The 2017–18 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Hartford during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by eighth-year head coach John Gallagher, played their home games at the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion as members of the America East Conference.They finished the season 19–14, 11–5 in America East play, to finish in third place. They defeated New Hampshire in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament before losing to UMBC in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to San Diego.
Previous season The Hawks finished the season 9–22, 4–12 in America East play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament to Albany.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure TreVaughn Wilkerson 0 F 6'7" 205 Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Transferred to Lincoln (PA) Jalen Ross 3 G 6'0" 185 RS Senior Greenbelt, MD Graduated Jake Fay 55 G 6'6" 205 RS Junior Lynn, MA Graduate transferred to Virgin Islands
2017 incoming recruits
Roster
Schedule and results Source:
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| America East regular season
!colspan=9 style=| America East tournament
!colspan=9 style=| CIT
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