2017–18 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by ninth-year head coach Sean Miller, and played their home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members in the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Colorado, UCLA, and USC to win the Pac-12 tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a No. 4 seed, they were upset in the first round by No. 13 seed Buffalo.

2017–18 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record9–8, 18 wins vacated (3–4 Pac-12, 11 wins vacated)
Head coach
  • Sean Miller (9th season)
Associate head coachLorenzo Romar
Assistant coaches
  • Austin Carroll
  • Mark Phelps
Home arenaMcKale Center
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 12 Arizona144 .778278  .771
USC126 .6672412  .667
UCLA117 .6112112  .636
Utah117 .6112312  .657
Stanford117 .6111916  .543
Oregon108 .5562313  .639
Washington108 .5562113  .618
Colorado810 .4441715  .531
Arizona State810 .4442012  .625
Oregon State711 .3891616  .500
Washington State414 .2221219  .387
California216 .111824  .250
Pac-12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Due to 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal, 18 wins from this season have been vacated. The following 9 wins against Northern Arizona, UMBC, Cal State Bakersfield, Long Beach State, UNLV, Texas A&M, Utah, Colorado & California would count in the overall record as the player involved in the scandal did not play in these games.

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