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2017–18 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball team

2017–18 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball
Tennessee Tech Athletics pre-2005 logo.svg
Emerald Coast Classic Pool B champions
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Division East Division
2017–18 record 19–14 (10–8 OVC)
Head coach Steve Payne (7th season)
Assistant coach Jason Taylor
Assistant coach Gus Fraley
Assistant coach Gerald Gillion
Home arena Eblen Center
Seasons
← 2016–17
2018–19 →
2017–18 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Murray State 16 2   .889     26 6   .813
Belmont 15 3   .833     24 9   .727
Austin Peay 12 6   .667     19 15   .559
Jacksonville State 11 7   .611     23 13   .639
Tennessee Tech 10 8   .556     19 14   .576
Tennessee State 10 8   .556     15 15   .500
Southeast Missouri State* 8 10   .444     14 17   .452
Eastern Illinois 7 11   .389     12 19   .387
SIU Edwardsville 5 13   .278     9 21   .300
UT Martin 5 13   .278     10 21   .323
Eastern Kentucky 5 13   .278     11 20   .355
Morehead State 4 14   .222     8 21   .276
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
2018 OVC Tournament winner

The 2017–18 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Tennessee Technological University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by seventh-year head coach Steve Payne, played their home games at the Eblen Center in Cookeville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 10–8 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated SIU Edwardsville in the first round of the OVC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Jacksonville State.

The Eagles finished the season 12–20, 8–8 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division. As the No. 6 seed in the OVC Tournament, they lost in the first round to Murray State.

In a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, Tennessee Tech was picked to finish in 5th place in the OVC. Aleksa Jugovic was named to the 2017–18 Preseason All-OVC Men's Basketball Team.

After five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017–18 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.

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