The 2017–18 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented
Ohio University
Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the United States Department of the Treasury#Re ...
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 Bobcats, led by fourth-year head coach
Saul Phillips, played their home games at the
Convocation Center in
Athens, Ohio
Athens is a city in Athens County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 23,849 at the 2020 United States census. Located along the Hocking River within Appalachian Ohio about southeast of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, Athe ...
as a member of the East Division of the
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...
. They finished the season 14–17, 7–11 in
MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the
MAC tournament to
Miami (OH).
Roster
Preseason
The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 26, 2017. Ohio was picked to finish fourth in the MAC East. Jordan Dartis and Jason Carter were both on the Preseason All-MAC East team.
Preseason men's basketball poll
''(First place votes in parentheses)''
East Division
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Buffalo
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Kent State
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Akron
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Bowling Green
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Miami
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West Division
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Western Michigan
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Ball State
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Toledo
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* Province of Toledo, Spain
* Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States
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Bolivia
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Eastern Michigan
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Northern Illinois
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Economics
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Central Michigan
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Tournament champs
Western Michigan (10), Buffalo (9), Ball State (5), Kent State (2), Toledo (2), Bowling Green (1), Miami (1)
Preseason All-MAC
Source
Previous season
The
Bobcats
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finished the
2016–17 season 20–10, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. As the No. 2 seed in the
MAC tournament, they defeated
Toledo
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* Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain
* Province of Toledo, Spain
* Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States
Toledo may also refer to:
Places Belize
* Toledo District
* Toledo Settlement
Bolivia
* Toledo, Or ...
before losing to eventual tournament champion
Kent State
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Ashtabula, Burton, East Liverpool, Jackson Township, New Philadelphia, ...
in the semifinals.
Schedule and results
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MAC regular season
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MAC Tournament
Statistics
Team statistics
:''Final 2017–18 statistics''
Source
Player statistics
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Awards and honors
All-MAC Awards
Source
See also
* 2017–18 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
References
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Ohio
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Ohio Bobcats men's basketball seasons
Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
The Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference competing in NCAA Division I, Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( ...
Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
The Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference competing in NCAA Division I, Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( ...