| Team: | Philadelphia Sphas |
| League: | American Basketball League |
| End Year: | 1918 |
| Wins: | 4 |
| Losses: | 11 |
| Conf Place: | 5th |
| Coach: | Eddie Gottlieb |
| Playoffs: | No playoffs in ALP |
| No Prevseason: | 1 |
The 1917–18 season was the first for the team that would become the Philadelphia Sphas. Playing in the minor-league American Basketball League of Philadelphia, the team was known as Philadelphia YMHA, as they were sponsored by the local branch of the Young Men's Hebrew Association. Game-by-game records not available for this season.
| Philadelphia St. Columba | 14 | 1 | .933 | |
| Philadelphia Hancock | 9 | 6 | .600 | |
| Brotherhood Beth Israel | 8 | 7 | .533 | |
| Girard Alumni | 6 | 9 | .400 | |
| Philadelphia YMHA | 4 | 11 | .267 | |
| Philadelphia Port Richmond YMCA | 4 | 11 | .267 |