2017-18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

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The 2017-18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2017. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season will end with the Final Four in San Antonio on April 2, 2018. Practices officially began on September 29, 2017.

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Rule changes

The following rule changes were proposed for the 2017-18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season:

• Expanding the coaches' box from 28 feet to 38 feet.
• Resetting the shot clock to 20 seconds when the ball is inbounded in the front court after a foul or violation (ex. kicked ball) by the defense. If there are more than 20 seconds on the shot clock in this situation, the shot clock will not be reset. Previously the shot clock was reset to the full 30 seconds regardless of the time remaining on the shot clock.
• Allow referees to use instant replay in the final 2:00 of the second half and/or overtime to determine if a secondary defensive player was either inside or outside of the restricted arc. If the defender was inside the arc, a blocking foul will be called. If the defender is outside of the restricted area, then a player control foul (charge) will be called.
• Require a minimum of 0.3 seconds to be taken off the game clock when the ball is legally touched on a throw-in or other situation.
• Make throw-in spots more consistent in the front court.
• Redefine a "legal screen" to require the inside of the screener's feet be no wider than his shoulders.

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Season headlines

• May 9, 2017 - The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) announced that it extended an invitation to Valparaiso University to take effect July 1, with negotiations between the parties ongoing. Under its terms, the Crusaders would replace Wichita State University, departing on the same date for the American Athletic Conference.
• May 10 - The NCAA announced its Academic Progress Rate (APR) sanctions for the 2017-18 school year. A total of 17 programs in 9 sports were declared ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the required APR benchmark, including the following four Division I men's basketball teams:
  • Alabama A&M
  • Grambling State
  • Savannah State
  • SE Missouri St.
• May 25 - The MVC officially announced Valparaiso would join on July 1, as reported earlier in the month.
• June 15 - Following a prolonged investigation into the Louisville program, after claims by a self-described madam that she had provided strip shows and sex parties at the Cardinals' team residence, Minardi Hall, for Cardinals players and prospective recruits, the NCAA announced the following penalties, subject to a planned appeal by Louisville:
  • Four years of probation.
  • A reduction of four scholarships in all over the probation period, with Louisville choosing when to take the reductions.
  • Former director of basketball operations Andre McGee, who was found to have paid $10,000 from 2010 to 2014 in exchange for the parties, received a 10-year show-cause penalty.
  • Head coach Rick Pitino was suspended for the Cardinals' first five ACC games in the coming season.
  • Louisville was required to forfeit all money received from conference revenue sharing stemming from its appearances in the 2012-2015 NCAA tournaments.
  • All players who participated in the parties and played for Louisville were held to be ineligible. The school had 45 days to provide the NCAA with a list of games affected, and was to vacate any games in which ineligible players were involved. This would potentially cost Louisville its 2013 national championship and 2012 Final Four appearance; should the title be vacated, Louisville would become the first Division I basketball champion (for either sex) to be stripped of its title.
• June 28 - The Horizon League announced that IUPUI would move from the Summit League to replace Valparaiso effective July 1.
• August 24 - The University of Alaska Anchorage announced that the Great Alaska Shootout, which the school had hosted since 1978 and was the longest-running regular-season college basketball tournament, would be discontinued after this season.
• September 26 - The office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that 10 individuals, including assistant coaches at Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State, and USC, had been arrested on federal corruption charges. The accused were allegedly part of a scheme by which coaches accepted bribes to steer NBA-bound college players toward certain agents and financial advisers. Court documents also allege that an apparel company later identified as Adidas paid $100,000 to the family of an unnamed player to ensure his signing with an unnamed school that was later identified as Louisville.
• September 27 - In the first major fallout from the breaking bribery scandal, Louisville placed head coach Rick Pitino on unpaid administrative leave and athletic director Tom Jurich on paid administrative leave. Media reports indicated that both would be formally fired once contractual issues were sorted out. Assistant David Padgett was named interim head coach.
• September 28 - CBS News reported that Rick Pitino was the Louisville coach identified in court documents as "Coach-2", who was alleged to have spoken several times with an Adidas executive in the attempt to pay the family of a recruit in exchange for the player attending Louisville.
• November 6 - The Associated Press preseason All-American team was released. Michigan State forward Miles Bridges was the leading vote-getter (61 votes). Joining him on the team were Notre Dame forward Bonzie Colson (47 votes), Arizona guard Allonzo Trier (39), Villanova guard Jalen Brunson (33) and Missouri forward Michael Porter Jr. (30).
• November 27 - The Big West Conference announced that California State University, Bakersfield (CSU Bakersfield) and the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), already affiliate members, will join the conference in July 2020. CSU Bakersfield, a Big West beach volleyball member, will leave the Western Athletic Conference. UC San Diego, a member of Big West men's volleyball that will add women's water polo to its Big West membership in 2019-20, will transition from NCAA Division II and the California Collegiate Athletic Association; it will not be eligible for Division I national championships until the 2024-25 school year.

Milestones and records

• November 11 - Mike Krzyzewski won his 1,000th game with Duke, becoming the first coach to reach that mark at one Division I school, as Duke beat Utah Valley 99-69.
• November 16 - Roy Williams becomes the first coach to win 400 games at two different schools (Kansas, North Carolina) as he led the Tar Heels to a victory over Bucknell.
• November 17 - Oregon head coach Dana Altman won his 600th career game in Division I. The Ducks defeated Alabama State 114-56.

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Conference membership changes

Three schools joined new conferences for the 2017-18 season.

In addition to the schools changing conferences, the 2017-18 season will be the last for three schools in their current conferences.

• North Dakota will leave the Big Sky Conference for the Summit League.
• Hampton and USC Upstate will respectively leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Atlantic Sun Conference to become members of the Big South Conference.

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New arenas

• DePaul is playing its first season at Wintrust Arena, replacing Allstate Arena.
• NJIT is playing its first season at the Wellness and Events Center, replacing Fleisher Center.
• UMBC began the season at the Retriever Activities Center, the team's home since 1973, but is expected to move during the season to the new Retriever Event Center.
• Wofford is playing its first season at Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium, replacing Benjamin Johnson Arena.

Arenas closing

• Elon is playing its final season at Alumni Gym, home to the Phoenix since 1949. The school will open the new Schar Center, with more than three times the capacity of Alumni Gym, for the 2018 women's volleyball season (which precedes the basketball season).

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Temporary arenas

At least three Division I men's teams are playing the 2017-18 season in temporary homes due to renovation of their current venues. A fourth team moved its home schedule to what is normally an alternate home for the same reason.

• Cincinnati, which normally plays at the on-campus Fifth Third Arena, shares Northern Kentucky's BB&T Arena.
• Houston is renovating Hofheinz Pavilion, which will be renamed Fertitta Center once it reopens for 2018-19. During that time, the Cougars are playing at the Toyota Center and Texas Southern's Health and Physical Education Arena.
• Northwestern is playing at Allstate Arena while Welsh-Ryan Arena is being renovated.
• Villanova has moved its entire home schedule, with one exception, to its alternate home of Wells Fargo Center during renovations to its on-campus home of The Pavilion, which will be renamed Finneran Pavilion when it reopens for 2018-19. The November 29 game against Big 5 rival Penn was played at Jake Nevin Field House, which had been the team's home before the Pavilion's initial 1986 opening.

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Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.

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Regular season

Early season tournaments

Upsets

An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball, this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked in the Top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of #1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll.

Conference winners and tournaments

Each of the 32 Division I athletic conferences ends its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference is given the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

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Postseason

NCAA Tournament

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Conference standings

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Award winners

Other major awards

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Coaching changes

Several teams changed coaches during and after the season.

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Notes

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See also

• 2017-18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

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References

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