2017–18 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team

2017–18 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball
America East tournament champions
Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland champions
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record25–11 (12–4 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nate Dixon
  • Eric Skeeters
  • Bryce Crawford
Home arenaRetriever Activities Center
UMBC Event Center
2017–18 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 15 1   .938 27 8   .771
UMBC 12 4   .750 25 11   .694
Hartford 11 5   .688 19 14   .576
Albany 10 6   .625 22 10   .688
Stony Brook 7 9   .438 13 19   .406
New Hampshire 6 10   .375 10 21   .323
UMass Lowell 6 10   .375 12 18   .400
Maine 3 13   .188 6 26   .188
Binghamton 2 14   .125 11 20   .355
2018 America East tournament winner

The 2017–18 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by second-year head coach Ryan Odom as members of the America East Conference, started the season playing their home games at the Retriever Activities Center in Catonsville, Maryland, but moved to the new UMBC Event Center during the season. The new arena opened on February 3, 2018. UMBC beat UMass Lowell and Hartford to advance to the championship of the America East tournament where they defeated Vermont. As a result, the Retrievers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 16 seed in the South region, they defeated the No. 1 overall seed Virginia by 20 points, becoming the first 16th-seeded team to beat a No. 1 seed on the men's side. The win is considered one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history and sports history depending on seedings or point spreads. The Retrievers lost to Kansas State in the second round.