2017–18 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team

2017–18 Tennessee State Tigers basketball
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record15–15 (10–8 OVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaGentry Complex
2017–18 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Murray State 16 2   .889 26 6   .813
Belmont 15 3   .833 24 9   .727
Austin Peay 12 6   .667 19 15   .559
Jacksonville State 11 7   .611 23 13   .639
Tennessee Tech 10 8   .556 19 14   .576
Tennessee State 10 8   .556 15 15   .500
Southeast Missouri State* 8 10   .444 14 17   .452
Eastern Illinois 7 11   .389 12 19   .387
SIU Edwardsville 5 13   .278 9 21   .300
UT Martin 5 13   .278 10 21   .323
Eastern Kentucky 5 13   .278 11 20   .355
Morehead State 4 14   .222 8 21   .276
2018 OVC tournament winner
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations

The 2017–18 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team represented Tennessee State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by fourth-year head coach Dana Ford, played their home games at the Gentry Complex in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 10–8 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the first round of the OVC tournament to Eastern Illinois.

On March 21, 2018, head coach Dana Ford left Tennessee State for the head coaching job at Missouri State. He finished at Tennessee State with a four-year record of 57–65. On March 26, the school announced that former Illinois State assistant coach Brian Collins had been hired as head coach.