# 2017–18 Savannah State Tigers basketball team

The 2017–18 Savannah State Tigers basketball team represented Savannah State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 13th-year head coach Horace Broadnax, played their home games at Tiger Arena in Savannah, Georgia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). With a win over South Carolina State on March 1, 2018, the Tigers earned a share of the MEAC regular-season championship. They finished the season 15–17, 12–4 in MEAC play, finishing in a three-way tie for first place. Due to tie-breaking procedures, the Tigers received the No. 3 seed in the MEAC tournament, where they lost to North Carolina Central in the quarterfinals.
The Tigers were initially ruled to be ineligible for postseason play for a second consecutive season due to APR violations. However, the NCAA granted the Tigers a waiver allowed them to participate in postseason play.
The season marked the second-last season for the Tigers in Division I as they rejoined Division II following the 2018–19 season.
In 2019, ten wins were vacated due to academic certification errors.

## Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2016–17 season 13–16, 10–6 in MEAC play, to finish in fifth place. The Tigers were ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 3, 2017* 8:00 p.m. | | Paine College | W 105–91 | | Tiger Arena Savannah, GA |
| November 3, 2017* 8:00 p.m. | | Fort Valley State | L 89–103 | | Tiger Arena (1,890) Savannah, GA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2017* 12:00 p.m., FSOH/ESPN3 | | at No. 12 Cincinnati Cayman Islands Classic Mainland | L 77–107 | 0–1 | BB&T Arena (6,610) Highland Heights, KY |
| November 13, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | East Tennessee State | L 61–76 | 0–2 | Tiger Arena (965) Savannah, GA |
| November 15, 2017* 5:00 p.m. | | Middle Georgia State | W 114–80 | 1–2 | Tiger Arena (1,002) Savannah, GA |
| November 17, 2017* 4:00 p.m. | | at Louisiana Cayman Islands Classic Mainland | L 82–115 | 1–3 | Cajundome (3,096) Lafayette, LA |
| November 20, 2017* 4:00 p.m. | | vs. Jacksonville State Cayman Islands Classic Mainland | L 71–86 | 1–4 | McKenzie Arena (2,332) Chattanooga, TN |
| November 21, 2017* 5:00 p.m. | | vs. Alabama State Cayman Islands Classic Mainland | W 101–97 | 2–4 | McKenzie Arena (2,211) Chattanooga, TN |
| November 25, 2017* 2:00 p.m., FSSW+ | | at Texas Tech | L 69–103 | 2–5 | United Supermarkets Arena (6,614) Lubbock, TX |
| November 28, 2017* 7:00 p.m., Cox | | at No. 8 Wichita State | L 66–112 | 2–6 | Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS |
| November 30, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | Carver College | W 98–60 | 3–6 | Tiger Arena (950) Savannah, GA |
| December 2, 2017* 4:00 p.m. | | William & Mary | L 85–108 | 3–7 | Tiger Arena (819) Savannah, GA |
| December 9, 2017* 5:00 p.m. | | at Georgia Southern | L 91–102 | 3–8 | Hanner Fieldhouse (1,105) Statesboro, GA |
| December 13, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 9 Texas A&M | L 66–113 | 3–9 | Reed Arena (6,339) College Station, TX |
| December 17, 2017* 2:00 p.m., FSSW | | at No. 21 Baylor | L 86–118 | 3–10 | Ferrell Center (6,996) Waco, TX |
| December 19, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | | at No. 13 Virginia | L 47–78 | 3–11 | John Paul Jones Arena (13,597) Charlottesville, VA |
| December 31, 2017* 12:00 p.m., BTN | | at No. 2 Michigan State | L 52–108 | 3–12 | Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI |
| MEAC regular season ||||||
| January 6, 2018 4:00 p.m. | | at Coppin State | W 80–71 | 4–12 (1–0) | Physical Education Complex (624) Baltimore, MD |
| January 8, 2018 7:30 p.m. | | at Morgan State | L 88–89 | 4–13 (1–1) | Talmadge L. Hill Field House (875) Baltimore, MD |
| January 13, 2018 6:00 p.m. | | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 87–59 | 5–13 (2–1) | Tiger Arena (2,136) Savannah, GA |
| January 15, 2018 8:00 p.m. | | Howard | W 91–90 | 6–13 (3–1) | Tiger Arena (2,033) Savannah, GA |
| January 20, 2018 6:00 p.m. | | Hampton | W 103–101 | 7–13 (4–1) | Tiger Arena (2,219) Savannah, GA |
| January 22, 2018 8:00 p.m. | | Norfolk State | W 104–99 | 8–13 (5–1) | Tiger Arena (1,998) Savannah, GA |
| January 27, 2018 4:00 p.m. | | at Delaware State | W 106–86 | 9–13 (6–1) | Memorial Hall (537) Dover, DE |
| January 31, 2018 8:00 p.m. | | at Florida A&M | W 107–100 | 10–13 (7–1) | Moore Gymnasium (2,479) Daytona Beach, FL |
| February 3, 2018 6:00 p.m. | | South Carolina State | W 111–99 | 11–13 (8–1) | Tiger Arena (2,375) Savannah, GA |
| February 10, 2018 6:00 p.m. | | Morgan State | W 97–94 $^{OT}$ | 12–13 (9–1) | Tiger Arena (2,901) Savannah, GA |
| February 12, 2018 8:00 p.m. | | North Carolina A&T | W 108–106 | 13–13 (10–1) | Tiger Arena (3,002) Savannah, GA |
| February 17, 2018 6:30 p.m. | | at Norfolk State | L 77–85 | 13–14 (10–2) | Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall (1,726) Norfolk, VA |
| February 19, 2018 7:00 p.m. | | at Hampton | L 102–114 $^{OT}$ | 13–15 (10–3) | Hampton Convocation Center (4,511) Hampton, VA |
| February 24, 2018 4:00 p.m. | | at Bethune–Cookman | L 92–121 | 13–16 (10–4) | Moore Gymnasium (898) Daytona Beach, FL |
| February 26, 2018 8:00 p.m. | | North Carolina Central | W 85–75 | 14–16 (11–4) | Tiger Arena (1,990) Savannah, GA |
| March 1, 2018 7:30 p.m. | | at South Carolina State | W 94–81 | 15–16 (12–4) | SHM Memorial Center Orangeburg, SC |
| MEAC tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2018 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | (3) | vs. (6) North Carolina Central Quarterfinals | L 56–58 | 15–17 | Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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