2017 – 18 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Minutemen were led by first-year head coach Matt McCall and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst , Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference . They finished the season 13 – 20 , 5 – 13 in A-10 play to finish in 13th place . They beat La Salle in the first round of the A-10 Tournament before losing in the second round to George Mason
A-10 Tournament
2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 UMass Minutemen basketball team