The 2017–18 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team represented the California Polytechnic State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mustangs were led by ninth-year head coach Joe Callero and played their home games at Mott Athletic Center as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 4–12 in Big West play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to UC Santa Barbara.
Previous season The Mustangs finished the 2016–17 season 11–20, 6–10 in Big West play to finish in seventh place. They lost to UC Davis in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jaylen Shead 4 G 6'1" 190 Sophomore Pflugerville, TX Transferred to Texas State Ridge Shipley 10 G 6'0" 185 Senior Carrollton, TX Graduated Taylor Sutlive 11 G 6'3" 195 RS Junior San Antonio, TX Left the team for personal reasons Kyle Toth 13 G 6'2" 175 Senior Sunnyvale, CA Graduated Alec Raven 23 G 6'5" 193 Sophomore Santa Rosa, CA Walk-on; didn't return Zach Gordon 44 F 6'8" 239 RS Senior Lynnwood, WA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Marcellus Garrick 11 G 6'4" 190 Junior Columbia, SC Junior college transferred from Allan Hancock College Paulo Cruz 22 G 6'4" 195 Junior San Diego, CA Transferred from Arizona. Will be eligible to play, join the team as a walk-on. Eric Toles Jr. 24 G 6'4" 175 Junior Elk Grove, CA Junior college transferred from Sierra College
2017 recruiting class
2018 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big West regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big West tournament
References