The 2017–18 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by fourth-year head coach Travis DeCuire, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 16–2 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They defeated North Dakota, Northern Colorado, and Eastern Washington to be champions of the Big Sky tournament. They earned the Big Sky's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Michigan.
Previous season The Grizzlies finished the 2016–17 season 16–16, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they lost to Idaho in the quarterfinals.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Mario Dunn Jr. 1 G 6'0" 185 Senior Oakland, CA Graduated Walter Wright 5 G 5'10" 161 Senior Waterbury, CT Graduated Alphonso Anderson 10 F 6'6" 218 Freshman Tacoma, WA Transferred to Moberly Area CC Gavin DeJong 30 F 6'6" 215 RS Sophomore Manhattan, MT Walk-on; didn't return Jack Lopez 31 F 6'5" 208 Senior Bankstown, Australia Graduated Aaron Misipeka-Ward 32 G 6'2" 198 Senior Florence, MT Graduated Jared Samuelson 33 F 6'7" 213 RS Freshman Billings, MT Transferred to Rocky Mountain College Brandon Gfeller 34 G 6'4" 189 Senior Colfax, WA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Niko Bevens 3 G 6'6" 175 Sophomore Beaverton, OR Junior college transferred from North Idaho College
2017 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Sky regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Sky tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
See also 2017–18 Montana Lady Griz basketball team
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