The 2017–18 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team represented the University of North Florida during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by ninth–year head coach Matthew Driscoll and played their home games at UNF Arena on the university's campus in Jacksonville, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). The Ospreys finished the season 14–19, 7–7 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. In the ASUN tournament, they defeated NJIT before losing in the semifinals to Florida Gulf Coast.
Previous season The Ospreys finished the 2015–16 season 15–19, 8–6 in ASUN play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the ASUN tournament, they defeated Jacksonville and Lipscomb before losing to Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Karlos Odum 1 F 6'7" 215 RS Sophomore Lakeland, FL Transferred to West Georgia C. J. Fisher 5 G 6'2" 182 Freshman Miami, FL Transferred to New Mexico JC Aaron Bodager 12 G 6'5" 200 RS Senior Oviedo, FL Graduated Dallas Moore 14 G 6'1" 175 Senior St. Petersburg, FL Graduated/Undrafted in 2017 NBA draft Nick Malonga 23 G 6'5" 192 RS Junior Bolingbrook, IL Graduate transferred to Davenport Aaron Horne 24 G/F 6'5" 180 Junior Lake Worth, FL Graduate transferred to Texas A&M–Commerce Romelo Banks 33 C 6'11" 252 RS Junior Kissimmee, FL Left the team for personal reasons Chris Davenport 35 F 6'8" 215 Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Noah Horchler 0 F 6'8" 200 Sophomore Indialantic, FL Junior college transferred from Eastern Florida State College Ivan Gandia 21 G 6'1" 170 Junior Caguas, PR Junior college transferred from College of Central Florida
2017 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Atlantic Sun Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Atlantic Sun tournament
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