| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2017–18 |
| Team: | Delaware State Hornets |
| Conference: | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | MEAC |
| Record: | 4–28 |
| Conf Record: | 2–14 |
| Head Coach: | Keith Walker (First 28 games) |
| Head Coach2: | Keith Johnson (interim) |
| Asst Coach1: | Kevin Washington |
| Asst Coach2: | Arthur Tyson |
| Stadium: | Memorial Hall |
The 2017–18 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team represented Delaware State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets, led by fourth-year head coach Keith Walker, played their home games at Memorial Hall in Dover, Delaware as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
The Hornets finished 4–28, 2–14 in the MEAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC tournament to North Carolina A&T. They lost every game on the road and on a neutral court, with both of their non-conference victories coming against non-Division I schools. They had the dubious distinction of finishing the season 351st in RPI out of the 351 teams in the NCAA.[1]
On February 22, 2018, head coach Keith Walker was fired and associate head coach Keith Johnson was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[2] [3] On July 26, 5 months after Walker was fired, the school hired UMBC assistant Eric Skeeters for the head coaching job.[4]
The Hornets finished the 2016–17 season 10–22, 7–9 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC tournament to Bethune–Cookman.
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