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2017–18 Conference USA men's basketball season

2017–18 Conference USA men's basketball season
Conference USA logo.svg
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 14
TV partner(s) CBS Sports Network, Stadium, beIN Sports, ESPN3
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season champions Middle Tennessee
Runners-up Old Dominion
Season MVP Nick King
Tournament
Champions Marshall
  Runners-up Western Kentucky
Finals MVP Jon Elmore
Basketball seasons
← 2016–17
2018–19 →
2017–18 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Middle Tennessee 16 2   .889     25 8   .758
Old Dominion 15 3   .833     25 7   .781
Western Kentucky 14 4   .778     27 11   .711
Marshall 12 6   .667     25 11   .694
UTSA 11 7   .611     20 15   .571
UAB 10 8   .556     20 13   .606
North Texas 8 10   .444     20 18   .526
FIU 8 10   .444     14 18   .438
Southern Miss 7 11   .389     16 18   .471
Louisiana Tech 7 11   .389     17 16   .515
Florida Atlantic 6 12   .333     12 19   .387
UTEP 6 12   .333     11 20   .355
Rice 4 14   .222     7 24   .226
Charlotte 2 16   .111     6 23   .207
2018 C-USA Tournament winner

The 2017–18 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in late December and concluded in early March.

Middle Tennessee claimed the outright regular season championship with a win over Western Kentucky on March 1, 2018.Old Dominion finished in second place in the regular season, one games behind the Blue Raiders.

Middle Tennessee's Nick King was named C-USA Player of the Year and UTSA's Steve Henson was named the Coach of the Year.

The C-USA Tournament was held from March 7 through 10, 2018 at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Marshall defeated Western Kentucky to win the tournament championship for the first time. As a result, the Thundering Herd received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. No other C-USA school received an NCAA Tournament bid. Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky received a bid to the NIT. North Texas and UTSA received bids to the CBI and CIT respectively.


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