2017 – 18 Alabama State Hornets basketball team represented Alabama State University during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Hornets , led by 13th-year head coach Lewis Jackson , played their home games at the Dunn – Oliver Acadome in Montgomery , Alabama as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference . They finished the season 8 – 23 , 8 – 10 in SWAC play to finish in seventh place . Due to Grambling State 's ineligibility , they received the No. 6 seed in the SWAC Tournament where they lost to Texas Southern in the quarterfinals
SWAC Tournament
2018 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Alabama State Hornets basketball team