The 2017–18 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions were led by fourth-year head coach Mike Dunlap. They played their home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Portland in the first round of the WCC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Gonzaga.
Previous season The Lions finished the 2016–17 season 15–15, 8–10 in WCC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC tournament to BYU.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Kelvin Amayo 2 G 6'4" 225 RS Senior Newark, NJ Graduated Munis Tutu 3 G 6'1" 165 Sophomore Windsor, ON Transferred to Carleton Brandon Brown 10 G 5'11" 160 Senior Laveen, AZ Graduated Miles Crawford 13 G 6'1" 165 Sophomore Denton, TX Walk-on; transferred Stefan Jovanovic 15 C 6'10" 235 Senior Kraljevo, Serbia Graduated Buay Tuach 22 G/F 6'6" 185 Senior Omaha, NE Graduated Shamar Johnson 24 F 6'7" 255 Senior Pensacola, FL Graduated Trevor Manuel 34 F 6'9" 185 Sophomore Lansing, MI Transferred to Olivet College
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Cameron Allen 3 G 6'0" Sophomore Greenville, SC Junior college transferred from Pensacola JC. James Batemon III 5 G 6'1" 175 Junior Milwaukee, WI Junior college transferred from North Dakota State College of Science.
2017 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=|WCC regular season
!colspan=12 style=| WCC tournament
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