2017–18 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team explained

Year:2017–18
Team:Weber State Wildcats
Sport:Basketball
Conference:Big Sky Conference
Short Conf:Big Sky
Record:20–11
Conf Record:13–5
Hc Year:12th
Asst Coach1:Eric Duft
Asst Coach2:Garrett Lever
Asst Coach3:David Marek

The 2017–18 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 12th-year head coach Randy Rahe and play their home games in the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 13–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament to Northern Colorado.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2016–17 season 20–14, 12–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they defeated Southern Utah and Eastern Washington before losing in the championship game to North Dakota.[1] They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament where they defeated Cal State Fullerton in the first round to win the Riley Wallace Classic.[2] In the second round, they lost to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Kiko Stavrev 0 F 6'7" 210 RS Freshman Transferred to Eckerd
Juwan Williams 2 G/F 6'5" 190 Sophomore Transferred to Panola College
George Darling 12 F 6'9" 200 Freshman Transferred
Richaud Gittens 23 G 6'4" 200 Senior Graduate transferred to Seattle
McKay Cannon 24 G 6'1" 185 Sophomore Transferred to BYU
30 G 6'2" 195 Senior Graduated/Went undrafted in 2017 NBA draft
Kyndahl Hill 35 F 6'7" 235 Senior Graduated

2017 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: North Dakota wins Big Sky tournament for first NCAA Tournament berth. OregonLive.com. 2017-08-18. en-US.
  2. News: Cal State Fullerton men's basketball falls to Weber State 80-76 in Riley Wallace Classic - Daily Titan. 2017-03-16. Daily Titan. 2017-08-18. en-US.