The 2017–18 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team represented the United States Air Force Academy during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons, led by sixth-year head coach Dave Pilipovich, played their home games at Clune Arena on the Air Force Academy's main campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They finished the season 12–19, with a 6–12 record in Mountain West play. Air Force finished with the ninth-best in-conference record. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to UNLV.
Previous season The Falcons finished the season 12–21, 4–14 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They defeated Wyoming in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Colorado State.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Daniel Hummer 4 G 6'0" 175 Sophomore Upper Arlington, OH Transferred to Ohio State Zach Kocur 5 G 6'3" 200 Senior Denver, CO Graduated Nicholas Wells 10 G 6'5" 194 Freshman Marietta, GA No longer on team roster Kyle Broekhuis 25 F 6'7" 200 Senior Colorado Springs, CO Graduated Garrett Scheer 31 F 6'6" 185 Freshman Las Vegas, NV No longer on team roster Hayden Graham 35 F 6'5" 195 Senior Austin, TX Graduated Brendan Leonard 40 C 6'8" 235 Junior Olympia, WA No longer on team roster Keegan Culp 41 F 6'4" 186 Freshman Carmel, IN Left the team for personal reasons Ryan Swan 43 F 6'6" 227 Freshman Aurora, CO No longer on team roster
2017 recruiting class
Preseason In a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Falcons were picked to finish in last place in the Mountain West.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament
1 Game originally canceled due to the January 2018 United States federal government shutdown. Rescheduled to February 26.
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