The 2017–18 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Colonels, led by third-year head coach Dan McHale, played their home games at McBrayer Arena within Alumni Coliseum as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

On February 26, 2018, the school fired Dan McHale as head coach after three seasons.

In a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men’s basketball coaches and sports information directors, Eastern Kentucky was picked to finish fourth.

[4] After five years of divisional play in the OVC, the conference eliminated divisions for the 2017–18 season.