# 2017–18 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Preston Spradlin, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena in Morehead, Kentucky as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–21, 4–14 in OVC play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the OVC tournament.

## Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2016–17 season 14–16, 10–6 in OVC play to finish in second place in the East Division. In the OVC tournament they lost to Murray State in the quarterfinals.
On November 22, 2016, Morehead State suspended head coach Sean Woods with pay while the school investigated complaints made against Woods. Assistant coach Preston Spradlin was named interim head coach. On December 15, two days after Woods was charged with misdemeanor battery in Indiana for allegedly assaulting two of his players during a game versus Evansville, it was announced that Woods had resigned. It was announced that Spradlin would continue as interim coach while the school conducted a nationwide search for a replacement. On March 16, 2017, Spradlin was named full-time head coach.

## Preseason

In a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, Morehead State was picked to finish in 9th place in the OVC.
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.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| October 30, 2017* 7:00 pm | at Kentucky Kentucky Cares Classic | L 67–92 | | Rupp Arena (14,138) Lexington, KY |
| November 6, 2017* 7:00 pm | Cincinnati Christian | W 85–74 | | Ellis Johnson Arena (563) Morehead, KY |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| November 10, 2017* 7:00 pm, FSN | at No. 17 Xavier | L 49–101 | 0–1 | Cintas Center (10,224) Cincinnati, OH |
| November 12, 2017* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Lipscomb | L 70–77 | 0–2 | Allen Arena (561) Nashville, TN |
| November 16, 2017* 7:00 pm | Marshall | W 86–83 | 1–2 | Ellis Johnson Arena (3,857) Morehead, KY |
| November 21, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at IUPUI | L 61–67 | 1–3 | Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,012) Indianapolis, IN |
| November 25, 2017* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at Virginia Tech | L 63–96 | 1–4 | Cassell Coliseum (5,390) Blacksburg, VA |
| November 27, 2017* 8:00 pm | at Central Arkansas | L 78–82 | 1–5 | Farris Center (715) Conway, AR |
| November 30, 2017* 6:00 pm | Alice Lloyd | W 103–56 | 2–5 | Ellis Johnson Arena (2,387) Morehead, KY |
| December 2, 2017* 7:00 pm, CW Cincinnati | at Northern Kentucky | L 49–86 | 2–6 | BB&T Arena (4,064) Highland Heights, KY |
| December 12, 2017* 11:00 am | Kentucky Christian | W 85–57 | 3–6 | Ellis Johnson Arena (4,157) Morehead, KY |
| December 17, 2017* 2:00 pm | Central Arkansas | W 98–94 | 4–6 | Ellis Johnson Arena (2,208) Morehead, KY |
| December 19, 2017* 8:30 pm, FS1 | at Butler | L 69–85 | 4–7 | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,122) Indianapolis, IN |
| Ohio Valley Conference regular season |||||
| December 28, 2017 8:30 pm | at Tennessee Tech | L 67–69 | 4–8 (0–1) | Eblen Center (1,638) Cookeville, TN |
| December 30, 2017 5:30 pm | at Jacksonville State | L 69–76 | 4–9 (0–2) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,011) Jacksonville, AL |
| January 4, 2018 6:00 pm | Eastern Illinois | L 52–61 | 4–10 (0–3) | Ellis Johnson Arena (1,855) Morehead, KY |
| January 6, 2018 4:15 pm | SIU Edwardsville | L 65–70 | 4–11 (0–4) | Ellis Johnson Arena (1,442) Morehead, KY |
| January 11, 2018 8:30 pm | at Southeast Missouri State | L 75–78 | 4–12 (0–5) | Show Me Center (915) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 13, 2017 7:00 pm | at UT Martin | W 71–67 | 5–12 (1–5) | Skyhawk Arena (1,013) Martin, TN |
| January 18, 2018 7:00 pm, CBSSN | Jacksonville State | L 57–58 | 5–13 (1–6) | Ellis Johnson Arena (3,673) Morehead, KY |
| January 20, 2018 4:15 pm | Tennessee Tech | W 74–55 | 6–13 (2–6) | Ellis Johnson Arena (3,623) Morehead, KY |
| January 25, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at Murray State | L 81–87 | 6–14 (2–7) | CFSB Center (4,454) Murray, KY |
| January 27, 2017 8:00 pm | at Austin Peay | L 76–92 | 6–15 (2–8) | Dunn Center (2,345) Clarksville, TN |
| February 1, 2018 7:30 pm | Tennessee State | L 58–61 | 6–16 (2–9) | Ellis Johnson Arena (2,237) Morehead, KY |
| February 3, 2018 4:00 pm | Belmont | L 73–83 | 6–17 (2–10) | Ellis Johnson Arena (3,292) Morehead, KY |
| February 8, 2018 7:30 pm | Southeast Missouri State | L 62–78 | 6–18 (2–11) | Ellis Johnson Arena (3,315) Morehead, KY |
| February 10, 2017 7:00 pm | at Eastern Kentucky | L 73–75 | 6–19 (2–12) | McBrayer Arena (2,620) Richmond, KY |
| February 15, 2017 8:30 pm | at Tennessee State | L 74–83 | 6–20 (2–13) | Gentry Complex (2,511) Nashville, TN |
| February 17, 2017 6:15 pm, CBSSN | at Belmont | L 65–108 | 6–21 (2–14) | Curb Event Center (2,689) Nashville, TN |
| February 22, 2018 7:30 pm | UT Martin | W 70–53 | 7–21 (3–14) | Ellis Johnson Arena (1,873) Morehead, KY |
| February 24, 2018 2:00 pm | Eastern Kentucky | W 70–66 | 8–21 (4–14) | Ellis Johnson Arena (3,947) Morehead, KY |
| *Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||
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