The 2017–18 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs men's basketball team represented

Gardner–Webb University Gardner–Webb University (Gardner–Webb, GWU, or GW) is a private Christian university in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. It was founded as Boiling Springs High School in 1905. Gardner–Webb is classified among "Doctoral/Professional Univer ...

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 Runnin' Bulldogs, led by fifth-year head coach

Tim Craft Tim Craft (born February 3, 1977) is an American basketball coach. He is head men's basketball coach at Western Carolina University. He was formerly an assistant coach for East Carolina University and Auburn University, and also a head coach at ...

, played their home games at the Paul Porter Arena in

Boiling Springs, North Carolina Boiling Springs is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States, in the westernmost part of the Charlotte metropolitan area, approximately 50 miles away from the city. As of the 2010 census, the town's population was 4,647. It is ho ...

as members of the

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), ...

. They finished the season 14–18, 9–9 in Big South play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big South tournament, they lost to Winthrop in the quarterfinals.

Previous season

The Runnin' Bulldogs finished the 2016–17 season 18–13, 11–7 in Big South play to finish in fourth place. In the Big South tournament, they defeated High Point in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to Winthrop.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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