The 2017–18 Saint Peter's Peacocks basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Peacocks, led by 12th-year head coach John Dunne, played their home games at the

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as members of the

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(MAAC). They finished the season 14–18 overall, 6–12 in MAAC play, to finish in ninth place. As the No. 9 seed at the MAAC tournament, they defeated No. 8 seed

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and upset No. 1 seed Rider to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to No. 4 seed

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. After the end of the season, head coach John Dunne left Saint Peter's to take the same position at

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. On April 10, 2018,

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assistant coach

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was hired as his replacement.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2016–17 season 23–13, 14–6 in MAAC play, to finish in second place. They defeated

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in the MAAC tournament before losing in the semifinals to

. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Albany, Texas State and Furman to advance to the CIT championship. There they defeated Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 62–61 to become CIT champions.

Roster

Schedule and results

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