The 2017–18 Southern Miss Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fourth-year head coach Doc Sadler, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 16–18, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They defeated FIU and Middle Tennessee before losing to Marshall in the semifinals of the C-USA tournament
Previous season The Golden Eagles finished the 2016–17 season 9–22, 6–12 in C-USA play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to Rice.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Raheem Watts 0 F 6'7" 216 Senior Greenville, SC Graduated Robert Thomas 3 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Odessa, TX Graduate transferred to Texas Wesleyan Christian Clark 4 G 6'0" 175 RS Freshman Hattiesburg, MS Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Khari Price 5 G 5'9" 170 RS Senior Slidell, LA Graduated Michael Ramey 11 G 6'5" 183 RS Senior Indianapolis, IN Graduated Bilal Abdur-Rahim 13 G 6'7" 200 Sophomore Marietta, GA Transferred Quinton Campbell 22 G/F 6'7" 192 RS Senior Wilmer, AL Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Leonard Harper-Baker 32 G 6'5" 205 Junior Detroit, MI Junior college transferred from Moberly Area CC
Recruiting class of 2017
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA tournament
References