2017–18 New Mexico Lobos Men's Basketball Team
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The 2017–18 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represented the
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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 Lobos were led by first-year head coach
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. They played their home games at Dreamstyle Arena, more commonly known as The Pit, in
Albuquerque Albuquerque ( ; ), also known as ABQ, Burque, the Duke City, and in the past 'the Q', is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Bernal ...
,
New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
as members of the
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. They finished the season 19–15, 12–6 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They defeated
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and Utah State to advance to the championship game of the Mountain West tournament where they lost to
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.


Previous season

The
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finished the season 17–14, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament to
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. On March 31, head coach Craig Neal was fired from the program.


Offseason


Departures


Incoming transfers


2017 recruiting class


2018 Recruiting class


Preseason

In a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Lobos were picked to finish in ninth place in the Mountain West.


Roster


Schedule and results

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References

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