2017 – 18 USC Upstate Spartans men 's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Spartans , led by first-year head coach Kyle Perry , played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center in Spartanburg , South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference . Perry was initially named interim coach upon head coach Eddie Payne 's retirement on October 3 , 2017 due to health concerns , but had the interim tag removed on October 20 and was named full-time head coach . They finished the season 7 – 25 , 2 – 12 in ASUN play to finish in last place . They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast . After the season , USC Upstate fired Perry on March 1 , less than five months after being named full time head coach of the Spartans . On March 30 , the school hired former Tulane head coach Dave Dickerson for the job
ASUN Tournament
2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team