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2017–18 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball
2017–18 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	4–28 (2–14 MEAC)
Head coach	Keith Walker (First 28 games); Keith Johnson (interim);
Assistant coaches	Kevin Washington; Arthur Tyson;
Home arena	Memorial Hall
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2017–18 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team represented Delaware State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets, led by fourth-year head coach Keith Walker, played their home games at Memorial Hall in Dover, Delaware as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

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The Hornets finished 4–28, 2–14 in the MEAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC tournament to North Carolina A&T. They lost every game on the road and on a neutral court, with both of their non-conference victories coming against non-Division I schools. They had the dubious distinction of finishing the season 351st in RPI out of the 351 teams in the NCAA.^[1]

On February 22, 2018, head coach Keith Walker was fired and associate head coach Keith Johnson was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[2]^[3] On July 26, 5 months after Walker was fired, the school hired UMBC assistant Eric Skeeters for the head coaching job.^[4]

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"Rankings - NCAA Men's Basketball RPI". NCAA. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

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Tresolini, Kevin (July 25, 2018). "Delaware State hires UMBC aide Eric Skeeters as basketball coach". The News Journal. Wilmington, DE. Retrieved July 26, 2018.

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"2017-18 Men's Basketball Schedule". www.DSUHornets.com. Delaware State University. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017* 7:30 pm		Cairn	W 71–50	1–0	Memorial Hall (1,010) Dover, DE
Nov 13, 2017* 8:00 pm, FS2		at DePaul	L 57–81	1–1	Wintrust Arena (4,527) Chicago, IL
Nov 15, 2017* 7:00 pm, CN81		at Fort Wayne Adolph Rupp Classic	L 71–85	1–2	Memorial Coliseum (1,353) Fort Wayne, IN
Nov 16, 2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at UIC Adolph Rupp Classic	L 55–95	1–3	UIC Pavilion (1,537) Chicago, IL
Nov 20, 2017* 7:00 pm, 3,562		at East Tennessee State Adolph Rupp Classic	L 57–81	1–4	Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,562) Johnson City, TN
Nov 25, 2017* 4:00 pm		Georgian Court	W 68–55	2–4	Memorial Hall (348) Dover, DE
Nov 27, 2017* 8:00 pm		at Troy Adolph Rupp Classic	L 64–95	2–5	Trojan Arena (1,201) Troy, AL
Nov 29, 2017* 8:00 pm		Binghamton	L 64–85	2–6	Memorial Hall (735) Dover, DE
Dec 2, 2017* 5:00 pm		at East Carolina	L 57–63	2–7	Williams Arena (3,195) Greenville, NC
Dec 6, 2017* 6:30 pm		UMBC	L 60–81	2–8	Memorial Hall (847) Dover, DE
Dec 09, 2017* 12:00 pm		at Duquesne	L 48–97	2–9	Palumbo Center (1,213) Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 17, 2017* 8:00 pm		Delaware Route 1 Rivalry	L 59–68 ^OT	2–10	Memorial Hall (527) Dover, DE
Dec 19, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Pittsburgh	L 68–74	2–11	Petersen Events Center (2,372) Pittsburgh, PA
Dec 22, 2017* 8:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Nebraska	L 68–85	2–12	Pinnacle Bank Arena (10,431) Lincoln, NE
Dec 27, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Penn	L 52–105	2–13	Palestra (2,011) Philadelphia, PA
MEAC regular season
Jan 3, 2018 7:30 pm		North Carolina Central	L 62–65	2–14 (0–1)	Memorial Hall (249) Dover, DE
Jan 6, 2018 4:00 pm		South Carolina State	L 60–63	2–15 (0–2)	Memorial Hall (319) Dover, DE
Jan 8, 2018 7:30 pm		North Carolina A&T	L 66–76	2–16 (0–3)	Memorial Hall (536) Dover, DE
Jan 12, 2018 7:00 pm		at Hampton	L 56–78	2–17 (0–4)	Hampton Convocation Center (4,123) Hampton, VA
Jan 15, 2018 8:00 pm		at Florida A&M	L 89–94 ^2OT	2–18 (0–5)	Lawson Center (2,487) Tallahassee, FL
Jan 20, 2018 4:00 pm		Bethune–Cookman	L 78–85	2–19 (0–6)	Memorial Hall (678) Dover, DE
Jan 22, 2018 7:30 pm		at Morgan State	L 47–61	2–20 (0–7)	Talmadge L. Hill Field House (3,286) Baltimore, MD
Jan 27, 2018 4:00 pm		Savannah State	L 86–106	2–21 (0–8)	Memorial Hall (537) Dover, DE
Feb 3, 2018 4:00 pm		at North Carolina Central	L 61–72	2–22 (0–9)	McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium (1,623) Durham, NC
Feb 5, 2018 7:30 pm, Lock TV		at North Carolina A&T	L 51–54	2–23 (0–10)	Corbett Sports Center (1,094) Greensboro, NC
Feb 12, 2018 8:00 pm		at Norfolk State	L 58–93	2–24 (0–11)	Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall (1,736) Norfolk, VA
Feb 17, 2018 4:00 pm		Florida A&M	L 63–66	2–25 (0–12)	Memorial Hall (854) Dover, DE
Feb 19, 2018 7:30 pm		Coppin State	W 69–51	3–25 (1–12)	Memorial Hall (874) Dover, DE
Feb 24, 2018 4:00 pm		at Howard	L 74–93	3–26 (1–13)	Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
Feb 26, 2018 7:30 pm		at Maryland Eastern Shore	L 47–59	3–27 (1–14)	Hytche Athletic Center (2,205) Princess Anne, MD
Mar 1, 2018 7:30 pm		Morgan State	W 87–80	4–27 (2–14)	Memorial Hall (997) Dover, DE
MEAC tournament
Mar 5, 2018 6:30 pm	(13)	vs. (4) North Carolina A&T First round	L 61–62	4–28	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Hampton	12	–	4	.750	19	–	16	.543
Bethune–Cookman	12	–	4	.750	18	–	14	.563
Savannah State	12	–	4	.750	15	–	17	.469
North Carolina A&T	11	–	5	.688	20	–	15	.571
Norfolk State	11	–	5	.688	14	–	19	.424
North Carolina Central †	9	–	7	.563	19	–	16	.543
Morgan State	7	–	9	.438	13	–	19	.406
Howard	7	–	9	.438	10	–	23	.303
Florida A&M	7	–	9	.438	9	–	25	.265
South Carolina State	6	–	10	.375	10	–	22	.313
Coppin State	5	–	11	.313	5	–	27	.156
MD Eastern Shore	3	–	13	.188	7	–	25	.219
Delaware State	2	–	14	.125	4	–	28	.125


† 2018 MEAC tournament winner