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2017–18 Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team

2017–18 Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball
UT Arlington Mavericks wordmark.svg
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2017–18 record 21–13 (10–8 Sun Belt)
Head coach Scott Cross (12th season)
Assistant coach Greg Young
Assistant coach Zak Buncik
Assistant coach Kenneth Mangrum
Home arena College Park Center
Seasons
← 2016–17
2018–19 →
2017–18 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Louisiana 16 2   .889     27 7   .794
Georgia State 12 6   .667     24 11   .686
Georgia Southern 11 7   .611     21 12   .636
Texas–Arlington 10 8   .556     21 13   .618
Louisiana–Monroe 9 9   .500     16 16   .500
Troy 9 9   .500     16 17   .485
Appalachian State 9 9   .500     15 18   .455
Coastal Carolina 8 10   .444     14 18   .438
South Alabama 7 11   .389     14 18   .438
Texas State 7 11   .389     15 18   .455
Arkansas State 6 12   .333     11 21   .344
Little Rock 4 14   .222     7 25   .219
2018 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner

The 2017–18 Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by 12th-year head coach Scott Cross, played their home games at the College Park Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 10–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Appalachian State and Louisiana to advance to the championship game of the Sun Belt Tournament where they lost to Georgia State. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

On March 26, 2018, in a surprise to a lot of people, Cross was fired after 12 seasons at UT Arlington, along with his entire staff, with UTA's Athletic Director citing a change in the program's leadership. On April 6, the school hired former Texas Tech assistant Chris Ogden as head coach.

The Mavericks finished the 2016–17 season 27–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship. In the Sun Belt Tournament, they defeated Coastal Carolina before losing in the semifinals to Texas State. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated BYU and Akron before losing in the quarterfinals to Cal State Bakersfield.


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