The 2017–18 Cal State Fullerton Titans men's basketball team represented California State University, Fullerton during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Titans, led by fifth-year head coach Dedrique Taylor, played their home games at the Titan Gym, in Fullerton, California as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 10–6 in Big West play, to finish in fourth place. They defeated Long Beach State and UC Davis to advance to the championship game of the Big West tournament. In the championship, they defeated UC Irvine to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 15 seed in the East region, they lost to Purdue in the first round.
Previous season The Titans finished the 2016–17 season 17–15, 10–6 in Big West play, to finish in third place. In the Big West tournament, they defeated Cal State Northridge in the quarterfinals before losing to UC Davis in the semifinals. They were then invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, where they lost to Weber State in the first round.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Tre Coggins 1 G 6' 3" 193 Senior San Juan Capistrano, CA Graduated Lionheart Leslie 2 G 5' 10" 179 Senior Houma, LA Graduated Loren Brill 11 G 6' 0" 180 Freshman Gaithersburg, MD Walk-on; transferred to Old Dominion Richard Peters 22 C 6' 11" 270 Senior Pickering, ON Graduated Joshua Currenton 32 C 6' 10" 250 Junior Watts, CA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Darcy Malone 33 C 7'0" 244 Senior Canberra, Australia Graduated Riley Dearring 35 G 6' 5" 180 RS Junior Minnetonka, MN Left the team for personal reasons Jhan Paul Mejia 41 F 6' 10" 195 Junior Madrid, Spain Graduate transferred to College of Charleston
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Dominik Heinzl 21 F 6' 7" 200 Junior Uzov, Czech Republic Junior college transferred from Laramie County CC
2017 incoming recruits
2018 incoming recruits
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big West regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big West tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
Source: – All home or Big West matches were televised on BigWest.TV.
Player statistics
+Individual player statistics (Final)MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree-throwsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgAStlBlkTOAhmad, Khalil3230100231.348415.1170407.41857178.32087105.829171041213.85239778Allman, Kyle3230105332.962319.5198405.48945105.429182244.746111001113.57536674Awosika, Austen321487327.32297.279193.409734.2066497.66018971153.68532756Clare, Davon32355417.31063.34095.421728.2501927.70431781091.135151137Fox, Ian50387.661.2214.143211.1820004040.84211García, José1044.044.027.28602.0000004155.00100Heinzl, Dominik30530310.1712.42951.5690001318.7221536511.746521Kirkwood, Landon110514.6171.5713.53837.4290003470.63202Pitts, Josh190924.8221.2926.34600048.5001112231.23225Ramos, Dwight1811216.7372.11446.304523.21748.50099181.094011Robertson, Arkim322749615.51675.26398.6430004163.65153851384.37112831Rowe, Jackson313192930.037612.1136234.5812458.41480103.777421662086.750293164Smith, Jamal321872122.51253.93584.4171335.3714256.750675812.56118652Venzant, Daniel2411385.8411.71735.486312.250411.364014140.612309Wang, Johnny150755.0100.7313.23117.14335.600216181.23124Total32–6450201.6231872.48041721.467167500.334543745.729276847112335.1403201106455Opponents32–6450201.6224570.27681861.413220635.346489647.756320754107433.6396180114413 Legend GP Games played GS Games started Avg Average per game FG Field-goals made FGA Field-goal attempts Off Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds A Assists TO Turnovers Blk Blocks Stl Steals High Team high Source:
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