2017 – 18 Incarnate Word Cardinals men 's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Cardinals were led by 12th-year head coach Ken Burmeister and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center in San Antonio , Texas as members of the Southland Conference . The Cardinals finished the season 7 – 21 , 2 – 16 in Southland play to finish in a tie for 11th place . They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament . The season marked the Cardinals ' first full season as a Division I school after a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I and were thus eligible for postseason play . On March 6 , 2018 , the school announced that head coach Ken Burmeister would not return as head coach . The Cardinals hired Carson Cunningham from Carroll College of the NAIA as the new head coach on March 22 , 2018
Southland Tournament
2018 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team