2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

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2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	13–19 (5–13 Big Sky)
Head coach	Todd Simon (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	John Wardenburg Chris Pompey Trent Angelucci
Home arena	America First Events Center
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by second-year head coach Todd Simon and played their home games at the America First Events Center in Cedar City, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 5–13 in Big Sky play to finish in tenth place. In the Big Sky tournament they defeated Idaho State and Idaho to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Eastern Washington.

The Thunderbirds finished the 2016–17 season 6–27, 3–15 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for 11th. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they defeated Montana State in the first round before losing to Weber State in the quarterfinals.

2017–18 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G/F 1 Jamil Jackson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So North HS Willison State College Minneapolis, MN G 2 Brandon Better 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Crossland HS Moberly Area CC Suitland, MD G 4 Dre Marin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Apollo HS Glendale, AZ G/F 5 Jordan Lyons 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Athlete Institute Prep Brampton, ON F 10 Jacob Calloway 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So On Point Academy Juneau, AK G 12 Jadon Cohee 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Walnut Grove Secondary Seattle Langley, BC G 13 Taelin Webb (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Roosevelt HS South Plains College Fresno, CA G 14 James McGee (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Sr Mater Dei HS San Clemente, CA F 15 Jamal Aytes 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Sr JSerra BYU San Diego, CA F 22 Ivan Madunic 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So None Split, Croatia G/F 23 Cameron Oluyitan  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Clements HS Boise State Houston, TX G/F 30 Elijah Graves (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Liberty HS Las Vegas, NV F 32 Andre Adams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS So IMG Academy Arizona State Avondale, AZ G 33 Matthew Johnson (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Coronado HS Las Vegas, NV F/C 34 Christian Musoko 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Layton Christian HS Salt Lake CC Kinshasa, Congo F 44 Joel Swallow (W) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) RS So Millard HS Howell, UT	Head coach Todd Simon (UNLV) Assistant coach(es) John Wardenburg (BYU) Chris Pompey (Pittsburgh) Trent Angelucci (South Carolina) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster