The 2017–18 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Highlanders, led by second-year head coach Brian Kennedy, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN).

They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament to North Florida.

The season marked the first season for the Wellness and Events Center, a $110 million athletic center on the school's campus.

They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament to Lipscomb.