2017 – 18 BYU Cougars men 's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . It was head coach Dave Rose 's 13th season at BYU and the Cougars seventh season as members of the West Coast Conference . The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo , Utah . They finished the season 24 – 11 , 11 – 7 in West Coast Conference play to finish in third place . As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament , they defeated San Diego in the quarterfinals and Saint Mary 's in the semifinals before losing to Gonzaga in the championship game . They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they were defeated by Stanford in the first round
WCC Tournament
2018 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team