The 2017–18 Miami RedHawks men's basketball team represented
Miami University
Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public university, public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the second-oldest List of colleges and universities in Ohio, university in Ohi ...
during the
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The RedHawks, led by first-year head coach
Jack Owens, played their home games at
Millett Hall, as members of the East Division of the
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...
. They finished the season 16–18, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They defeated
Ohio
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in the first round of the
MAC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to
Toledo. They were invited to the
College Basketball Invitational
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where they lost in the first round to
Campbell.
Previous season
The
RedHawks finished the
2016–17 season 11–21, 4–14 in MAC play to finish in last place. As the No. 12 seed in the
MAC tournament, they lost in the first round to
Western Michigan
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.
Head coach
John Cooper was fired on March 10, 2017 after five seasons at Miami.
Purdue
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donat ...
associate head coach Jack Owens was named the new head coach on March 29.
Roster
Schedule and results
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MAC tournament
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CBI
See also
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2017–18 Miami RedHawks women's basketball team
References
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Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...
Miami RedHawks men's basketball seasons
Miami
Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...