2017–18 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by first-year head coach Pat Baldwin, played their home games at the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena and the Klotsche Center as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 16–17, 8–10 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated UIC in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament before losing in the semifinals to Wright State.

2017–18 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball
Conference	Horizon League
Record	16–17 (8–10 Horizon)
Head coach	Patrick Baldwin (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Paris Parham Terrance McGee Pat Monaghan
Home arena	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena Klotsche Center

2017–18 Horizon League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Kentucky	15	–	3		.833			22	–	10		.688
Wright State †	14	–	4		.778			25	–	10		.714
UIC	12	–	6		.667			20	–	16		.556
Oakland	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Milwaukee	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
IUPUI	8	–	10		.444			11	–	19		.367
Green Bay	7	–	11		.389			13	–	20		.394
Cleveland State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	23		.343
Youngstown State	6	–	12		.333			8	–	24		.250
Detroit	4	–	14		.222			8	–	24		.250
† 2018 Horizon League Tournament winner

Previous season

The Panthers finished the 2016–17 season 11–24, 4–14 in Horizon League play to finish in last place. They defeated Detroit, Valparaiso, and UIC to advance to the championship game of the Horizon League tournament where they lost to Northern Kentucky.

On June 12, 2017, head coach LaVall Jordan left the school to accept the head coaching position at Butler, his alma mater. On June 20, the school named Patrick Baldwin head coach.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Cody Wichmann	5	G	6'5"	210	Senior	Pulaski, WI	Graduated
Zac Saddler	11	F	6'7"	200	Freshman	New Braunfels, TX	Transferred to Western Texas College
Dan Studer	21	F	6'7"	230	Senior	Germantown, WI	Walk-on; graduated
Cameron Harvey	31	G	6'3"	205	RS Senior	Collegeville, PA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Vance Johnson	14	F	6'9"	240	Junior	Chicago, IL	Junior college transferred from Northeast CC

Recruiting class of 2017

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Carson Warren-Newsome SG	Waukegan, IL	Waukegan High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jun 18, 2016
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.

Recruiting class of 2018

College recruiting information (2018)
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Shea Mitchell #58 SF	Lakeville, MN	Lakeville South High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A	Sep 10, 2017
	Star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 78
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.

Roster

2017–18 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Bryce Barnes 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 172 lb (78 kg) So Bogan High School Chicago, Illinois G 1 Jeremiah Bell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 171 lb (78 kg) Jr Vincennes Louisville, Kentucky G 3 Brock Stull 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Boylan Catholic High School Rockford, Illinois G 4 Jeremy Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Champlin Park High School Brooklyn Park, Minnesota G 5 Carson Warren-Newsome 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Waukegan High School Waukegan, Illinois G 10 Sam Burkart (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Xavier High School Kaukauna, Wisconsin G 13 August Haas 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 187 lb (85 kg) So Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium Copenhagen, Denmark F 14 Vance Johnson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Northeast Community College Chicago, Illinois G 15 Baylor Peterson (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Edina High School Edina, Minnesota F 23 Seth Dittmer (W) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Homeschooled Pewaukee, Wisconsin F 24 Bryce Nze 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Arrowhead High School Hartland, Wisconsin F 50 Brett Prahl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Sr East Troy High School East Troy, Wisconsin F 52 Alex Prahl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Sr East Troy High School East Troy, Wisconsin	Head coach Patrick Baldwin (Northwestern) Assistant coach(es) Paris Parham (Minnesota State) Terrance McGee (Missouri State) Pat Monaghan (Lewis) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 22, 2017* 4:00 pm		at Marquette Charity relief exhibition	L 63–78		Al McGuire Center (2,108) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 2, 2017* 7:00 pm		Wisconsin Lutheran	W 92–64		Klotsche Center (825) Milwaukee, WI
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Wisconsin–La Crosse Black & Gold Shootout	W 83–73	1–0	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,492) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 13, 2017* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		at Iowa State	W 74–56	2–0	Hilton Coliseum (13,853) Ames, IA
Nov 17, 2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN3		Concordia–St. Paul Black & Gold Shootout	L 55–69	2–1	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,686) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 18, 2017* 5:30 pm, ESPN3		FIU Black & Gold Shootout	W 66–51	3–1	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,313) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 19, 2017* 3:30 pm, ESPN3		Elon Black & Gold Shootout	W 72–71	4–1	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,103) Milwaukee, WI
Nov 24, 2017* 8:00 pm, BTN		at Wisconsin	L 49–71	4–2	Kohl Center (17,287) Madison, WI
Nov 29, 2017* 8:30 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Illinois	W 75–62	5–2	Convocation Center (1,216) DeKalb, IL
Dec 2, 2017* 3:00 pm, FSWI		Montana State	L 64–68	5–3	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,596) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 5, 2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Jacksonville	W 62–52	6–3	Swisher Gymnasium (619) Jacksonville, FL
Dec 9, 2017* 7:00 pm		at Western Illinois	L 69–90	6–4	Western Hall (663) Macomb, IL
Dec 13, 2017* 6:30 pm		at Belmont	L 63–82	6–5	Curb Event Center (1,612) Nashville
Dec 16, 2017* 1:00 pm, FSWI		Loyola–Chicago	W 73–56	7–5	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,705) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 22, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Western Michigan	L 63–66	7–6	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,115) Milwaukee, WI
Horizon League regular season
Dec 28, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Oakland	L 68–76	7–7 (0–1)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,312) Milwaukee, WI
Dec 30, 2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		Detroit	W 87–79	8–7 (1–1)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (986) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 4, 2018 6:35 pm, ESPN3		at Youngstown State	L 63–72	8–8 (1–2)	Beeghly Center (1,484) Youngstown, OH
Jan 6, 2018 2:30 pm, ESPN3		at Cleveland State	W 67–63	9–8 (2–2)	Wolstein Center (1,027) Cleveland, OH
Jan 10, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at IUPUI	L 71–72	9–9 (2–3)	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,002) Indianapolis, IN
Jan 12, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at UIC	L 73–88	9–10 (2–4)	UIC Pavilion (1,643) Chicago, IL
Jan 15, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Green Bay	L 92–99 OT	9–11 (2–5)	Resch Center (2,630) Green Bay, WI
Jan 18, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Northern Kentucky	L 64–91	9–12 (2–6)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,009) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 20, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Wright State	W 66–61	10–12 (3–6)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,603) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 25, 2018 7:00 pm, FSWI		Youngstown State	W 66–55	11–12 (4–6)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,677) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 27, 2018 1:00 pm, FSWI		Cleveland State	W 70–47	12–12 (5–6)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,865) Milwaukee, WI
Jan 29, 2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3		UIC	L 56–74	12–13 (5–7)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,057) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 2, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Green Bay	W 76–58	13–13 (6–7)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,973) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 8, 2018 6:30 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Kentucky	L 52–54	13–14 (6–8)	BB&T Arena (4,819) Highland Heights, KY
Feb 10, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wright State	W 74–73	14–14 (7–8)	Nutter Center (5,713) Fairborn, OH
Feb 16, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		IUPUI	L 71–76 OT	14–15 (7–9)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,871) Milwaukee, WI
Feb 22, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Detroit	W 72–49	15–15 (8–9)	Calihan Hall (1,102) Detroit, MI
Feb 24, 2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Oakland	L 70–72	15–16 (8–10)	Athletics Center O'rena  Rochester, MI
Horizon League tournament
Mar 4, 2018 5:00 pm, ESPN3	(6)	vs. (3) UIC Quarterfinals	W 80–75	16–16	Little Caesars Arena (6,771) Detroit, MI
Mar 5, 2018 9:30 pm, ESPNU	(6)	vs. (2) Wright State Semifinals	L 53–59	16–17	Little Caesars Arena (5,398) Detroit, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.