2017β18 Alcorn State Braves basketball | |
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Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Record | 11β21 (7β11 SWAC) |
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Home arena | Davey Whitney Complex |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grambling State* | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern β | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 16 | – | 20 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ArkansasβPine Bluff | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 14 | – | 21 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alcorn State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Valley State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 4 | – | 28 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama A&M* | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 3 | – | 28 | .097 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 SWAC tournament winner |
The 2017β18 Alcorn State Braves basketball team represented Alcorn State University during the 2017β18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves, led by third-year head coach Montez Robinson, played their home games at the Davey Whitney Complex in Lorman, Mississippi as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 11β21, 7β11 in SWAC play to finish in eighth place. Due to Grambling State's ineligibility, they received the No. 7 seed in the SWAC tournament where they lost in the quarterfinals to Prairie View A&M.
The Braves finished the 2016β17 season 18β14, 13β5 in SWAC play to finish in second place.
The Braves were ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations for the second straight year. [1] However, they were allowed to participate in the SWAC tournament where they defeated Mississippi Valley State and Southern to advance to the championship game where they lost to Texas Southern.
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Roster |
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2017* 8:00 pm, SECN+ |
at LSU | L 59β99 | 0β1 |
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,856) Baton Rouge, LA | |||||||
Nov 12, 2017* 7:00 pm, FS1 |
at Creighton | L 72β109 | 0β2 |
CenturyLink Center Omaha (14,730) Omaha, NE | |||||||
Nov 13, 2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Northern Iowa | L 45β73 | 0β3 |
McLeod Center (3,385) Cedar Falls, IA | |||||||
Nov 17, 2017* 8:00 pm, FCS |
at No. 25 Baylor | L 61β78 | 0β4 |
Ferrell Center (5,330) Waco, TX | |||||||
Nov 19, 2017* 8:00 pm |
at Central Arkansas | L 76β102 | 0β5 |
Farris Center (542) Conway, AR | |||||||
Nov 22, 2017* 1:30 pm |
Yale | W 87β73 | 0β6 |
Davey Whitney Complex (177) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Nov 25, 2017* 6:00 pm |
Concordia (AL) | W 103β56 | 1β6 |
Davey Whitney Complex (143) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Nov 29, 2017* 8:00 pm, CST |
at Tulane | L 65β81 | 1β7 |
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,427) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
Dec 1, 2017* 8:00 pm |
Rust | W 89β50 | 2β7 |
Davey Whitney Complex (352) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Dec 10, 2017* 6:00 pm |
at Iowa State | L 58β78 | 2β8 |
Hilton Coliseum (14,112) Ames, IA | |||||||
Dec 12, 2017* 8:00 pm |
Fisk | W 77β69 | 3β8 |
Davey Whitney Complex (117) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Dec 18, 2017* 8:00 pm |
Blue Mountain | W 83β56 | 4β8 |
Davey Whitney Complex (119) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Dec 22, 2017* 7:00 pm, SECN+ |
at Vanderbilt | L 51β92 | 4β9 |
Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University) (8,125) Nashville, TN | |||||||
SWAC regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 1, 2018 6:00 pm |
at Prairie View A&M | L 64β76 | 4β10 (0β1) |
William Nicks Building (231) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
Jan 3, 2018 8:30 pm |
at Texas Southern | L 70β85 | 4β11 (0β2) |
H&PE Arena (802) Houston, TX | |||||||
Jan 6, 2018 6:30 pm |
Jackson State | L 55β60 | 4β12 (0β3) |
Davey Whitney Complex (884) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Jan 8, 2018 8:00 pm |
Grambling State | L 61β72 | 4β13 (0β4) |
Davey Whitney Complex (744) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Jan 13, 2018 5:00 pm |
at Mississippi Valley State | W 77β63 | 5β13 (1β4) |
Harrison HPER Complex (3,287) Itta Bena, MS | |||||||
Jan 15, 2018 8:30 pm |
at ArkansasβPine Bluff | L 59β71 | 5β14 (1β5) |
K. L. Johnson Complex (3,100) Pine Bluff, AR | |||||||
Jan 20, 2018 6:30 pm |
Alabama A&M | W 68β52 | 6β14 (2β5) |
Davey Whitney Complex (362) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Jan 22, 2018 8:00 pm |
Alabama State | W 81β64 | 7β14 (3β5) |
Davey Whitney Complex (653) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Jan 27, 2018 6:30 pm |
at Southern Jaguars | L 48β61 | 7β15 (3β6) |
F. G. Clark Activity Center (1,178) Baton Rouge, LA | |||||||
Feb 3, 2018 6:30 pm |
at Jackson State | L 57β60 | 7β16 (3β7) |
Williams Assembly Center (5,827) Jackson, MS | |||||||
Feb 5, 2018 8:30 pm |
at Grambling State | L 72β81 | 7β17 (3β8) |
Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (1,160) Grambling, LA | |||||||
Feb 10, 2018 6:30 pm |
Mississippi Valley State | W 94β90 OT | 8β17 (4β8) |
Davey Whitney Complex (588) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Feb 12, 2018 8:00 pm |
ArkansasβPine Bluff | W 84β52 | 9β17 (5β8) |
Davey Whitney Complex (478) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Feb 17, 2018 6:30 pm |
at Alabama A&M | W 80β60 | 10β17 (6β8) |
Elmore Gymnasium (1,527) Normal, AL | |||||||
Feb 19, 2018 9:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Alabama State | L 62β82 | 10β18 (6β9) |
Dunn-Oliver Acadome (1,252) Montgomery, AL | |||||||
Feb 24, 2018 6:30 pm |
Southern Jaguars | W 89β85 | 11β18 (7β9) |
Davey Whitney Complex (472) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Mar 1, 2018 8:00 pm |
Prairie View A&M | L 69β79 | 11β19 (7β10) |
Davey White Complex (251) Lorman, MS | |||||||
Mar 3, 2018 6:30 pm |
Texas Southern | L 71β78 | 11β20 (7β11) |
Davey White Complex (466) Lorman, MS | |||||||
SWAC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 6, 2018 8:30 pm |
(7) | at (2) Prairie View A&M Quarterfinals |
L 71β87 | 11β21 |
William Nicks Building (1,252) Prairie View, TX | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |