2017–18 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team

The 2017–18 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by interim head coach Michael Perry and played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as fourth-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10–20, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to UCF.

2017–18 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record10–20 (4–14 AAC)
Head coach
  • Jeff Lebo (First 6 games)
  • Michael Perry (interim)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWilliams Arena (8,000)
2017–18 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Cincinnati162 .889315  .861
No. 21 Houston144 .778278  .771
No. 16 Wichita State144 .778258  .758
Tulsa126 .6671912  .613
Memphis108 .5562113  .618
UCF99 .5001913  .594
Temple810 .4441716  .515
UConn711 .3891418  .438
SMU612 .3331716  .515
Tulane513 .2781417  .452
East Carolina414 .2221020  .333
South Florida315 .1671022  .313
2018 AAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Following a 2–4 start to the season, eighth-year head coach Jeff Lebo announced his resignation from ECU on November 29, 2017 and Perry was named interim head coach. On April 4, 2018 the school announced that Florida Gulf Coast head coach Joe Dooley, who coached the Pirates from 1995 to 1999, would return as head coach.

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