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2017–18 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 2017–18 Campbell Fighting Camels men's basketball team represented Campbell University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Fighting Camels were led by fifth-year head coach Kevin McGeehan and played their home games at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 18–16, 10–8 in Big South play to finish in fourth place. They lost to Liberty in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Miami (OH) and New Orleans before losing in the semifinals to San Francisco.
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| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Record | 18–16 (10–8 Big South) |
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| Home arena | Gore Arena |
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| UNC Asheville | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Campbell | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 22 | – | 15 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longwood | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 26 | .212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Fighting Camels finished the season 19–18, 7–11 in Big South play to finish in a tie for seventh place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the No. 7 seed in the Big South tournament where defeated Presbyterian, UNC Asheville, and Radford to advance to the championship game where they lost to Winthrop. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Houston Baptist and UT Martin before losing in the quarterfinals to Furman.
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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 10, 2017* 4:00 pm, BTN+ |
at Penn State | L 75–86 | 0–1 |
Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA | |||||||
| Nov 13, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Columbia International | W 108–44 | 1–1 |
Gore Arena (1,245) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Nov 18, 2017* 7:00 pm |
at UNC Wilmington | L 84–88 | 1–2 |
Trask Coliseum (4,415) Wilmington, NC | |||||||
| Nov 20, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Johnson & Wales (NC) | W 98–53 | 2–2 |
Gore Arena (1,147) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Nov 24, 2017* 2:00 pm |
Abilene Christian Creek Classic |
L 80–85 OT | 2–3 |
Gore Arena (1,083) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Nov 25, 2017* 2:00 pm |
Bowling Green Creek Classic |
L 72–78 | 2–4 |
Gore Arena (1,208) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Nov 26, 2017* 4:00 pm |
USC Upstate Creek Classic |
W 93–74 | 3–4 |
Gore Arena (1,019) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Nov 30, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Stetson | W 85–78 | 4–4 |
Edmunds Center (460) DeLand, FL | |||||||
| Dec 4, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at East Carolina | L 66–69 | 4–5 |
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (2,980) Greenville, NC | |||||||
| Dec 14, 2017* 7:00 pm |
The Citadel | W 87–77 | 5–5 |
Gore Arena (1,131) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Dec 19, 2017* 8:00 pm |
at Saint Louis | L 66–74 | 5–6 |
Chaifetz Arena (5,017) St. Louis, MO | |||||||
| Dec 22, 2017* 2:00 pm |
Allen | W 91–62 | 6–6 |
Gore Arena (1,062) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Big South regular season | |||||||||||
| Dec 30, 2017 2:00 pm |
at UNC Asheville | L 79–85 | 6–7 (0–1) |
Kimmel Arena (1,598) Asheville, NC | |||||||
| Jan 3, 2018 7:00 pm |
Gardner–Webb | L 80–82 OT | 6–8 (0–2) |
Gore Arena (922) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Jan 6, 2018 2:00 pm |
Winthrop | W 88–77 | 7–8 (1–2) |
Gore Arena (1,620) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Jan 9, 2018 7:00 pm |
at Presbyterian | W 83–79 | 8–8 (2–2) |
Templeton Center (429) Clinton, SC | |||||||
| Jan 12, 2018 7:00 pm |
High Point | W 65–54 | 9–8 (3–2) |
Gore Arena (1,808) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Jan 15, 2018 7:00 pm |
at Longwood | L 62–76 | 9–9 (3–3) |
Willett Hall (1,407) Farmville, VA | |||||||
| Jan 18, 2018 7:00 pm |
Charleston Southern | W 62–47 | 10–9 (4–3) |
Gore Arena (1,721) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Jan 21, 2018 2:00 pm |
Radford | W 59–56 | 11–9 (5–3) |
Gore Arena (1,392) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Jan 23, 2018 7:00 pm |
at Liberty | W 94–85 | 12–9 (6–3) |
Vines Center (2,452) Lynchburg, VA | |||||||
| Jan 27, 2018 2:00 pm |
at Winthrop | L 64–75 | 12–10 (6–4) |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,271) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| Feb 1, 2018 7:00 pm |
UNC Asheville | L 57–64 | 12–11 (6–5) |
Gore Arena (1,921) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Feb 3, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at High Point | L 56–67 | 12–12 (6–6) |
Millis Athletic Center (1,750) High Point, NC | |||||||
| Feb 7, 2018 7:00 pm |
at Gardner–Webb | W 78–70 | 13–12 (7–6) |
Paul Porter Arena (1,125) Boiling Springs, NC | |||||||
| Feb 10, 2018 4:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Longwood | W 88–54 | 14–12 (8–6) |
Gore Arena (2,033) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Feb 15, 2018 9:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Radford | L 53–72 | 14–13 (8–7) |
Dedmon Center (2,012) Radford, VA | |||||||
| Feb 18, 2018 2:00 pm, Stadium |
Liberty | W 79–69 | 15–13 (9–7) |
Gore Arena (2,126) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Feb 22, 2018 7:30 pm |
at Charleston Southern | L 68–72 | 15–14 (9–8) |
CSU Field House (696) North Charleston, SC | |||||||
| Feb 24, 2018 4:30 pm |
Presbyterian | W 72–56 | 16–14 (10–8) |
Gore Arena (2,086) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Big South tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 1, 2018 9:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(4) | vs. (5) Liberty Quarterfinals |
L 59–73 | 16–15 |
Kimmel Arena (2,276) Asheville, NC | ||||||
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| Mar 14, 2018* 7:00 pm |
Miami (OH) First round |
W 97–87 | 17–15 |
Gore Arena (1,411) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Mar 19, 2018* 7:00 pm |
New Orleans Quarterfinals |
W 71–69 | 18–15 |
Gore Arena (1,316) Buies Creek, NC | |||||||
| Mar 22, 2018* 10:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at San Francisco Semifinals |
L 62–65 | 18–16 |
War Memorial Gymnasium (1,163) San Francisco, CA | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Source[1]. | |||||||||||
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