# 2017–18 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by 11th-year head coach Cliff Ellis, played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 14–18, 8–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to Texas State.

## Previous season

The Chanticleers finished the 2016–17 season 20–19, 10–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated South Alabama before losing to Texas–Arlington in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Hampton, Loyola (MD) and UIC to advance to the best-of-three finals series against Wyoming where they lost 2 games to 1.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 2, 2017* 7:00 pm | | South Carolina State | W 83–69 | | HTC Center Conway, SC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 10, 2017* 7:30 pm | | Piedmont International | W 102–50 | 1–0 | HTC Center (1,380) Conway, SC |
| Nov 14, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Lamar | L 60–66 | 1–1 | Montagne Center (700) Beaumont, TX |
| Nov 17, 2017* 2:00 pm | | vs. UTSA The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase Quarterfinals | W 83-69 | 2-1 | Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium (204) Nassau, Bahamas |
| Nov 18, 2017* 5:00 pm | | vs. Vermont The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase Semifinals | L 67–80 | 2–2 | Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium (452) Nassau, Bahamas |
| Nov 19, 2017* 5:00 pm | | vs. Iona The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase 3rd Place Game | W 89–84 | 3–2 | Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium (312) Nassau, Bahamas |
| Nov 22, 2017* 3:00 pm | | St. Andrews The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase Campus Game | W 70–34 | 4–2 | HTC Center (1,016) Conway, SC |
| Nov 29, 2017* 7:00 pm | | Wofford | L 81–87 | 4–3 | HTC Center (1,446) Conway, SC |
| Dec 2, 2017* 7:00 pm | | Lamar | L 67–69 $^{OT}$ | 4–4 | HTC Center (1,180) Conway, SC |
| Dec 6, 2017* 7:00 pm, Pirate TV | | at Hampton | W 85–81 | 5–4 | Hampton Convocation Center (3,123) Hampton, VA |
| Dec 9, 2017* 12:00 pm, SECN | | at South Carolina | L 78–80 | 5–5 | Colonial Life Arena (11,734) Columbia, SC |
| Dec 16, 2017* 2:00 pm | | Montreat | W 83–70 | 6–5 | HTC Center (1,052) Conway, SC |
| Dec 18, 2017* 7:00 pm | | Wake Forest | L 80–84 | 6–6 | HTC Center (1,744) Conway, SC |
| Dec 22, 2017* 7:00 pm | | College of Charleston | L 65–67 | 6–7 | HTC Center (1,239) Conway, SC |
| Sun Belt Conference regular season ||||||
| Dec 29, 2017 7:30 pm | | Texas–Arlington | W 90–65 | 7–7 (1–0) | HTC Center (1,223) Conway, SC |
| Dec 31, 2017 3:30 pm | | Texas State | L 48–53 | 7–8 (1–1) | HTC Center (1,021) Conway, SC |
| Jan 4, 2018 8:00 pm | | at Louisiana–Monroe | L 72–82 | 7–9 (1–2) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,318) Monroe, LA |
| Jan 6, 2018 8:00 pm | | at Louisiana | L 64–81 | 7–10 (1–3) | Cajundome (4,150) Lafayette, LA |
| Jan 11, 2018 7:30 pm | | Georgia Southern | L 66–77 | 7–11 (1–4) | HTC Center (1,329) Conway, SC |
| Jan 13, 2018 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Georgia State | L 58–72 | 7–12 (1–5) | HTC Center (1,502) Conway, SC |
| Jan 18, 2018 7:00 pm | | at South Alabama | L 57–60 | 7–13 (1–6) | Mitchell Center (2,098) Mobile, AL |
| Jan 20, 2018 5:15 pm, ESPN3 | | at Troy | W 74–73 | 8–13 (2–6) | Trojan Arena (2,891) Troy, AL |
| Jan 25, 2018 7:30 pm | | Arkansas State | W 62–47 | 9–13 (3–6) | HTC Center (1,322) Conway, SC |
| Jan 27, 2018 3:30 pm | | Little Rock | W 72–62 | 10–13 (4–6) | HTC Center (1,267) Conway, SC |
| Feb 1, 2018 7:30 pm | | at Texas State | W 56–54 $^{OT}$ | 11–13 (5–6) | Strahan Coliseum (2,278) San Marcos, TX |
| Feb 3, 2018 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Texas–Arlington | L 80–87 | 11–14 (5–7) | College Park Center (2,011) Arlington, TX |
| Feb 10, 2018 3:30 pm | | Appalachian State | L 66–81 | 11–15 (5–8) | HTC Center (2,100) Conway, SC |
| Feb 15, 2018 7:30 pm | | Troy | L 65–66 | 11–16 (5–9) | HTC Center (1,518) Conway, SC |
| Feb 17, 2018 3:30 pm | | South Alabama | W 72–70 | 12–16 (6–9) | HTC Center (1,311) Conway, SC |
| Feb 22, 2018 7:00 pm | | at Little Rock | W 65–60 | 13–16 (7–9) | Jack Stephens Center (1,488) Little Rock, AR |
| Feb 24, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Arkansas State | W 88–81 | 14–16 (8–9) | First National Bank Arena (1,619) Jonesboro, AR |
| Mar 3, 2018 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Appalachian State | L 67–79 | 14–17 (8–10) | Holmes Center (1,437) Boone, NC |
| Sun Belt tournament ||||||
| Mar 7, 2018 12:30 pm, ESPN3 | (8) | vs. (9) Texas State First round | L 66–73 | 14–18 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Source:. ||||||