2017 – 18 Hampton Pirates men 's basketball team represented Hampton University during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Pirates , led by ninth-year head coach Edward Joyner , played their home games at the Hampton Convocation Center in Hampton , Virginia as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference . They finished the season 19 – 16 , 12 – 4 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for the MEAC Regular season championship . After tiebreakers , they received the No. 1 seed in the MEAC Tournament where they Florida A&M and North Carolina A&T to advance to the championship game where they lost to North Carolina Central . As a regular season conference champion , and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament , who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Notre Dame
MEAC Tournament
2018 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team