2017β18 Savannah State Tigers basketball | |
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MEAC regular season co-champions | |
Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Record | 5β17, 10 wins vacated (2β4 MEAC, 10 wins vacated) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Tiger Arena |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampton | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BethuneβCookman | 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 β | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MD Eastern Shore | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 4 | – | 28 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 MEAC tournament winner |
The 2017β18 Savannah State Tigers basketball team represented Savannah State University during the 2017β18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 13th-year head coach Horace Broadnax, played their home games at Tiger Arena in Savannah, Georgia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. With a win over South Carolina State on March 1, 2018, the Tigers earned a share of the MEAC regular season championship. [1] They finished the season 15β17, 12β4 in MEAC play, finishing in a three-way tie for first place. Due to tie-breaking procedures, the Tigers received the No. 3 seed in the MEAC tournament, where they lost to North Carolina Central in the quarterfinals.
The Tigers were initially ruled to be ineligible for postseason play for a second consecutive season due to APR violations. [2] However, the NCAA granted the Tigers a waiver allowed them to participate in postseason play. [3] [4]
The season marked the second to last season for the Tigers in Division I as they will rejoin Division II following the 2018β19 season. [5]
In 2019, 10 wins were vacated due to academic certification errors. [6] [7] [8]
The Tigers finished the 2016β17 season 13β16, 10β6 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place. The Tigers were ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations. [9]
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Roster |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Nov 3, 2017* 8:00 pm |
Paine College | W 105β91 |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | ||||||||
Nov 3, 2017* 8:00 pm |
Fort Valley State | L 89β103 | Tiger Arena (1,890) Savannah, GA | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2017* 12:00 pm, FSOH/ ESPN3 |
at No. 12
Cincinnati Cayman Islands Classic Mainland |
L 77β107 | 0β1 |
BB&T Arena (6,610) Highland Heights, KY | |||||||
Nov 13, 2017* 7:00 pm |
East Tennessee State | L 61β76 | 0β2 |
Tiger Arena (965) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Nov 15, 2017* 5:00 pm |
Middle Georgia State | W 114β80 | 1β2 |
Tiger Arena (1,002) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Nov 17, 2017* 4:00 pm |
at
Louisiana Cayman Islands Classic Mainland |
L 82β115 | 1β3 |
Cajundome (3,096) Lafayette, LA | |||||||
Nov 20, 2017* 4:00 pm |
vs.
Jacksonville State Cayman Islands Classic Mainland |
L 71β86 | 1β4 |
McKenzie Arena (2,332) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
Nov 21, 2017* 5:00 pm |
vs.
Alabama State Cayman Islands Classic Mainland |
W 101β97 | 2β4 |
McKenzie Arena (2,211) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
Nov 25, 2017* 2:00 pm, FSSW+ |
at Texas Tech | L 69β103 | 2β5 |
United Supermarkets Arena (6,614) Lubbock, TX | |||||||
Nov 28, 2017* 7:00 pm, Cox |
at No. 8 Wichita State | L 66β112 | 2β6 |
Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | |||||||
Nov 30, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Carver College | W 98β60 | 3β6 |
Tiger Arena (950) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Dec 2, 2017* 4:00 pm |
William & Mary | L 85β108 | 3β7 |
Tiger Arena (819) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Dec 9, 2017* 5:00 pm |
at Georgia Southern | L 91β102 | 3β8 |
Hanner Fieldhouse (1,105) Statesboro, GA | |||||||
Dec 13, 2017* 7:00 pm |
at No. 9 Texas A&M | L 66β113 | 3β9 |
Reed Arena (6,339) College Station, TX | |||||||
Dec 17, 2017* 2:00 pm, FSSW |
at No. 21 Baylor | L 86β118 | 3β10 |
Ferrell Center (6,996) Waco, TX | |||||||
Dec 19, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at No. 13 Virginia | L 47β78 | 3β11 |
John Paul Jones Arena (13,597) Charlottesville, VA | |||||||
Dec 31, 2017* 12:00 pm, BTN |
at No. 2 Michigan State | L 52β108 | 3β12 |
Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI | |||||||
MEAC regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 6, 2018 4:00 pm |
at Coppin State | W 80β71 | 4β12 (1β0) |
Physical Education Complex (624) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
Jan 8, 2018 7:30 pm |
at Morgan State | L 88β89 | 4β13 (1β1) |
Talmadge L. Hill Field House (875) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
Jan 13, 2018 6:00 pm |
Maryland Eastern Shore | W 87β59 | 5β13 (2β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,136) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan 15, 2018 8:00 pm |
Howard | W 91β90 | 6β13 (3β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,033) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan 20, 2018 6:00 pm |
Hampton | W 103β101 | 7β13 (4β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,219) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan 22, 2018 8:00 pm |
Norfolk State | W 104β99 | 8β13 (5β1) |
Tiger Arena (1,998) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan 27, 2018 4:00 pm |
at Delaware State | W 106β86 | 9β13 (6β1) |
Memorial Hall (537) Dover, DE | |||||||
Jan 31, 2018 8:00 pm |
at Florida A&M | W 107β100 | 10β13 (7β1) |
Moore Gymnasium (2,479) Daytona Beach, FL | |||||||
Feb 3, 2018 6:00 pm |
South Carolina State | W 111β99 | 11β13 (8β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,375) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb 10, 2018 6:00 pm |
Morgan State | W 97β94 OT | 12β13 (9β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,901) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb 12, 2018 8:00 pm |
North Carolina A&T | W 108β106 | 13β13 (10β1) |
Tiger Arena (3,002) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb 17, 2018 6:30 pm |
at Norfolk State | L 77β85 | 13β14 (10β2) |
Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall (1,726) Norfolk,VA | |||||||
Feb 19, 2018 7:00 pm |
at Hampton | L 102β114 OT | 13β15 (10β3) |
Hampton Convocation Center (4,511) Hampton, VA | |||||||
Feb 24, 2018 4:00 pm |
at BethuneβCookman | L 92β121 | 13β16 (10β4) |
Moore Gymnasium (898) Daytona Beach, FL | |||||||
Feb 26, 2018 8:00 pm |
North Carolina Central | W 85β75 | 14β16 (11β4) |
Tiger Arena (1,990) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Mar 1, 2018 7:30 pm |
at South Carolina State | W 94β81 | 15β16 (12β4) |
SHM Memorial Center Orangeburg, SC | |||||||
MEAC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 8, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(3) | vs. (6) North Carolina Central Quarterfinals |
L 56β58 | 15β17 |
Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
2017β18 Savannah State Tigers basketball | |
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MEAC regular season co-champions | |
Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Record | 5β17, 10 wins vacated (2β4 MEAC, 10 wins vacated) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Tiger Arena |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampton | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BethuneβCookman | 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 β | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MD Eastern Shore | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 4 | – | 28 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 MEAC tournament winner |
The 2017β18 Savannah State Tigers basketball team represented Savannah State University during the 2017β18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 13th-year head coach Horace Broadnax, played their home games at Tiger Arena in Savannah, Georgia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. With a win over South Carolina State on March 1, 2018, the Tigers earned a share of the MEAC regular season championship. [1] They finished the season 15β17, 12β4 in MEAC play, finishing in a three-way tie for first place. Due to tie-breaking procedures, the Tigers received the No. 3 seed in the MEAC tournament, where they lost to North Carolina Central in the quarterfinals.
The Tigers were initially ruled to be ineligible for postseason play for a second consecutive season due to APR violations. [2] However, the NCAA granted the Tigers a waiver allowed them to participate in postseason play. [3] [4]
The season marked the second to last season for the Tigers in Division I as they will rejoin Division II following the 2018β19 season. [5]
In 2019, 10 wins were vacated due to academic certification errors. [6] [7] [8]
The Tigers finished the 2016β17 season 13β16, 10β6 in MEAC play to finish in fifth place. The Tigers were ineligible for postseason play due to APR violations. [9]
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Roster |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Nov 3, 2017* 8:00 pm |
Paine College | W 105β91 |
Tiger Arena Savannah, GA | ||||||||
Nov 3, 2017* 8:00 pm |
Fort Valley State | L 89β103 | Tiger Arena (1,890) Savannah, GA | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2017* 12:00 pm, FSOH/ ESPN3 |
at No. 12
Cincinnati Cayman Islands Classic Mainland |
L 77β107 | 0β1 |
BB&T Arena (6,610) Highland Heights, KY | |||||||
Nov 13, 2017* 7:00 pm |
East Tennessee State | L 61β76 | 0β2 |
Tiger Arena (965) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Nov 15, 2017* 5:00 pm |
Middle Georgia State | W 114β80 | 1β2 |
Tiger Arena (1,002) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Nov 17, 2017* 4:00 pm |
at
Louisiana Cayman Islands Classic Mainland |
L 82β115 | 1β3 |
Cajundome (3,096) Lafayette, LA | |||||||
Nov 20, 2017* 4:00 pm |
vs.
Jacksonville State Cayman Islands Classic Mainland |
L 71β86 | 1β4 |
McKenzie Arena (2,332) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
Nov 21, 2017* 5:00 pm |
vs.
Alabama State Cayman Islands Classic Mainland |
W 101β97 | 2β4 |
McKenzie Arena (2,211) Chattanooga, TN | |||||||
Nov 25, 2017* 2:00 pm, FSSW+ |
at Texas Tech | L 69β103 | 2β5 |
United Supermarkets Arena (6,614) Lubbock, TX | |||||||
Nov 28, 2017* 7:00 pm, Cox |
at No. 8 Wichita State | L 66β112 | 2β6 |
Charles Koch Arena (10,506) Wichita, KS | |||||||
Nov 30, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Carver College | W 98β60 | 3β6 |
Tiger Arena (950) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Dec 2, 2017* 4:00 pm |
William & Mary | L 85β108 | 3β7 |
Tiger Arena (819) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Dec 9, 2017* 5:00 pm |
at Georgia Southern | L 91β102 | 3β8 |
Hanner Fieldhouse (1,105) Statesboro, GA | |||||||
Dec 13, 2017* 7:00 pm |
at No. 9 Texas A&M | L 66β113 | 3β9 |
Reed Arena (6,339) College Station, TX | |||||||
Dec 17, 2017* 2:00 pm, FSSW |
at No. 21 Baylor | L 86β118 | 3β10 |
Ferrell Center (6,996) Waco, TX | |||||||
Dec 19, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at No. 13 Virginia | L 47β78 | 3β11 |
John Paul Jones Arena (13,597) Charlottesville, VA | |||||||
Dec 31, 2017* 12:00 pm, BTN |
at No. 2 Michigan State | L 52β108 | 3β12 |
Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI | |||||||
MEAC regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 6, 2018 4:00 pm |
at Coppin State | W 80β71 | 4β12 (1β0) |
Physical Education Complex (624) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
Jan 8, 2018 7:30 pm |
at Morgan State | L 88β89 | 4β13 (1β1) |
Talmadge L. Hill Field House (875) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
Jan 13, 2018 6:00 pm |
Maryland Eastern Shore | W 87β59 | 5β13 (2β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,136) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan 15, 2018 8:00 pm |
Howard | W 91β90 | 6β13 (3β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,033) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan 20, 2018 6:00 pm |
Hampton | W 103β101 | 7β13 (4β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,219) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan 22, 2018 8:00 pm |
Norfolk State | W 104β99 | 8β13 (5β1) |
Tiger Arena (1,998) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Jan 27, 2018 4:00 pm |
at Delaware State | W 106β86 | 9β13 (6β1) |
Memorial Hall (537) Dover, DE | |||||||
Jan 31, 2018 8:00 pm |
at Florida A&M | W 107β100 | 10β13 (7β1) |
Moore Gymnasium (2,479) Daytona Beach, FL | |||||||
Feb 3, 2018 6:00 pm |
South Carolina State | W 111β99 | 11β13 (8β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,375) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb 10, 2018 6:00 pm |
Morgan State | W 97β94 OT | 12β13 (9β1) |
Tiger Arena (2,901) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb 12, 2018 8:00 pm |
North Carolina A&T | W 108β106 | 13β13 (10β1) |
Tiger Arena (3,002) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Feb 17, 2018 6:30 pm |
at Norfolk State | L 77β85 | 13β14 (10β2) |
Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall (1,726) Norfolk,VA | |||||||
Feb 19, 2018 7:00 pm |
at Hampton | L 102β114 OT | 13β15 (10β3) |
Hampton Convocation Center (4,511) Hampton, VA | |||||||
Feb 24, 2018 4:00 pm |
at BethuneβCookman | L 92β121 | 13β16 (10β4) |
Moore Gymnasium (898) Daytona Beach, FL | |||||||
Feb 26, 2018 8:00 pm |
North Carolina Central | W 85β75 | 14β16 (11β4) |
Tiger Arena (1,990) Savannah, GA | |||||||
Mar 1, 2018 7:30 pm |
at South Carolina State | W 94β81 | 15β16 (12β4) |
SHM Memorial Center Orangeburg, SC | |||||||
MEAC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 8, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(3) | vs. (6) North Carolina Central Quarterfinals |
L 56β58 | 15β17 |
Norfolk Scope Norfolk, VA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |