The 2017–18 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by third-year head coach Tim Duryea, played their home games at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17–17 overall and 8–10 in conference play, finishing tied for 7th. In the Mountain West Conference tournament, they defeated Colorado State in the first round and Boise State in the quarterfinals before losing to New Mexico in the semi-finals.

On March 11, 2018, head coach Tim Duryea was fired after three seasons. He finished at Utah State with a three-year record of 47–49. On March 25, reports indicated that the school had hired South Dakota head coach Craig Smith as head coach, which was confirmed the next day.

Previous season The Aggies finished the 2016–17 season 14–17, 7–11 in Mountain West play to finish in tie for eighth place. They defeated San Jose State in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Nevada.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Shane Rector 0 G 6'2" 180 Senior Bronx, NY Graduated Ngor Barnaba 13 F 6'8" 235 Junior Rochester, MN Graduate transferred to Northwest Nazarene Jalen Moore 14 G/F 6'9" 220 Senior Smithfield, UT Graduated Connor Garner 25 G 6'3" 200 Senior Raft River, ID Graduated Trevin Dorius 32 F 6'10" 215 Freshman Heber City, UT Walk-on; didn't return

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Deangelo Isby 0 F 6'5" 195 Junior Chicago, IL Junior college transferred from Wabash Valley College Dwayne Brown Jr. 25 F 6'7" 220 Junior Conyers, GA Junior college transferred from Northern Oklahoma College

Recruiting Utah State did not have any incoming players in the 2017 recruiting class.

Preseason In a vote by conference media at the Mountain West media day, the Aggies were picked to finish in eighth place in the Mountain West. Sophomore guard Koby McEwen was named to the preseason All-Mountain West team.

Roster

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Schedule and results

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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament

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