The 2017–18 Sacred Heart Pioneers 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 ...

. This was the Pioneers' 19th season of

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basketball, all played in the

Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...

. The Pioneers were led by fifth-year head coach

Anthony Latina Anthony Latina (born December 13, 1973) has been the men's basketball head coach at Sacred Heart University since 2013. Sacred Heart Latina is just the third head coach in Sacred Heart University men's basketball program history, succeeding Dav ...

and played their home games at the

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. They finished the season 10–21, 5–13 in NEC play to finish in ninth place, failing to make the NEC tournament.

Previous season

The Pioneers finished the 2016–17 season 13–19, 8–10 in NEC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the NEC tournament to Mount St. Mary's.

Preseason

In a poll of league coaches at the NEC media day, the Pioneers were picked to finish in fifth place. Senior forward Joseph Lopez was named the preseason All-NEC team.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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