2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies Men's Basketball Team
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The 2017–18
Houston Baptist Huskies men's basketball The Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team, known as the Houston Baptist Huskies until 2022, represents Houston Christian University in Houston, Texas, Houston, Texas, in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The team is coached ...
team represented
Houston Baptist University Houston Christian University (HCU), formerly Houston Baptist University (HBU), is a private Baptist university in Houston, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Its Cultural Arts Center houses three museums: the ...
in 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 ...
. They were led by head coach
Ron Cottrell Ron Cottrell (born October 11, 1960) is an American basketball coach. He is most known for being the head men's basketball coach at Houston Christian University in Houston, Houston, Texas from 1990 to 2024. After beginning his career as a studen ...
in his 27th season at HBU. The Huskies played their home games at
Sharp Gymnasium The Frank and Lucille Sharp Gymnasium is a 1,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Houston, Texas. It was built in 1963 and is home to the Houston Christian University Huskies basketball and volleyball teams. Sharp Gymnasium served as the temporary ho ...
as members of the
Southland Conference The Southland Conference (SLC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in ...
. They finished the season 6–25, 2–16 in Southland play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament.


Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2016–17 season 17–14, 12–6 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Southland tournament to
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. The Huskies received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Campbell.


Roster


Schedule and results

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See also

* 2017–18 Houston Baptist Huskies women's basketball team


References

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