2017 – 18 East Tennessee Buccaneers basketball team represented East Tennessee State University during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Buccaneers , led by third-year head coach Steve Forbes , played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City , Tennessee as of the Southern Conference . They finished the season 25 – 9 , 14 – 4 in SoCon play to finish in second place . They defeated Chattanooga and Furman to advance to the championship game of the SoCon Tournament where they lost to UNC Greensboro . Despite having 25 wins , they did not participate in a postseason tournament
SoCon Tournament
2018 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team