The 2017–18 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by fourth-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 10–8 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of the ACC tournament to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Alabama.
Previous season The Hokies finished the 2016–17 season 22–11, 10–8 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Wake Forest in the second round of the ACC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Florida State. They received an invitation to the NCAA tournament as the #9 seed in the East region. There they lost to #8 Wisconsin in the first round.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Khadim Sy 2 F/C 6'10" 240 Freshman Dakar, Senegal Transferred (later re-enrolled) Seth LeDay 3 F 6'7" 200 Junior The Colony, TX Transferred to East Carolina Seth Allen 4 G 6'1" 190 RS Senior Woodbridge, VA Graduated Greg Donlon 14 F 6'8" 230 RS Senior Midlothian, VA Walk-on; graduated Johnny Hamilton 22 C 7'0" 230 Senior Rio Claro, Trinidad and Tobago Graduate transfer to UT Arlington Zach LeDay 32 F 6'7" 235 RS Senior Dallas, TX Graduated Matt Galloway 33 G 6'3" 205 RS Senior Sterling, VA Graduated
2017 recruiting class
Future recruits
2018 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
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!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament
Source
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References