currently an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky under John Calipari. He is widely known as be ...
for the first 13 games of the season until he was fired amid academic fraud allegations. Following Antigua's firing, they were led by interim head coach
Murry Bartow
Murry Linn Bartow (born August 18, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who most recently was the interim head coach for the UCLA Bruins. As the head coach of the East Tennessee State Buccaneers, he was twice named the conference coach o ...
. On March 14, 2017, the school hired Brian Gregory as the next head coach.
Offseason
Departures
Incoming transfers
2017 recruiting class
2018 recruiting class
Preseason
At the conference's annual media day, the Bulls were picked to finish last in the AAC.
Roster
Schedule and results
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AAC regular season
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AAC tournament
References
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