2017 – 18 Davidson Wildcats men 's basketball team represented Davidson College during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Wildcats were led by 29th-year head coach Bob McKillop and played their home games at the John M. Belk Arena in Davidson , North Carolina as fourth-year members of the Atlantic 10 Conference . They finished the season 21 – 12 , 13 – 5 in the A-10 to finish in third place . In the A-10 Tournament they defeated Saint Louis , St. Bonaventure , and Rhode Island to be A-10 Tournament champions . They received the A-10 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Kentucky
A-10 Tournament
2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team