2017–18 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team explained

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]

Previous season

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.

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Big South regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Big South Conference tournament[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Report: Jayson Gee relieved of duties at Longwood. midmajormadness.com. Torrance. Jones. March 2, 2018. March 2, 2018.
  2. Longwood Names UMBC's Griff Aldrich Head Men's Basketball Coach. Longwood Athletics. March 22, 2018. March 22, 2018.
  3. News: Longwood hires UMBC assistant as basketball coach. https://web.archive.org/web/20180406230353/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/longwood-hires-umbc-assistant-as-basketball-coach/2018/03/23/d9cf5658-2eb2-11e8-8dc9-3b51e028b845_story.html. dead. 2018-04-06. Associated Press. 2018-03-23. Washington Post. 2018-04-06. en-US. 0190-8286.
  4. Web site: 2017-18 Men's Basketball Schedule.