2017–18 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team

The 2017–18 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball team represented Stephen F. Austin State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lumberjacks were led by second-year head coach Kyle Keller and played their home games at the William R. Johnson Coliseum in Nacogdoches, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 28–7, 14–4 in Southland play to finish in third place. They defeated Central Arkansas, Nicholls State, and Southeastern Louisiana to become champions of the Southland tournament. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Texas Tech.

2017–18 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record0–7, 28 wins vacated (0–4 Southland, 14 wins vacated)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeremy Cox
  • Desmond Haymon
  • Wade Mason
Home arenaWilliam R. Johnson Coliseum
(Capacity: 7,203)
2017–18 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Southeastern Louisiana153 .8332212  .647
Nicholls State153 .8332111  .656
Stephen F. Austin144 .778287  .800
Sam Houston State126 .6672115  .583
Lamar117 .6111914  .576
New Orleans117 .6111617  .485
Central Arkansas108 .5561817  .514
Abilene Christian810 .4441616  .500
Texas A&M–CC810 .4441118  .379
McNeese State810 .4441117  .393
Incarnate Word216 .111721  .250
Houston Baptist216 .111625  .194
Northwestern State117 .056425  .138
2018 Southland tournament winner

On May 20, 2020, following the discovery of an administrative error in certifying eligibility for student-athletes, Stephen F. Austin reached an agreement with the NCAA to vacate hundreds of wins across multiple sports from 2013 to 2019, including all 117 men's basketball wins from the 2014–15 to 2018–19 seasons.

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