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 Bulldogs, led by fifth-year head coach
Nick McDevitt
Nicholas Bryan McDevitt (born April 21, 1979) is a college basketball coach and the current head coach for Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a public university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Foun ...
, played their home games at
Kimmel Arena
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as members of the
Big South Conference
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. They finished the season 21–13, 13–5 in Big South play to win the Big South regular season championship. They defeated
Charleston Southern
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History
Charleston Southern University was ch ...
in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament before being upset in the semifinals by
Liberty
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In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the
National Invitation Tournament
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where they lost in the first round to
USC
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.
On March 24, 2018, head coach Nick McDevitt accepted the head coaching job at
Middle Tennessee
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. He finished at UNC Asheville with a five-year record of 98–65.
Previous season
The
Bulldogs
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Campbell Campbell may refer to:
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. They were invited to the
CollegeInsider.com Tournament
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