The 2017–18 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team represented the
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wisc ...
during the
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by first-year head coach
Pat Baldwin, played their home games at the
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena and the
Klotsche Center as members of the
Horizon League
The Horizon League is an 11-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Great Lakes region.
The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Mi ...
. They finished the season 16–17, 8–10 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated
UIC in the quarterfinals of the
Horizon League tournament before losing in the semifinals to
Wright State.
Previous season
The Panthers finished the 2016–17 season 11–24, 4–14 in Horizon League play to finish in last place. They defeated
Detroit
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,
Valparaiso, and
UIC to advance to the championship game of the
Horizon League tournament where they lost to
Northern Kentucky.
On June 12, 2017, head coach
LaVall Jordan
LaVall Jurrant Jordan (born April 16, 1979) is an American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach for the Butler Bulldogs men's basketball, Butler Bulldogs. He is a former head coach of Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball, Milwau ...
left the school to accept the head coaching position at
Butler
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, his alma mater. On June 20, the school named Patrick Baldwin head coach.
Offseason
Departures
Incoming transfers
Recruiting class of 2017
Recruiting class of 2018
Roster
Schedule and results
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Horizon League tournament
References
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee i ...