The 2017–18 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by second-year head coach Steve Henson, played their home games at the Convocation Center as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 20–15, 11–7 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place. They defeated UTEP in the first round of the C-USA tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Marshall. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Lamar in the first round and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to Sam Houston State.

Previous season The Roadrunners finished the 2016–17 season 14–19, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in the ninth place. They defeated Western Kentucky in the first round of the C-USA tournament before losing to top-seeded Middle Tennessee.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Terrell Scruggs 0 F 6'5" 195 Senior Fresno, TX Graduated Jeff Beverly 1 F 6'6" 250 RS Junior League City, TX Walk-on; graduate transferred to Iowa State J. R. Harris 2 G 6'4" 170 Senior Baton Rouge, LA Graduated Gino Littles 3 G 6'0" 160 Junior Phoenix, AZ Graduate transferred to Northern Arizona Christian Wilson 10 G 6'2" 170 Junior Baton Rouge, LA Transferred Bola Alade 14 G 6'4" 195 RS Sophomore Plano, TX Walk-on; didn't return Lucas O'Brien 15 C 6'10" 245 RS Senior Chandler, AZ Graduated A. J. Cockrell 33 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Tulsa, OK Transferred to Connors State College Nick Billingsley 34 G 6'4" 185 Senior Omaha, NE Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Deon Lyle 1 G 6'5" 190 Junior Norton, KS Junior college transferred from Cloud County CC Dante Buford 21 F 6'7" 221 RS Junior Jacksonville, FL Transferred from Oklahoma. Under NCAA transfer rules, Buford will have to sit out for the 2017–18 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Toby Van Ry 41 C 6'10" 210 RS Junior Fort Collins, CO Junior college transferred to Northwest Technical College

Class of 2017 recruits

Class of 2018 recruits

Class of 2019 recruits

Roster

Schedule and results

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

!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA tournament

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