The 2017–18 UNC Greensboro Spartans 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 Spartans, led by seventh-year head coach

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, played their home games at the

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, with four home games at Fleming Gymnasium, as members of the

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. They finished the season 27–8, 15–3 in SoCon play, and were the SoCon regular season champions. They defeated

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, Wofford, and East Tennessee State to become champions of the SoCon tournament. They received the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Gonzaga.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2016–17 season 25–10, 14–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for the SoCon regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the SoCon tournament, they defeated

and Wofford to advance to the championship game where they lost to East Tennessee State. As a conference champion and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the

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where they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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