2017–18 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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2017–18 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Ohio Bobcats wordmark.svg
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
2017–18 record14–17 (7–11 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2017–18 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Buffalo † 15 – 3   .833 27 – 9   .750
Kent State 9 – 9   .500 17 – 17   .500
Miami (OH) 8 – 10   .444 16 – 18   .471
Bowling Green 7 – 11   .389 16 – 16   .500
Ohio 7 – 11   .389 14 – 17   .452
Akron 6 – 12   .333 14 – 18   .438
West
Toledo 13 – 5   .722 23 – 11   .676
Eastern Michigan 11 – 7   .611 22 – 13   .629
Ball State 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594
Western Michigan 9 – 9   .500 17 – 15   .531
Central Michigan 7 – 11   .389 21 – 15   .583
Northern Illinois 6 – 12   .333 13 – 19   .406
† 2018 MAC Tournament winner

The 2017–18 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2017���18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fourth-year head coach Saul Phillips, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. 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).

Previous season[]

The Bobcats 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 before losing to eventual tournament champion Kent State in the semifinals.

Schedule and results[]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 04, 2017
3:30 pm 		Capital W 80–57 
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Alabama A&M W 61–53  1–0
 Convocation Center (4,037)
Athens, OH
November 16, 2017*
5:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Clemson
Charleston Classic quarterfinals 		L 76–81  1–1
 TD Arena (3,175)
Charleston, SC
November 17, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPNews 		vs. Dayton
Charleston Classic consolation round 		L 65–79  1–2
 TD Arena (3,087)
Charleston, SC
November 19, 2017*
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		vs. Indiana State
Charleston Classic 7th place game 		W 96–94 4OT 2–2
 TD Arena (2,340)
Charleston, SC
November 24, 2017*
7:00 pm 		Mount St. Mary's W 96–77  3–2
 Convocation Center (4,099)
Athens, OH
November 28, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Iona L 88–93  3–3
 Convocation Center (4,383)
Athens, OH
December 1, 2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Coppin State W 80–37  4–3
 Convocation Center (4,137)
Athens, OH
December 7, 2017*
7:00 pm, BTN 		at Maryland L 62–87  4–4
 Xfinity Center (12,914)
College Park, MD
December 10, 2017*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Western Kentucky W 89–84  5–4
 Convocation Center (4,501)
Athens, OH
December 16, 2017*
8:00 pm 		at Marshall L 96–99 OT 5–5
 Cam Henderson Center (5,117)
Huntington, WV
December 20, 2017*
7:00 pm 		Prairie View A&M W 84–65  6–5
 Convocation Center (5,193)
Athens, OH
December 29, 2017*
7:00 pm 		Northwest Ohio W 65–58  7–5
 Convocation Center (5,251)
Athens, OH
MAC regular season
January 2, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Central Michigan L 50–75  7–6
(0–1) 		McGuirk Arena (1,655)
Mount Pleasant, MI
January 6, 2018
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		Northern Illinois W 78–68  8–6
(1–1) 		Convocation Center (7,066)
Athens, OH
January 9, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Ball State L 68–75  8–7
(1–2) 		Convocation Center (4,892)
Athens, OH
January 12, 2018
7:00 pm, CBSSN 		at Kent State L 69–70  8–8
(1–3) 		MAC Center (2,114)
Kent, OH
January 16, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Toledo L 57–91  8–9
(1–4) 		Convocation Center (6,040)
Athens, OH
January 20, 2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Eastern Michigan W 72–66  9–9
(2–4) 		Ypsilanti, MI (1,513)
Convocation Center
January 23, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Akron L 68–71  9–10
(2–5) 		James A. Rhodes Arena (2,653)
Akron, OH
January 26, 2018
6:30 pm, CBSSN 		Buffalo L 66–73  9–11
(2–6) 		Convocation Center (6,470)
Athens, OH
January 30, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Bowling Green L 50–66  9–12
(2–7) 		Stroh Center (1,540)
Bowling Green, OH
February 3, 2018
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		Central Michigan L 98–101 2OT 9–13
(2–8) 		Convocation Center (8,027)
Athens, OH
February 6, 2018
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		Akron W 99–75  10–13
(3–8) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
February 10, 2018
4:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Western Michigan L 60–69  10–14
(3–9) 		University Arena (2,707)
Kalamazoo, MI
February 13, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Toledo L 74–82  10–15
(3–10) 		Savage Arena (4,502)
Toledo, OH
February 17, 2018
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		Miami (OH) W 92–87 OT 11–15
(4–10) 		Convocation Center (6,872)
Athens, OH
February 20, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Kent State W 88–76  12–15
(5–10) 		Convocation Center (6,339)
Athens, OH
February 24, 2018
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Buffalo L 82–108  12–16
(5–11) 		Alumni Arena (6,198)
Amherst, NY
February 27, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Bowling Green W 75–59  13–16
(6–11) 		Convocation Center (6,108)
Athens, OH
March 2, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Miami (OH) W 75–66  14–16
(7–11) 		Millett Hall (2,900)
Oxford, OH
MAC Tournament
March 5, 2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		(10) at (7) Miami (OH) L 55–68  14–17
 Millett Hall (1,752)
Oxford, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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