The 2017–18 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented

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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 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on April 2, 2018. Practices offici ...

. The Braves, led by third-year head coach Brian Wardle, played their home games at Carver Arena in

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as members of the

Missouri Valley Conference The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the fourth-oldest collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the Midwestern Unite ...

. They finished the season 20–13, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated

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in the first round of the MVC tournament before losing to Loyola–Chicago in the quarterfinals.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2016–17 season 13–20, 7–11 in MVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the MVC tournament, they defeated

in the first round before losing to

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in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2017 recruiting class

Source

Preseason

In the conference's preseason poll, the Braves were picked to finish in seventh place in the MVC. Sophomore guard Darrell Brown was named to the preseason All-MVC second team.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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