2017–18 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team
| 2017–18 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Summit League |
| 2017–18 record | 0–0 (0–0 The Summit) |
| Head coach | Jon Coffman (4th season) |
| Assistant coach | Mark Downey (2nd season) |
| Assistant coach | Ryan Sims (6th season) |
| Assistant coach | Ben Botts (3rd season) |
| Home arena |
Gates Sports Center Allen County War Memorial Coliseum |
| 2017–18 Summit League men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fort Wayne | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2018 Summit League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2017–18 Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team, formerly known as the IPFW Mastodons, will represent Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mastodons will be led by fourth-year head coach Jon Coffman and will play their home games at the Gates Sports Center and the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum as members of the Summit League.
Previous season
The Mastodons finished the 2016–17 season 20–13, 8–8 in Summit League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament to Omaha.[1] They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Ball State[2] in the first round and received a second round bye[3] before losing in the quarterfinals to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.[4]
Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| * |
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Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Oakland | |
Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI | ||||||||
| Nov 22, 2017* |
at Kentucky | |
Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | ||||||||
| Summit League regular season | |||||||||||
| Summit League Tournament | |||||||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Comeback Win Over Fort Wayne Sends Omaha to Summit League Semifinals". Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ "CIT Recap: Ball State Cardinals at Fort Wayne Mastodons". Hustle Belt. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ Department, Derrick Sloboda-IPFW Sports Information (2017-03-17). "Mastodons earn second round bye in C.I.T.". WANE. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ↑ Staff, IPFW Athletic (2017-03-26). "Fort Wayne’s CIT Run Ends 78-62 To Texas A&M-Corpus Christi". WANE. Retrieved 2017-07-13.