2017–18 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers were led by second-year head coach Kevin Stallings and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2017–18 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–24 (0–18 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Richardson (2nd season)
  • Kevin Sutton (2nd season)
  • Jeremy Ballard (2nd season)
Home arenaPetersen Events Center
(Capacity: 12,508)
2017–18 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Virginia171 .944313  .912
No. 9 Duke135 .722298  .784
No. 22 Miami (FL)117 .6112210  .688
No. 20 Clemson117 .6112510  .714
NC State117 .6112112  .636
No. 10 North Carolina117 .6112611  .703
Virginia Tech108 .5562112  .636
Florida State99 .5002312  .657
Louisville99 .5002214  .611
Notre Dame810 .4442115  .583
Syracuse810 .4442314  .622
Boston College711 .3891916  .543
Georgia Tech612 .3331319  .406
Wake Forest414 .2221120  .355
Pittsburgh018 .000824  .250
2018 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The Panthers entered the season as one of the most inexperienced teams in NCAA Division I. ESPN's Andrea Adelson summed up the team's situation in a February 2018 piece:

Both he [Stallings] and those inside the program prepared for a rocky 2017–18: They had an NCAA-high 11 newcomers, zero returning starters and three total players with NCAA Division I experience on the roster when camp opened. That is not merely rebuilding; that is starting over with nothing to build off.

They finished with the worst season in program history, going 8–24 overall and 0–18 in ACC play, finishing dead last in the conference and losing in the first round of the ACC tournament to Notre Dame. On March 8, 2018, Pitt fired Stallings. On March 27, Pitt hired Duke assistant coach Jeff Capel as head coach.

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