Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2017–18 |
Team: | Longwood Lancers |
Conference: | Big South Conference |
Short Conf: | Big South |
Record: | 7–26 |
Conf Record: | 3–15 |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Assoc Coach: | Jake Luhn |
Ahc Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach1: | Cody Anderson |
Ac1 Year: | 3rd |
Ac2 Year: | 2nd |
The 2017–18 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team represented Longwood University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Jayson Gee, in his fifth season, and played their home games at Willett Hall in Farmville, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 7–26, 3–15 in Big South play to finish in last place. They defeated High Point in the first round of the Big South tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Radford.
On March 2, 2018, head coach Jayson Gee was fired.[1] He finished at Longwood with a five-year record of 42–120. On March 22, the school hired UMBC assistant Griff Aldrich as head coach.[2] [3]
The 2016–17 Lancers finished the season 6–24, 3–15 in Big South play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Charleston Southern.
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