2017–18 Hampton Pirates basketball team

2017–18 Hampton Pirates men's basketball
MEAC regular-season co-champions
NIT, first round
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record19–16 (12–4 MEAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Darryl Sharp
  • Matthew Hamilton
  • Brian Graves
Home arenaHampton Convocation Center
2017–18 MEAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Hampton 12 4   .750 19 16   .543
Bethune–Cookman 12 4   .750 18 14   .563
Savannah State 12 4   .750 15 17   .469
North Carolina A&T 11 5   .688 20 15   .571
Norfolk State 11 5   .688 14 19   .424
North Carolina Central † 9 7   .563 19 16   .543
Morgan State 7 9   .438 13 19   .406
Howard 7 9   .438 10 23   .303
Florida A&M 7 9   .438 9 25   .265
South Carolina State 6 10   .375 10 22   .313
Coppin State 5 11   .313 5 27   .156
Maryland Eastern Shore 3 13   .188 7 25   .219
Delaware State 2 14   .125 4 28   .125
2018 MEAC tournament winner

The 2017–18 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team represented Hampton University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates, led by ninth-year head coach Edward Joyner, played their home games at the Hampton Convocation Center in Hampton, Virginia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 19–16, 12–4 in MEAC play, to finish in a three-way tie for the MEAC regular-season championship. After tiebreakers, they received the No. 1 seed in the MEAC tournament where they Florida A&M and North Carolina A&T to advance to the championship game where they lost to North Carolina Central. As a regular-season conference champion, and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Notre Dame.

This season was the Pirates' final season as members of the MEAC, as the school announced on November 16, 2017 that they will be joining the Big South Conference for the 2018–19 season.