2017–18 USC Trojans men's basketball team, FBI investigation
On September 26, federal prosecutors in New York announced charges of fraud and corruption against 10 people involved in college basketball, including USC assistant coach Tony Bland. The charges allege that Bland and others allegedly received benefits from financial advisers and others to influence student-athletes to retain their services. Following the announcement, USC placed Bland on administrative leave and announced that it would conduct an internal investigation of the matter. Potential 2018 NBA Draft pick De'Anthony Melton would be indefinitely suspended in relation to the scandal in January before leaving USC on February 21, 2018.


2017–18 USC Trojans women's basketball team
The 2017–18 USC Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Southern California during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by first year head coach, 6th overall Mark Trakh, play their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Washington State in the first round before losing to Stanford in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to Stanford. They would have clinched the automatic berth to the 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament, but declined to participate, despite being the highest-ranked non-NCAA team in the Pac-12.


2017–18 USC Trojans women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 14–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to California. After that game, Coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke resigned.


2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team
The 2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by first-year head coach Kyle Perry, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. Perry was initially named interim coach upon head coach Eddie Payne's retirement on October 3, 2017 due to health concerns, but had the interim tag removed on October 20 and was named full-time head coach. They finished the season 7–25, 2–12 in ASUN play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.


2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team
After the season, USC Upstate fired Perry on March 1, less than five months after being named full time head coach of the Spartans. On March 30, the school hired former Tulane head coach Dave Dickerson for the job.


2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team
This season marked the final season for USC Upstate as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as the school announced on November 15, 2017 that they will be moving to the Big South Conference for the 2018–19 season.


2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2016–17 season 17–16, 7–7 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the Quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Kennesaw State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Furman.


2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The season marked Eddie Payne's 15th and final season as head coach at USC Upstate as he announced his retirement on October 3, 2017.


2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team
The 2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina Upstate in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by thirteenth year head coach Tammy George, play their games at G. B. Hodge Center and were members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 11–19, 6–8 in A-Sun play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of A-Sun Tournament to Lipscomb.


2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team
The season marked the final season for USC Upstate as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as the school announced on November 15, 2017 that they will be moving to the Big South Conference for the 2018–19 season.


2017–18 USC Upstate Spartans women's basketball team, Media
All home games and conference road are shown on ESPN3 or A-Sun.TV. Non conference road games are typically available on the opponents website.


2017–18 USHL season
The 2017–18 USHL season was the 39th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from October 6, 2017, to April 14, 2018. The regular season champions, the Waterloo Black Hawks, were awarded the Anderson Cup. The playoff champions, the Fargo Force, were awarded the Clark Cup.


2017–18 USHL season, League changes
The Bloomington Thunder were rebranded as the Central Illinois Flying Aces.


2017–18 USHL season, League changes
While the alignment remained the same from the previous season, the league increased the number of teams that qualify for the playoffs from eight to twelve. The top two seeds in each conference now have a bye in the first round. The third and fourth conference seeds than host the fifth and sixth conference seeds in a best-of-three series. The rest of the playoffs are a best-of-five series.


2017–18 USHL season, Regular season, Western Conference
x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title


2017–18 USM Alger season
In the 2017–18 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 40th season, as well as the CAF Champions League, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.


2017–18 USM Alger season
With the start of the season, the team failed to achieve their biggest goal of winning the CAF Champions League after defeating against Morocco's Wydad. on 11 November 2017 the coach Paul Put announced his resignation following a 2-1 defeat to CS Constantine., A day after Put's departure, the club hired Franco Algerien coach Miloud Hamdi until the end of the season.


2017–18 USM Alger season, Season summary
In preparation for this season, which will start at the end of August 2017, the management of the USMA, in consultation with the technical staff, is planning the summer training course from 04 to 16 August 2017 in Turkey the Usmists will be in Istanbul at 2 pm, a bus will wait for the Algerian delegation to transport it to the station Kartepe in Izmit and will play five friendly matches. three against local clubs, two against Saudi clubs and one against a Qatari club.


2017–18 USM Alger season, Season summary
USM Alger is transported without six players: Ayoub Abdellaoui, Abderrahmane Meziane, Oussama Darfalou, Okacha Hamzaoui and Raouf Benguit Who joined the Algeria A' national team in preparation for the African Nations Championship qualification against the Libyan national team, as for Soumaila Sidibe did not move with the team because of the visa. the first friendly against Mersin İdmanyurdu and ended with a 5–1 victory and only Ziri Hammar played 90 minutes, and he was the author of three assists, in the same context the games it was delayed for a day due to heavy fog.


2017–18 USM Alger season, Season summary
The second match was against Al Kharaitiyat Qatar and ended 4–1 in favor of the Union and saw the match with the young striker Boumechra, who scored two goals The third game against Sultanbeyli Belediyespor canceled because of the fog and to avoid these problems the decision of the management of the USM Alger played the rest of the friendly games in another place to avoid being postponed, then in the fourth game against Al-Hazm Saudi Club won the Union winning two goals to zero, on the final day of training, the team played two friendly matches in the morning against Ataşehir Çamolukspor and ended in favor of USM Alger with a 2–0 victory. In the evening against Al-Orobah from Saudi Arabia, they ended with a 2–2 draw. after a 13-day internship in Turkey in the heights of Izmit, the Red and Black are back home. The plane from Istanbul arrived at the Algiers airport at 18:30.


2017–18 USM Alger season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2017–18 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2017–18 USM Alger season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 11 December 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 USM Alger season, Kit
Supplier: Joma, the beginning of the year 2017. Sponsor: Djezzy


2017–18 USM Bel-Abbès season
In the 2017–18 season, USM Bel-Abbès competed in the Ligue 1 for the 23rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.


2017–18 USM Bel-Abbès season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 25 August 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 USM Bel-Abbès season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2017–18 USM Blida season
In the 2017–18 season, USM Blida is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 27th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.


2017–18 USM Blida season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2017–18 USM Blida season, Squad list
As of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 USM El Harrach season
In the 2017–18 season, USM El Harrach is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 34th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.


2017–18 USM El Harrach season, Squad list
As of August 25, 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team
The 2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by 12th-year head coach Scott Cross, played their home games at the College Park Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 10–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Appalachian State and Louisiana to advance to the championship game of the Sun Belt Tournament where they lost to Georgia State. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.


2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team
On March 26, 2018, Cross was fired after 12 seasons at UT Arlington, along with his entire staff, with UTA's Athletic Director citing a change in the program's leadership. On April 6, the school hired former Texas Tech assistant Chris Ogden as head coach.


2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Mavericks finished the 2016–17 season 27–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play to win the Sun Belt regular season championship. In the Sun Belt Tournament, they defeated Coastal Carolina before losing in the semifinals to Texas State. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated BYU and Akron before losing in the quarterfinals to Cal State Bakersfield.


2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team, Offseason
Under NCAA transfer rules, Barrett and Dennis will have to sit out for the 2017–18 season. Barrett will have three seasons of eligibility remaining, while Dennis will have two seasons.


2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by fifth year head coach Krista Gerlich, play their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 18–12, 12–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to Louisiana.


2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 22–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament where they lost to Troy. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Tulane in the first round.


2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team
The 2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by second-year head coach Anthony Stewart, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 10–21, 5–13 in OVC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the OVC Tournament.


2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Skyhawks finished the 2016–17 season 22–13, 10–6 in OVC play to win the West Division championship. As the No. 2 seed in the OVC Tournament, they defeated Murray State before losing to Jacksonville State in the championship game. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated UNC Asheville in the first round before losing in the second round to Campbell.


2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team, Preseason
In a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, UT Martin was picked to finish in eighth place in the OVC. Senior guard Matthew Butler was named to the All-OVC Team.


2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team, Preseason
After five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017–18 season. Additionally, for the first time, each conference team will play 18 conference games.


2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team
The 2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team represent University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by ninth year head coach Kevin McMillan, play their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. (OVC)


2017–18 UTEP Miners men's basketball team
The 2017–18 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by interim head coach Phil Johnson, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 11–20, 6–12 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to UTSA. UTEP averaged 6,155 fans per game.


2017–18 UTEP Miners men's basketball team
Following a loss to Lamar on November 27, 2017 that saw the Miners drop to 1–5 on the season, head coach Tim Floyd announced that he was retiring effective immediately. The school had previously announced a new athletic director, Jim Senter, a week prior, but Floyd said that had nothing to do with his decision. Assistant Phil Johnson was named interim head coach of the Miners the next day. On March 12, 2018, the school hired Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry as the new head coach of the Miners.


2017–18 UTEP Miners men's basketball team, Previous season
The Miners finished the 2016–17 season 15–17, 12–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place. In the C-USA Tournament, they defeated Rice in the quarterfinals before losing to top-seeded Middle Tennessee in the semifinals.


2017–18 UTEP Miners women's basketball team
The 2017–18 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by first year head coach Kevin Baker, play their home games at Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 17–14, 7–9 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to UAB.


2017–18 UTEP Miners women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 8–23, 5–13 for in C-USA play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to Old Dominion.


2017–18 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team
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.


2017–18 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team, 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.


2017–18 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team
The 2017–18 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by first year head coach Kristen Holt, play their home games at the Convocation Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–21, 6–10 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Western Kentucky.


2017–18 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 14–17, 10–8 in C-USA play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to Rice.


2017–18 Udinese Calcio season
The 2017–18 season was Udinese Calcio's 38th season in Serie A and their 23rd consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia.


2017–18 Udinese Calcio season
Following a 4–0–8 start to the season, coach Luigi Delneri was replaced by 2006 FIFA World Cup winner and former Lazio and Milan player Massimo Oddo. Following an upturn in form which saw the club win all five league games in December, Udinese's season dipped severely, with a club record run of eleven consecutive Serie A defeats, from 11 February to 22 April 2018. As a result, Oddo was sacked and replaced by former Juventus player Igor Tudor on 24 April. The club finished the season in 14th place; they were eliminated in the Coppa Italia in the round of 16 by Napoli.


2017–18 Udinese Calcio season
Kevin Lasagna finished the season as the club's top scorer, with 12 goals in Serie A and two in the Coppa Italia.


2017–18 Uganda Premier League
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2017–18 Uganda Premier League
The 2017–18 Ugandan Premier League is the 51st season of top-flight football in Uganda. The season began on 12 September 2017 and ended on 25 May 2018.


2017–18 Uganda Premier League, League table
Note: The Saints FC were renamed UPDF FC (UPDF = Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces)


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
The 2017-18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup season was scheduled to start on August 23, 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
The cup holders SC Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka were defeated by Avanhard Koryukivka in round of 32.


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Preliminary round
First games will be played on 23–24 August and seconds on 30–31 August.


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Preliminary round
Twenty four other teams will join eight winner of the preliminary round.


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
First games will be played on 13 September and seconds on 20 September. Chaika–Avanhard Kor will play on 10th and 23rd.


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16
First games will be played on 4 October and seconds on 11 October.


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals
First games will be played on 11 April and second on 18 April, 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals
The game Rochyn – Demnya was played on 10 April.


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals
First games will be played on 2 May and second on 9 May, 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Finals
First game will be played on 20 May and second on 10 June 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague was the 2017–18 edition of the Ukrainian top-tier basketball championship. The season started on 29 September 2017. Cherkaski Mavpy won its first national championship after defeating Dnipro in the finals, 0–3.


2017–18 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, Teams
After the withdrawal of Kremin and Volynbasket, only eight teams would participate in the 2017–18 season.


2017–18 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, Playoffs
Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-three playoff format. Semifinals were played with a 2-2-1 format and the finals with a 2-2-1-1-1 format.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup  was the 27th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition was planned to be started on 9 July 2017 and concluded on 9 May 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup
This season the competition's administration was passed on to the Football Federation of Ukraine that previously was conducted by both the Premier League and Professional Football League. The number of participants has increased to 52 and is the biggest in the last five years. The FFU also promised to introduce a system of bonuses for this season's competition, yet did not disclosed them.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup
All competition rounds consisted of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs will be able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup
FC Shakhtar Donetsk was the defending winner for the last two seasons. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last seven years winning five of them. There were around 300 clubs over the history of competition and it is a debut season for seven of them, Dnipro-1, Ahrobiznes, Metalist 1925, Polissya, Tavriya Simferopol, Sudnobudivnyk, and Prykarpattia. Both qualified amateur clubs have already participated in the competition before. It should be mentioned that only 10 clubs participated in every season of the tournament.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First Preliminary round (1/64)
In this round entered three representatives from the First League, 21 clubs from the Second League, two representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place 30 June 2017 at the House of Football in Kiev was announced on 27 June 2017. The round matches were played on 9 July 2017. The archive of Ukrainian Association of Football "Footpass" shows the Premier League club NK Veres Rivne playing at the first preliminary round instead of FC Lviv (please, see Veres – Lviv swap). The clubs' "swap" occurred only next season, while the archive has been updated to show something that is completely wrong.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second Preliminary round (1/32)
In this round will include 15 more representatives from the First League in addition to the two that advanced from the previous round as well as 10 clubs from the Second League and one representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round that took place on 13 July 2017 at the House of Football in Kiev was announced on 11 July 2017. The round matches will be played on 26 July 2017, while the game between Tavriya and Nyva-V might take place later as Tavriya shares home stadium with Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka. Later (21 July 2017) it was confirmed that the date for the game Tavriya – Nyva-V is 27 July 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Third Preliminary round (1/16)
In this round the first 6 representatives from the Premier League will enter the competition along with the 14 teams that advanced from the previous round including 8 clubs from the First League, 5 clubs from the Second League, and one representatives from the Amateur Cup. The draw for this round was held on 4 August 2017 at the House of Football in Kiev and was announced on 1 August 2017. The round matches were played on 20 September 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16 (1/8)
In this round the final 6 representatives from the Premier League will enter the competition along with the 10 teams that advanced from the previous round including 4 teams from the Premier League, 2 teams from the First League and 4 teams from the Second League. The draw was without seeds and was held on 27 September 2017. The round matches were played on 25 October 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals (1/4)
In this round advanced 5 representatives from the Premier League, a team from the First League and 2 teams from the Second League. The draw was without seeds and was held on 31 October 2017 in the House of Football, Kiev. The round matches were played on 29 November 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals (1/2)
In this round advanced 3 representatives from the Premier League and a team from the Second League. The draw was without seeds and was held on 2 March 2018. SC Dnipro-1 will play its semifinal game at home as being from the lowest league. The round matches are scheduled to be played on 18 April 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Bracket
The following is the bracket which the Ukrainian Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.


2017–18 Ukrainian Cup, Top goalscorers
The competition's top ten goalscorers including qualification rounds. As of 9 May 2018


2017–18 Ukrainian First League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian First League was the 27th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017 when Zhemchuzhyna Odesa hosted MFC Mykolaiv. After the completion of Round 22 on 18 November 2017, the competition entered a winter break and resumed the spring session on 18 March 2018 and complete the competition on 19 May 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian First League, Teams
On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 16 or 18 teams would play in the competition. This decision was dependent on the possible withdrawal of FC Stal Kamianske from the Premier League. Due to sanctions, FC Dnipro was relegated directly to the Second League which raised a discussion of a promotion possibly of another club to the First League. In addition in the case of the withdrawal of Stal, Desna had an opportunity to be accepted to the Ukrainian Premier League with another ongoing inter-season case (see Desna vs Veres promotion) leaving the First League with 16 participants. On 26 June 2017, FC Stal Kamianske chose to stay in the Premier League, while at same time FC Balkany Zorya was confirmed as the 18th participant of the First League season.


2017–18 Ukrainian First League, Teams, Promoted teams
The following teams have been promoted from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League:


2017–18 Ukrainian First League, Teams, Relegated teams
The following team has been relegated from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League:


2017–18 Ukrainian First League, Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.


2017–18 Ukrainian First League, Promotion play-offs
Apart from a break in 2014, the post-season play-offs in the First League have been actively conducted since 2011. However, the promotion play-offs were reintroduced for the first time since the 2001–02 season. Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-offs with the second and third teams of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League. On 11 May 2018, a draw for play-offs took place in the House of Football, Kyiv. The games were played on 23 May and 27 May 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian First League, Awards, The 2017 annual coaching laureates
The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.


2017–18 Ukrainian First League Reserves
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Junior Under 19 Championship is the 2nd season of the Ukrainian Junior Under 19 Championship in First League. The competition involved participation of several junior teams of the Professional Football League of Ukraine as well as some other football academies.


2017–18 Ukrainian First League Reserves
Direct administration of the competition belonged to the Youth Football League of Ukraine. The tournament was conducted in cooperation between both Youth Football League and Professional Football League.


2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was the 22nd since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs. The competition started on 5 August 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
On 1 August 2017, the AAFU at its website announced the "season's contours". In explanation, AAFU disclosed that it has intention to conduct the competition in three groups that are split based on geographic principle and start it at the end of that week, while the composition of only two groups was confirmed.


2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Teams, Withdrawn teams
List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2017–18 season:


2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Teams, Location map
The following displays the location of teams. Group 1 teams marked in red. Group 2 teams marked in green. Group 3 teams marked in blue.


2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Play-off stage
Originally post-season competition structure was acknowledged to be defined by the AAFU Commission in conducting competitions at the end of group stage. On 29 May 2018, AAFU published information about its post-season tournament. According to the information published, the tournament will consist of three stages (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final) and all will consist of a single game. A draw will be conducted to identify semifinal pairs.


2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Play-off stage, Semifinals
The draw for the round is scheduled to be held on 19 June 2018 in the House of Football, Kiev. Game date: 24 June 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Hockey League season
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Hockey League season was the 26th season of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. Six teams participated in the league this season, and HC Donbass won the championship.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 27th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the tenth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
The tournament started on 16 July 2017 with the competition set to end on 19 May 2018. The relegation play-offs took place on 23 May and 26 May 2018. The league has scheduled to take its winter intermission after Round 19 on 9–10 December 2017 and resume its competition of the Championship with Round 20 on 17 February 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
The defending champion is the 10-times winner FC Shakhtar Donetsk.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
The league's last season title sponsor, a bookmaker company Parimatch, withdrew from the sponsorship. On 7 July 2017, Pari-Match announced that it had ended its cooperation with the Ukrainian Premier League.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
Before the start of the season a scandal arose around promotion between the First League clubs FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne when Veres that placed lower in tournament table was admitted to the Premier League ahead of Desna. Later it was announced that Desna might be promoted as well due to rumors around a financial situation of FC Stal Kamianske. The final decision of the league's composition was adopted at the FFU Conference on 16 June 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
With the ongoing War in Donbass, the Round 2 games started with a minute of silence to commemorate the warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who had perished in the ATO zone.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format
On 28 April 2017, the Ukrainian Premier League administration announced that its General Assembly of participants adopted decision about changes to the competition format and calendar for the next 2017–18 season. Before the assembly, the UPL Administration presented to its clubs five variants of competition format.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format
The format was confirmed by the FFU Executive Committee on 30 May 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format
The draw for the second stage calendar was announced on 10 February and is scheduled to take place three days later on 13 February 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format, Next season changes and a structural reform
On 26 October 2017, the magazine "Futbol" reported quoting the FFU Executive Committee member Artem Frankov that the Ukrainian Premier League at its next earliest session will review a possibility to expand the league back to 16 teams starting since the 2019–20 season. At the same time number of clubs in the Ukrainian First League will be decreased also to 16 teams.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Competition format, Next season changes and a structural reform
On 8 November 2017, a conference took place involving officials of the Ukrainian Premier League as well as the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) where its participants were discussing a reorganization of competition system in professional and amateur football. A decision about the reform was adopted by the FFU Executive Committee on 20 June 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Promotions
Two teams were promoted to the league (instead of the relegated FC Dnipro and FC Volyn Lutsk):


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Stadiums
Five teams play their matches outside of home towns. The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 5,000.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, First stage, First stage positions by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs
Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League. On 11 May 2018, a draw for relegation play-offs took place in the House of Football, Kyiv. The games were played on 23 May and 27 May 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg
FC Poltava won 3–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa was relegated to the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League. But later, the league picked Chornomorets Odesa for the FC Poltava's replacement for the next season after their withdrawal.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg
Desna Chernihiv won 5–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League. Zirka Kropyvnytskyi was relegated to the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Awards, The 2017 Coach of the Year award
The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion
On 1 June 2017, it was announced that second-placed club FC Desna Chernihiv was denied a license to play in the top division. The argument was that the club was not able to provide guarantees for an adequate financing of infrastructure. The license was received by NK Veres Rivne, the third-placed team during the last season in the second-tier division.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion
Both clubs FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne did not play at their home stadiums in the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The first one played in Kyiv at the Obolon Arena, while the other one played in Varash, at the Izotop Stadium of the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant. The administration of Desna released a letter of protest before a meeting of FFU representatives. In protest, the Desna administration announced that the club would not play its final game of the season against FC Illichivets Mariupol, but later relented. Nonetheless, during the game, players of both teams expressed their protest on the field in a special way: when the whistle was blown the players, instead of starting play, were demonstratively standing around yet kicking a ball.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion
On 2 June 2017, upon conclusion of its conference the UPL administration announced about the final composition of the league and calendar for the upcoming season. The conference confirmed the admission of Veres to the league and the only club that voted against was FC Dynamo Kyiv, while six votes were for decision and three (including FC Zorya Luhansk) abstained. On 2 June 2017, the Desna fans were picketing the House of Football in Kyiv after they arrived on four buses from Chernihiv.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion
On 7 June 2017, sports media UA-Football requested from Football Federation of Ukraine and FC Desna Chernihiv to publish related documents to have better understanding over the situation and come to some kind of closure on the subject.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion
Number of football experts negatively commented on the situation, while the PFC Sumy head coach Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi stated that tomorrow these sports functionaries in such way will make Veres the national champions. The former PFL president Svyatoslav Syrota said that the FFU vice-president is lying about Desna problems. President of FC Inhulets Petrove, Oleksandr Porovoznyuk, called on other clubs to withdraw their teams from the league in support for FC Desna Chernihiv. President of FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Petro Kaplun stated that it makes him laugh when the president of Veres Oleksiy Khakhlev asks to follow the regulations.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Desna vs Veres promotion
He points out that last season Veres was admitted to the Second League with complete disregard to the season's regulations. Kaplun also called on the FFU authorities to pay attention to what owners of professional clubs have to say as they have a right to express their vote of confidence for the FFU leadership.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)
Another issue relating to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine became serious when FC Dynamo Kyiv failed to arrive to Mariupol for the away game against FC Mariupol on 27 August 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)
The issue was ongoing ever since the end of previous season when on 2 June 2017 FC Mariupol's promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League became official. On 3 June 2017 the vice president of Dynamo Serhiy Mokhnyk officially announced that the club will not travel for a game in Mariupol city as it is difficult to present guarantees in security due the fact that the city is located near a frontline (about 23–25 km (14–16 mi), see War in Donbass). The vice president also offered to conduct the game on a neutral field such as Dnipro Arena. Few days later in more details the same announcement was repeated by Ihor Surkis who also added that if he will receive documented security guarantees, he will send his team to Mariupol.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)
The leadership of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) in a face of Andriy Pavelko right away expressed its opposition for the Dynamo's statement. The president of FFU made an emphasis that the game in Mariupol is an important component of uniting policy on national scale. He also underlined that there is no danger in conducting the game in Mariupol.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)
During preparation for the next season the issue was moved to background. However, when the season started on 16 July 2017, the issue surfaced again. About a week later, on 24 July 2017, Dynamo received recommendation letter from the Ministry of Interior and the Security Service of Ukraine where it was urged not to travel to Mariupol for a game. The same day Dynamo published its own letter addressed to the Football Federation of Ukraine and Ukrainian Premier League petitioning to transfer the Round 7 game against Mariupol scheduled on 27 August 2017 to another city. Two days later, on 26 July 2017, almost at the same time both the Minister of Interior (Arsen Avakov) and the President of UPL (Volodymyr Heninson) made public announcements assuring in safety of conducting football games in the littoral city of the Sea of Azov.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)
Throughout the rest of month of July two games took place in Mariupol. Until August FC Karpaty Lviv supported the position of Dynamo. Eventually to this "stand off" became involved the general manager of FC Shakhtar Donetsk Serhiy Palkin, while the television channel "Football" launched a wide informational campaign in support to conduct the game. For example, during one of the channel's broadcasting the president of Football Federation of Mariupol city called Hryhoriy Surkis the "main football separatist" and offered him to resolve the issue through Viktor Medvedchuk and the president of the aggressor state (Vladimir Putin). On 11 August 2017, the Deputy director of National Police in Donetsk Oblast wrote an official letter to the Football Federation of Ukraine with security guarantees for all games in Mariupol. Finally the game between FC Mariupol and FC Karpaty took place on August 13 in Mariupol.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)
On 18 August 2017, FFU issued a press release where it denied the petition of Dynamo in transferring the game. The session of the FFU Executive Committee that had took place on 22 August 2017 should have solved the problem.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)
Following no show of Dynamo to the game with FC Mariupol on 27 August 2017, FC Mariupol issued a press release where it accused its opponents in attempt to discredit the football club from Mariupol. On 14 November 2017, The Appeal Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine did not satisfy the Dynamo appeal and counted the team's technical defeat.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)
On 19 February 2018, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne declined all claims of Dynamo to the Football Federation of Ukraine in relations to the "Mariupol case".


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Mariupol vs Dynamo (security issues)
On 28 February 2018, the Ukrainian Premier League has officially updated its standings in correspondence to the earlier decision of the FFU CDC of 11 September 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Relocation of teams
Due to the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine some football clubs were forced to be dissolved, other moved away to other cities in Ukraine. Among the UPL teams, teams from Donetsk, Olimpik and Shakhtar, moved to Kiev, Zorya Luhansk moved to Zaporizhia, teams from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tavriya and Sevastopol, were dissolved. The relocated teams did not hurry with their change of place of registry in hope to be able to return home in near future.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Relocation of teams
In 2018 Shakhtar has officially changed its place of registry from Donetsk to Mariupol.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Relocation of teams
During the season several clubs (Shakhtar, Stal, and Veres) changed their city registration for various reasons and informed the Football Federation of Ukraine that since the next season will represent other cities.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, 2018 UPL presidential elections
The 2018 presidential elections of the Ukrainian Premier League took place on 6 April 2018. The current president Volodymyr Heninson that serves as the president since February 2016 announced that he will not run for president in 2018. Among possible candidates specialists note a Swiss lawyer Thomas Grimm or Joe Palmer from AFC Wimbledon. As of 26 March 2018, a day before deadline for submitting candidacy for election, there is only Thomas Grimm whose candidacy was submitted by FC Oleksandriya on 22 March 2018. On 6 April 2018, Thomas Grimm was elected as a new president with 10 votes for and 2 abstained.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Prospective disciplinary sanctions
According to FootballHub, in March the FFU Disciplinary Committee prosecuted the Olimpik's junior teams U-19 and U-21 for game fixing. Earlier the CDC chairman, Francesco Baranca, underlined that Olimpik won't participate in European competitions if its junior teams will be disqualified.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, Season's incidents, Prospective disciplinary sanctions
FC Vorskla Poltava could have problems with the league's attestation for next season for debts to its former players. Another UPL player submitted his claim to the FFU CDC against its former club FC Stal Kamianske.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League Under-21 and Under-19
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 season are competitions between the reserves of Ukrainian Premier League Clubs and the Under 19s.


2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League Under-21 and Under-19
The events in the senior leagues during the 2016–17 season saw Dnipro Reserves and Volyn Lutsk Reserves be relegated with Veres RivneReserves and Mariupol Reserves entering the competition.


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League was the 27th season since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017. The league returned to the multiple group competition format after it was abandoned in 2013. Final composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 21 June 2017.


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League
The current season competition is in a triple round robin format for each group.


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League
Group A commenced their winter break after the Round 7 postponed match was played on 12 November 2017. Group B will begin their winter break after the completion of Round 22 on 19 November 2017. Group B competitions resumed the spring session on 30 March 2018 and Group A on 31 March 2018.


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, Teams
On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 25 teams will play in two divisions, but later FC Balkany Zorya was transferred to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League and FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 withdrew from the competition, leaving 23 teams in the field.


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Promoted teams
The following six teams were promoted from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Relegated teams
One team was relegated from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League, according to the FIFA sanctions:


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Relegated teams
The following teams were relegated from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League.


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Location map
The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, Group A, Results
Due to withdrawal of FC Ternopil, after the first full round the season calendar for Group A was redrawn on 7 September.


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, Championship game
On 1 December 2017, at a session of the PFL council of leagues a decision was made to conduct a Championship game between winners of Group A and Group B. The championship game was played as a single game held on a neutral field. Ahrobiznes won the Second League Group A and qualified for the Championship game on 12 May 2018. On the same day, Dnipro-1 secured the Group B champion title after a win over FC Nikopol.


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, Championship game
Ahrobiznes Volochysk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2017–18 season


2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, Awards, The 2017 annual coaching laureates
The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.


2017–18 Under 20 Elite League
The 2017–18 Under 20 Elite League was a football tournament for national under-20 football teams. It was the first edition of the Under 20 Elite League tournament.


2017–18 Under 20 Elite League
The tournament was announced by the German Football Association (DFB) on 23 January 2017 as an expansion of the Under-20 Four Nations Tournament. DFB's Sporting Director Horst Hrubesch described the formation of the competition as an "important step" in player development and hoped to encourage the public to take an interest in U-20 games. Each participating team played seven games on FIFA International Match Calendar.


2017–18 Under 20 Elite League
The tournament was age restricted and only players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible.


2017–18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
The 2017–18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in January 2018 in the United Arab Emirates. It was a tri-nation series between Ireland, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates, with all the matches played as One Day Internationals (ODIs). The matches were in preparation for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which was held in Zimbabwe in March 2018. Ireland won the series after winning all four of their matches, finishing with a 24-run victory against Scotland. Scotland and the United Arab Emirates won one match each, both finishing with two points, with Scotland finishing in second place on net run rate.


2017–18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series, Squads
Richie Berrington replaced Kyle Coetzer as Scotland's captain for their first two matches, as Coetzer was completing a coaching qualification.


2017–18 United Counties League
The 2017–18 United Counties League season (known as the 2017–18 ChromaSport & Trophies United Counties League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.


2017–18 United Counties League
The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017.


2017–18 United Counties League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


2017–18 United Counties League, Division One
Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:


2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season
The 2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season included both the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The season began badly. In the first tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai, 2017 World Rugby Player of the Year Perry Baker suffered a concussion, and the United States team limped to a last place finish. The U.S. improved from that point on, reaching the semifinals of the Australia Sevens.


2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season
The team then won the 2018 USA Sevens, the first time the U.S. won their home tournament, boosted in large part by Perry Baker, who led all scorers with 8 tries. Baker, along with forwards Ben Pinkelman and Danny Barrett all made the tournament Dream Team. Overall the team displayed inconsistent performances, reaching the Cup semifinals three times, but also failing to qualify for the cup quarterfinals three times. Despite the inconsistent play, the U.S. finished sixth overall.


2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season, 2017–18 World Sevens Series, Player statistics
The following table shows the leading players for the U.S. after the 2017–18 Sevens Series season. Among all World Series, players, Isles ranked first in tries scored with 49, and Baker ranked fifth with 37. Ben Pinkelman ranked fourth in tackles with 124 and fourth in matches played with 58.


2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season, 2017–18 World Sevens Series, 2018 USA Sevens
The United States won the tournament by beating Argentina 28–0 in the final. This was the first time that the United States won its home tournament. USA's Perry Baker led the tournament with 8 tries and 11 breaks. Baker, Pinkelman, and Barrett were all named to the seven-man tournament Dream Team.


2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season, 2017–18 World Sevens Series, 2018 USA Sevens
With the U.S. finishing out the game with a lineup that included Isles (wing), Baker (center), Williams (fly-half) and Aljiboori (forward), it is believed that this is the first time the U.S. has fielded a team where the majority of players are African-American.


2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season, 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens
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2017–18 United States network television schedule
The 2017–18 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers prime time hours from September 2017 to August 2018. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2016–17 season.


2017–18 United States network television schedule
NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule, on May 14, 2017, followed by Fox on May 15, ABC on May 16, CBS on May 17, and The CW on May 18, 2017. NBC adjusted its schedule on May 30, 2017.


2017–18 United States network television schedule
PBS is not included; member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included since both networks' schedules consist of syndicated reruns (with limited original programming on the former). The CW does not air network programming on weekend nights. However, they would return to programming a two-hour Sunday night schedule the following season.


2017–18 United States network television schedule
New series are highlighted in bold. All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.


2017–18 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


2017–18 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 2017–18 daytime network television schedule for four of the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday daytime hours from September 2017 to August 2018. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2016–17 season.


2017–18 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, PBS Kids – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included are stations affiliated with Fox (as the network does not air a daytime network schedule or network news), MyNetworkTV (as the programming service also does not offer daytime programs of any kind), and Ion Television (as its schedule consists mainly of syndicated reruns).


2017–18 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, starting September, 2017. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals
The 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals include multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, and subsequent firings and resignations of American politicians in 2017 and 2018. Some of these allegations are linked to the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations starting in October 2017.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
On January 12, 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in October 2016, shortly before the presidential election, as hush money to deny having had an affair with Trump in 2006. The Wall Street Journal elaborated that the payment was done that month to a representative of Daniels via a private company established in Delaware by Cohen. At the time, Clifford was reportedly in talks to share her account with Good Morning America and Slate. Cohen has denied the existence of an affair on behalf of Trump; he also produced a letter allegedly signed by Daniels denying both the affair and the payment of hush money.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
On January 17, 2018, In Touch Weekly published excerpts of a 2011 interview of Daniels alleging a 2006 extramarital affair with Trump. The magazine describes her account as being supported by a polygraph and corroborated by both her friend and her ex-husband.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
The political watchdog group Common Cause filed a complaint on January 22, 2018, calling on the Federal Election Commission and U.S. Department of Justice to investigate if the reported payout violated campaign finance rules. In response to this complaint, Cohen said that he had given $130,000 to Daniels from his own pocket, that it was for matters unrelated to the Trump campaign or Trump Organization, and that he was not reimbursed for the payment.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
On August 21, 2018, Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight counts of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations. Two of them were related to hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Cohen entered his plea months after his office and hotel room were raided by the FBI. On December 12, 2018, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
In February 2018, The New Yorker's Ronan Farrow wrote about an alleged affair between Trump and Playboy model Karen McDougal, as well as the "catch and kill" procedure of the purchase and withholding of the story by American Media, Inc. (AMI), largely corroborating a 2016 report in The Wall Street Journal, except that the affair had gone on for nine months. The story was based on McDougal's handwritten memoirs of the affair, which McDougal's friend passed to Farrow. McDougal confirmed to Farrow that she had written the memoirs.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
Farrow quotes the memoirs as stating that McDougal first met Trump in June 2006 at a party hosted by Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion. Trump kept in contact with McDougal, and they had sex on the first date. During the affair, she met members of his family and he promised to buy her an apartment in New York. To avoid "paper trails", Trump had McDougal pay for flight and hotel expenses when she flew to meet him, then he reimbursed her. McDougal ended the affair in April 2007 due to guilt and being offended by some of Trump's comments.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
McDougal declined to discuss details of the alleged affair due to her agreement with AMI, but she told Farrow that she regretted signing that agreement, saying, "It took my rights away... I don't know what I'm allowed to talk about. I'm afraid to even mention his name." Farrow also wrote that AMI CEO/Chairman David Pecker has a "favorite tactic" of buying "a story in order to bury it". AMI said it did not publish McDougal's story as it was not credible, and a spokesperson for the White House denied the affair.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
On March 22, 2018, McDougal was interviewed by Anderson Cooper on AC360 in which she detailed her alleged affair with Trump. In the interview McDougal said that Trump tried to give her money after they first had sex. She also stated that their relationship lasted ten months and that she visited Trump "many dozens of times".


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
In March 2018, McDougal filed a lawsuit against American Media, Inc. in Los Angeles Superior Court, aiming to invalidate the non-disclosure agreement. On April 19, 2018, American Media, Inc. settled with McDougal; the settlement allows her to speak about the alleged affair.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Donald Trump
In July 2018, The New York Times reported that two months before the 2016 presidential election, Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, had secretly recorded a conversation between him and Trump regarding paying McDougal. Another personal lawyer to Trump, Rudy Giuliani, said that Trump did not know of the recording, and gave two versions of the topic of conversation, saying firstly that the discussion was planning to pay McDougal directly, and secondly that it was about planning to pay American Media Inc. (AMI) for the rights to McDougal's story. This appeared to contradict a previous claim by Trump's campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks days before the election when she responded to the report by The Wall Street Journal about AMI's payment to McDougal that "we have no knowledge of any of this."


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, Rob Porter
Porter resigned from the position of White House Staff Secretary on February 7, 2018, following public allegations of spousal abuse from his two ex-wives. The allegations were supported by photographs of a black eye (which Porter claimed he took) and a restraining order. Porter has said the allegations are false and are part of a "coordinated smear campaign".


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Executive branch, David Sorensen
The Republican White House Speechwriter, resigned as a result of allegations by his ex-wife, that he was violent and emotionally abusive during their turbulent 2½ year marriage. Sorensen denied the charges, but left his position.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken
United States Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, on November 16, 2017, was accused by media personality Leeann Tweeden, who wrote in a blog post that during a USO tour in 2006, Franken forcibly kissed her without her consent as part of a rehearsal for a USO skit. She wrote that he "put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth ... I felt disgusted and violated."


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken
Franken was also photographed appearing to grope her breasts while she was seated and sleeping on an aircraft wearing Interceptor Body Armor and a helmet. In response Franken said, "I certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann ... As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I shouldn't have done it." A few hours later, Franken issued a longer apology, which Tweeden accepted.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken
Senate leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer sent the information to the Senate Ethics Committee for review, a decision supported by members of both parties including Franken himself. The next day, Abby Honold, who had worked with Franken to introduce legislation that would provide training to law enforcement interviewing victims of trauma, requested that Franken withdraw his name as the sponsor of that bill. Honold was raped by a former Franken intern. Franken complied and Senator Amy Klobuchar took over the bill's sponsorship.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken
On November 20, 2017, Lindsay Menz accused Franken of touching her clothed buttocks while the two posed for a photo at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010. In a statement responding to the allegation, Franken said, "I take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people, and I certainly don't remember taking this picture. I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected." Later, two more women accused Franken of similar misconduct during political events in 2007 and 2008, incidents Franken said he also did not remember.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken
Some liberal groups and commentators, including the Indivisible movement and Sally Kohn, called on Franken to resign because of these allegations. Franken issued another apology on November 23, 2017, stating, "I've met tens of thousands of people and taken thousands of photographs, often in crowded and chaotic situations. I'm a warm person; I hug people. I've learned from recent stories that in some of those encounters, I crossed a line for some women — and I know that any number is too many." A fifth woman, Stephanie Kemplin, alleged Franken touched her breast while posing for a photo with her during a 2003 USO tour. She is the second person to allege that such behavior took place while Franken was on a USO tour.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States Senate, Al Franken
On December 7, he announced his plan to resign from the Senate.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Joe Barton
Republican Party (R) United States Representative Joe Barton from the Texas' 6th District and member of the conservative Freedom Caucus was found to have sent videos of himself masturbating to several women on the internet two years before divorcing from his second wife. Barton apologized and vowed to remain in congress and even fight the charges. A week later, Tea Party organizer Kelly Canon corroborated the stories by revealing that Barton had once asked if she was wearing panties and made other sexual references while he was still married. Barton finally announced he would not seek re-election (2017).


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, John Conyers
Dean of the United States House of Representatives Congressman John Conyers (D) of Michigan was found to have allegedly paid a settlement of $27,000 to a former member of his staff, who had accused him of sexual assault. BuzzFeed reported on this settlement on November 20, 2017, based on documents from Mike Cernovich including accounts of other ethical concerns associated with Conyers's office such as sexual harassment of other female staffers. Conyers responded to these reports, saying, "In our country, we strive to honor this fundamental principle that all are entitled to due process. In this case, I expressly and vehemently denied the allegations made against me, and continue to do so. My office resolved the allegations — with an express denial of liability — in order to save all involved from the rigors of protracted litigation."


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, John Conyers
On November 21, 2017, the House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into multiple sexual harassment allegations against Conyers. Reports of a second woman accusing Conyers of sexual harassment appeared later in November 2017. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who had initially stated that Conyers was an "icon" and had done a great deal to protect women, called upon Conyers to resign, and called the allegations against him "very credible", as did House Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Keith Ellison
Congressman Keith Ellison (D) of Minnesota, who was retiring from his seat to run for Minnesota Attorney General, was accused by an ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan, of domestic abuse against her. Her son later revealed he had seen text messages claiming Ellison threatened her, along with video footage of him dragging her off a bed by her feet while she was screaming profanities. Ellison denied the allegations against him, and went on to win the Attorney General election. A Democratic Party internal investigation declared itself unable to substantiate the allegations, which were referred to police.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Blake Farenthold
Congressman Blake Farenthold (R) of Texas was discovered to have paid $84,000 to a former member of his staff after she accused him of sexually assaulting her.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Blake Farenthold
He announced his retirement on December 15. On April 6, 2018, however, Farenthold abruptly resigned from Congress.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Trent Franks
It was reported on December 7, 2017, that Congressman Trent Franks (R) of Arizona was the subject of a House Ethics Committee investigation over allegations of improper conduct. On December 7, 2017, Franks announced that he would resign on December 8, 2017. According to a report in The Washington Post, Franks and his wife were struggling with infertility and Franks had asked two female staffers if they would consider serving as surrogate mothers for Franks and his wife. Franks maintained that he never "physically intimidated, coerced, or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff."


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Alcee Hastings
A former staff member of Congressman Alcee Hastings (D) of Florida filed a lawsuit against him and the Helsinki Commission (which Alcee was a part of) for alleged sexual assault. Ultimately, Hastings was released from the lawsuit, but the Helsinki Commission was deemed liable and had to pay $200,000. On December 8, 2017, it was discovered that $200,000 in taxpayer money were used to pay for the lawsuit.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Ruben Kihuen
Congressman Ruben Kihuen of Nevada (D) was accused by a former staffer on the Kihuen campaign of repeatedly propositioning her for dates and sex. When asked about the accusations, Kihuen said, "I sincerely apologize for anything that I may have said or done that made her feel uncomfortable.” The chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Ben Ray Luján, and Nancy Pelosi, said that he should resign.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Ruben Kihuen
On December 16, he announced he would not seek re-election.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Eric Massa
It was revealed that secret payments, totaling $100,000, had been made to two men who had accused Democratic Congressman Eric Massa of New York of sexually harassing them. Massa resigned from Congress in 2010 after being accused of sexually harassing male members of his staff.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Pat Meehan
On January 20, 2018, it was revealed that Republican Congressman Pat Meehan of Pennsylvania used taxpayers money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by a former member of staff. Meehan also allegedly grew hostile after the alleged victim rejected his advances. Meehan was soon removed from the U.S. House Ethics Committee and announced he would retire at the end of his term.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, United States House of Representatives, Timothy F. Murphy
US Representative Timothy F. Murphy was married and an outspoken opponent of abortion; however, he was revealed to have strongly encourage his mistress to get an abortion when she became pregnant. Before an investigation could begin, Murphy resigned. (2017)


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Federal judges, Alex Kozinski
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Alex Kozinski (R), facing multiple alleged accounts of sexual harassment against women announced his immediate resignation. The U.S. judicial council opened a probe in Kozinski's alleged misconduct, but closed it on February 5, 2018, reporting that Kozinski's retirement put the case outside its investigatory scope.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Federal judges, Alex Kozinski
Kozinski was a mentor to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but during the hearings preceding the nomination vote, Kavanaugh denied awareness of Kozinksi's history of sexual harassment.


2017–18 United States political sexual scandals, Federal judges, Brett Kavanaugh
During the hearings preceding the confirmation vote to add Republican Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States, several women alleged sexual misconduct by the judge during his time in high school and college. Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault during a high school party, and Deborah Ramirez, a Yale classmate, accused him of indecent exposure during their freshman year. Justice Kavanaugh went on to secure the nomination, and no additional or supporting documentation has since been provided.


2017–18 Unión de Santa Fe season
The 2017–18 season is Unión de Santa Fe's 4th consecutive season in the top-flight of Argentine football. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 Unión de Santa Fe season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Unión de Santa Fe season, Current squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Utah Jazz season
The 2017–18 Utah Jazz season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 39th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City. On the 4th of July, Gordon Hayward announced his departure from the Jazz and signed with the Boston Celtics. Despite that, the Jazz clinched a playoff berth for the second straight year after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on April 8, 2018.


2017–18 Utah Jazz season
They finished the regular season with 48–34, which clinched the 5th seed. In the playoffs, the Jazz faced the 4th seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the First Round, winning in six games and advancing to the Semifinals for the second consecutive season, where they faced the top-seeded Houston Rockets, losing in five games.


2017–18 Utah Jazz season, Transactions, Free agency, Subtractions
On July 7, 2018, Jonas Jerebko was waived by the Jazz, and picked up by the Golden State Warriors.


2017–18 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
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.


2017–18 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
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.


2017–18 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, 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.


2017–18 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Offseason, Recruiting
Utah State did not have any incoming players in the 2017 recruiting class.


2017–18 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, 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.


2017–18 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team represents Utah State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies were led by sixth year head coach Jerry Finkbeiner. The Aggies played their home games at the Smith Spectrum and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–23, 5–13 in Mountain West play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West Women's Tournament to Air Force.


2017–18 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 17–15, 9–9 in Mountain West play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Women's Tournament where they lost to UNLV. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational where they lost to Idaho in the first round.


2017–18 Utah Utes men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Larry Krystkowiak. They played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 23–12, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament to Oregon. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UC Davis, LSU, Saint Mary's, and Western Kentucky to advance to the championship game where they lost to Penn State.


2017–18 Utah Utes men's basketball team, Previous season
The Utes finished the season 20–12, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament to California. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Boise State.


2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team represents the University of Utah during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, led by third year head coach Lynne Roberts, play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Colorado. They received an automatic to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UNLV in the first round before losing to Kansas State in the second round.


2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team, Previous season
They finished the season 16–15, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Arizona State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to UC Davis in the first round.


2017–18 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by third-year head coach Mark Pope, played their home games at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 10–4 in WAC play to finish in second place. They defeated Cal State Bakersfield in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Grand Canyon. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Eastern Washington in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to San Francisco.


2017–18 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team, Previous season
The Wolverines finished the 2016–17 season 17–17, 6–8 in WAC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Seattle in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Cal State Bakersfield. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Georgia Southern and Rice before losing in the semifinals to Wyoming.


2017–18 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team, Schedule and results
The Wolverines notably promoted their first two regular-season games as the "Toughest 24 Hours in College Basketball History", complete with a Twitter hashtag of #Toughest24, which involved the Wolverines visiting Pope's alma mater of Kentucky on November 10, followed the next day by a visit to Duke. With Duke ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Poll and Kentucky ranked No. 5, this marked the first time in the AP Poll era (1948–49 to present) that a team opened its season with road games against two top-5 opponents.


2017–18 V-League (South Korea)
The 2017–18 V-League season was the 14th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started on 14 October 2017 and finished on 30 March 2018. Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers were the defending champions in the men's league and Hwaseong IBK Altos the defending female champions.


2017–18 V-League (South Korea), Season standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2017–18 V-League Women's (South Korea)
The 2017–18 V-League Women's season was the 14th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started on 14 October 2017 and was scheduled to finish on 13 May 2018. The championship was won by Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass.


2017–18 V-League Women's (South Korea), Season standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2017–18 V.Premier League Men's
The Volleyball 2017–18 V.Premier League Men's will be the 24th tournament of the V.League which will be held from October 21, 2017 – March 18, 2018.


2017–18 V.Premier League Men's, Final six round, Final six standing procedure
Ranking points of regular round; 1st place – 5 point, 2nd place – 4 point, 3rd place – 3 point, 4th place – 2 point, 5th place – 1 point, 6th place – 0 point


2017–18 V.Premier League Women's
The Volleyball 2017–18 V.Premier League Women's will be the 24th tournament of the V.Premier League which will be held from October 21, 2017 – March 4, 2018.


2017–18 V.Premier League Women's, Season standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2017–18 V.Premier League Women's, Playoff, Final 6, Final 6 standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2017–18 VCU Rams men's basketball team
The 2017–18 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams were led by Mike Rhoades in his first season as head coach at VCU. The Rams played their home games at Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.


2017–18 VCU Rams men's basketball team
A chain of lost recruiting classes, coaching personnel changes, losses against low RPI teams, no wins against Top 50 RPI teams, and a graduating core of players resulted in a downturn in the team's fortunes. The team finished the season 18–15, 9–9 record in A-10 play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. The season was the 18th consecutive season the program finished with a winning record. As the No. 8 seed in the A-10 Tournament, the Rams defeated Dayton in the second round before losing to Rhode Island in the quarterfinals.


2017–18 VCU Rams men's basketball team
The Rams failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010, and failed to achieve a 20-win season for the first time since 2006. On March 11, 2018, Ed McLaughlin, the Athletics Director announced that VCU had declined an invitation to play in the College Basketball Invitational Tournament. This marked the first season since 2006 the Rams did not play in a postseason tournament.


2017–18 VCU Rams men's basketball team, Previous season
The Rams finished the 2016–17 season 26–9, 14–4 in A-10 play to finish in second place. VCU defeated George Mason and Richmond in the A-10 Tournament to advance to the championship game, where they lost to Rhode Island. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 10 seed in the West Region. There they lost to No. 7 Saint Mary's in the First Round.


2017–18 VCU Rams men's basketball team, Previous season
Head coach Will Wade resigned on March 20 to take the head coaching position at LSU following the firing of Johnny Jones. Wade was the head coach for the two seasons, making him VCU's shortest tenured head coach since Benny Dees. On March 21, the school hired Rice head coach Mike Rhoades, who had been the associate head coach under Shaka Smart from 2009–2014.


2017–18 VCU Rams men's basketball team, Preseason
In a poll of the league's head coaches and select media members at the conference's media day, the Rams were picked to finish in fourth place in the A-10. Justin Tillman was named to the conference's preseason first team. Tillman and Jonathan Williams were named to the preseason All-Defensive team.


2017–18 VCU Rams women's basketball team
The 2017–18 VCU Rams women's basketball team represents Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams are led by fourth year head coach Beth O'Boyle. The Rams are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. They finished the season 7–23, 8–8 in A-10 play to finish in thirteenth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 Women's Tournament Saint Joseph's.


2017–18 VMI Keydets basketball team
The 2017–18 VMI Keydets basketball team represented the Virginia Military Institute in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Keydets were led by third-year head coach Dan Earl and played their home games out of Cameron Hall in Lexington, Virginia, their home since 1981, as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 9–21, 4–14 in SoCon play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon Tournament to The Citadel.


2017–18 VMI Keydets basketball team, Previous season
The Keydets finished the 2016–17 season with an overall record of 6–24, and a 3–15 mark in SoCon play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the SoCon Tournament to Samford. They lost their three leading scorers and rebounders in QJ Peterson, Julian Eleby, and Trey Chapman.


2017–18 VMI Keydets basketball team, Preseason, Departures
VMI experienced noticeable roster turnover from the previous year, losing their three starting seniors as well as several other players to transfer. This included the Keydets' leading scorer and rebounder, QJ Peterson, who averaged nearly 20 points per game. Overall, VMI lost 71% of their point production, over half of their rebounding, and 63% of their assists to either graduation or transfer.


2017–18 VMI Keydets basketball team, Preseason, Coaching changes
The offseason saw the departure of two VMI assistant coaches. On April 7, 2017, Rice head coach Scott Pera announced the hiring of Chris Kreider as an assistant coach. Kreider had been with the Keydets for the previous two seasons under head coach Dan Earl. Five days later, on April 12, 2017, it was announced that Jason Slay, who had also been in his second year with the program, was given an assistant coaching position at Youngstown State.


2017–18 VMI Keydets basketball team, Preseason, Coaching changes
In May, Earl announced the hiring of VMI basketball standout Austin Kenon as an assistant. Kenon played for VMI and ranks first in program history with 349 made three-pointers. Also that month, Earl added Kevin Carroll to the coaching staff, who had previously been the head coach at Division II Maryville University for seven seasons.


2017–18 VTB United League
The 2017–18 VTB United League was the 9th complete season of the VTB United League. It is also the fifth season that the league functions as the Russian domestic first tier level. It started on 5 October 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 10 June 2018 with the championship game of the Final Four. CSKA Moscow were the defending champions.


2017–18 VTB United League
CSKA Moscow successfully defended its title as it won the final over Khimki.


2017–18 VTB United League, Format changes
From this season, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs. These are played in a best-of-five format with a 1–2–2 structure. The four teams that win their playoff series qualify for the Final Four tournament, which decides the new champion.


2017–18 VTB United League, Teams
A total of 13 teams from five countries contest the league, including nine sides from Russia, one from Belarus, one from Estonia, one from Kazakhstan and one from Latvia.


2017–18 VTB United League, Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other twice (home-and-away) in a double round-robin format. The top eight teams advance to the playoffs. The regular season started on 5 October 2017.


2017–18 VTB United League, Playoffs
In the playoffs, a best-of-five games format is used. The team that wins the series will be the first team to win three games. The first game will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams, the second and third game will be played on the playing court of the next four highest-place teams and the fourth and fifth game, if necessary, will be played on the playing court of the four highest-place teams. The playoffs started on 23 May 2018.


2017–18 VTB United League, Final Four
The four winners of the quarterfinals qualified for the inaugural Final Four. The Final Four will be held from 8 until 10 June. In April 2018, it was announced that the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia will host the tournament.


2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season
The Valencia CF Femenino 2017–18 season was the ninth season of the women's football section of Valencia CF. The team ended the championship in 5th position and was eliminated in the national cup's quarterfinals by league champion Atlético Madrid.


2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary
The 2016–17 season had seen the team attain its best result in the championship yet, third position, and play for the first time in the club's main venue, the Mestalla Stadium. The ambitious project behind this successful season was reported as a personal initiative of president Lay Hoon Chan, but she resigned in mid-season due to the disappointing season by the men's team.


2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary
The departure of manager Cristian Toro after five seasons was reported in May with one game remaining, and on 20 June, a few days after the team was eliminated in the Copa de la Reina's semifinals by FC Barcelona, his second in command Jesús Oliva was appointed his successor. Oliva, a coach at Valencia Femenino since the team's establishment in 2009, had been the manager of the club's B team that topped the 2015–16 Segunda División's Group 7.


2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary
Most of the previous season's key signings left the team, as Estefanía Banini and Yanara Aedo returned to Washington Spirit, and Christiane Endler was transferred to Paris Saint-Germain, with the €30,000 fee to Valencia the first paid transfer in Spanish women's football. Another notable loss was the departure of Claudia Zornoza, who left for Real Sociedad. Jennifer Vreugdenhil, coming from the Eredivisie, replaced Endler as the team's first-choice goalkeeper, and Valencia signed Noelia Bermúdez, Marta Carro, Sandra Hernández and Anair Lomba within the Primera División market. After the championship was underway the team was joined by Nadezhda Karpova, the first Russian to play in the Primera División.


2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary
Facing a harsh championship start, the team suffered more defeats in the six first games than in the whole previous campaign against top teams Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona, and wasn't able to dislodge them from the three top positions for the remainder of the season. The team suffered a chain of injuries, and so in the winter window transfer Mandy van den Berg, who had finished her WSL campaign with Reading, was signed to make up for the long-time absences of Natalia Gaitán and Paula Nicart in the team's defense.


2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary
Unlike the previous season, the Valencia derby on 9 December was scheduled for the team's usual ground at the Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna rather than in the Mestalla, and it was reported in the media that the club intended to reserve its main venue for the male team. All political parties in the Valencian Courts issued an institutional statement demanding the club to allow the team to play in Mestalla.


2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary
Hours later the club replied with a statement defending its social policies for gender equality and women's sport, regretting the criticisms as an alleged lack of awareness of its commitment and leaving an open door to eventual future appearances of the women's team in Mestalla. Months later, the away derby fixture was staged in Levante's main venue, the Ciutat de València Stadium, before a crowd of 14,000.


2017–18 Valencia CF Femenino season, Season summary
By mid-April, a seven games non-winning streak left Valencia in sixth position, with a 4 points advantage to defend in the last four games in order to qualify for the Copa de la Reina. Valencia won all four games and surpassed Betis in the table, ending fifth. The Cup's draw matched Valencia with league champion Atlético, which resulted in defeats in both games. One week later Jesús Oliva was sacked, but he stayed in the women's team as its academy's coordinator, while Óscar Suárez succeeded him as the team's new manager.


2017–18 Valencia CF season
The 2017–18 season was Valencia Club de Fútbol's 98th in the club's history and their 83nd in La Liga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2017–18 season.


2017–18 Valencia CF season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Valencia CF season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team represented Valparaiso University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by second-year head coach Matt Lottich, played their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center as first-year members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 6–12 in MVC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Missouri Valley Tournament to Missouri State.


2017–18 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team, Previous season
The Crusaders finished the 2016–17 season 24–9, 14–4 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for the Horizon League regular season championship. As the No. 2 seed in the Horizon League Tournament, they lost to Milwaukee in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Illinois.


2017–18 Valparaiso Crusaders men's basketball team, Previous season
The season marked the Crusaders' final season as a member of the Horizon League as the school announced on May 25, 2017 that it would be joining the Missouri Valley Conference effective July 1, 2017.