The 2017–18 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team represented Kennesaw State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls were led by third-year head coach Al Skinner and played their home games at the KSU Convocation Center on the university's campus in Kennesaw, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 10–20, 6–8 in ASUN play to finish in sixth place.
The Owls lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament to Jacksonville.
Previous season The Owls finished the 2016–17 season 14–18, 7–7 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 5 seed in the ASUN tournament, they defeated USC Upstate before losing to Florida Gulf Coast in the semifinals.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Kendrick Ray 0 G 6'2" 188 RS Senior Middletown, NY Graduated Johannes Nielsen 10 F 6'10" 210 Freshman Virum, Denmark Left the team for personal reasons Aubrey Williams 14 F 6'7" 230 RS Senior Bowie, MD Graduated Cameron Neysmith 15 G 6'4" 207 Senior Norcross, GA Graduated Shazier Lawson 22 F 6'6" 220 Sophomore Perry, GA Transferred to Northwest Kansas Technical College Josh Burnett 24 G 6'5" 182 Sophomore Honolulu, HI Graduate transferred to Shorter Zach Cameron 35 F 6'10" 215 Freshman Sacramento, CA Transferred to Mineral Area College
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Arthur Gray 15 F 6'7" 220 RS Senior Lawrenceville, GA Transferred from North Greenville. Will be eligible to play immediately since Gray graduated from North Greenville. Will join the team as a preferred walk-on. Bryson Lockley 21 F 6'7" 210 RS Sophomore Houston, TX Junior college transferred from Panola College
2017 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Atlantic Sun Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Atlantic Sun tournament
References