The team's head coach was Mark Fox in his ninth season at UGA.

12 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Vanderbilt[2] and Missouri[3] before losing to Kentucky in the quarterfinals.

[4] On March 10, 2018, the school fired head coach Mark Fox after nine seasons at Georgia.

[5][6] On March 13, the school hired former Indiana coach Tom Crean to replace Fox.

They defeated Tennessee in the second round of the SEC tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Kentucky.