The 2017–18 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team represented the

University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public research university in Mobile, Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. The first ...

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

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were led by fifth-year head coach Matthew Graves and played their home games at the

Mitchell Center Mitchell Center is a 10,041-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. It was completed in 1998 and is the home court for University of South Alabama Jaguars basketball teams. The Center is name ...

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as members in the

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. They finished the season 14–18, 7–11 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to

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. On March 8, South Alabama fired head coach Matthew Graves. He finished at South Alabama with a five-year record of 65–96. On March 15, South Alabama hired Nicholls State head coach Richie Riley as their new head coach.

Previous season

The

finished the 2016–17 season 14–18, 7–11 in Sun Belt play to finish in ninth place. They lost to

Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...

in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament.

Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Incoming recruits

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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