2017 – 18 UC Davis Aggies men 's basketball team represented the University of California , Davis during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Aggies , led by seventh-year head coach Jim Les , played their home games at The Pavilion as members of the Big West Conference . They finished the season 22 – 11 , 12 – 4 in Big West play to win the regular season championship . In the Big West Tournament , they defeated UC Riverside before losing to Cal State Fullerton in the semifinals . As a regular season conference champion who did not win their conference tournament , the Aggies received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Utah
Big West Tournament
2018 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team