2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball season

2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 2018–March 2019
Number of teams10
Regular Season
ChampionWright State & Northern Kentucky
Season MVPDrew McDonald, Northern Kentucky
Tournament
ChampionsNorthern Kentucky
  Runners-upWright State
Finals MVPDrew McDonald
Horizon League men's basketball seasons
← 2017–18
2019–20 →
2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Wright State 13 – 5   .722 21 – 14   .600
Northern Kentucky † 13 – 5   .722 26 – 9   .743
Oakland 11 – 7   .611 16 – 17   .485
Green Bay 10 – 8   .556 21 – 17   .553
UIC 10 – 8   .556 16 – 16   .500
Youngstown State 8 – 10   .444 12 – 20   .375
Detroit Mercy 8 – 10   .444 11 – 20   .355
IUPUI 8 – 10   .444 16 – 17   .485
Cleveland State 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
Milwaukee 4 – 14   .222 9 – 22   .290
† 2019 Horizon League tournament winner

The 2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2019 and concluded in February 2019. The season marked the 39th season of Horizon League basketball.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Source[1]

Rank Team
1 Wright State (25)
2 Northern Kentucky (10)
3 UIC (4)
4 Oakland
5 Green Bay
6 IUPUI
7 Cleveland State
8 Milwaukee (1)
9 Youngstown State
10 Detroit Mercy

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Source[1]

Award Recipients
First Team Tyree Appleby (Cleveland State)
Sandy Cohen III (Green Bay)
Drew McDonald (Northern Kentucky)
Marcus Ottey (UIC)
Loudon Love (Wright State)
Second Team Kameron Hankerson (Green Bay)
Jalen Tate (Northern Kentucky)
Tarkus Ferguson (UIC)
Mark Hughes (Wright State)
Naz Bohannon (Youngstown State)

Preseason Player of the Year: Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky

Conference previews

Watchlists

Regular season

Schedule

Exhibition schedule

Non-conference schedule

Conference schedule

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Cleveland State Detroit Mercy Green Bay IUPUI Milwaukee Northern Kentucky Oakland UIC Wright State Youngstown State
vs. Cleveland State – 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2
vs. Detroit Mercy 0–2 – 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
vs. Green Bay 0–2 1–1 – 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1
vs. IUPUI 1–1 1–1 0–2 – 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
vs. Milwaukee 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 – 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
vs. Northern Kentucky 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 – 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Oakland 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 – 0–2 2–0 1–1
vs. UIC 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 – 0–2 1–1
vs. Wright State 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 – 0–2
vs. Youngstown State 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 –
Total 5–13 8–10 10–8 8–10 4–14 13–5 11–7 10–8 13–5 8–10

Conference chart

Horizon vs. other conferences

Points scored

Coaches

Coaching changes

On March 26, 2018, Detroit Mercy fired head coach Bacari Alexander after two seasons.[2] On June 5, the school hired Texas Southern head coach Mike Davis as the Titans' new coach.[3]

Rankings

Postseason

Horizon League Tournament

Main article: 2019 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

National Invitation Tournament

Main article: 2019 National Invitation Tournament

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

Conference awards and teams

References

  1. ^ a b "WRIGHT STATE TABBED #HLMBB FAVORITE, MCDONALD VOTED PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Horizon League. October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Farrell, Perry A. (March 26, 2018). "Bacari Alexander out as Detroit Mercy's basketball coach after 2 seasons". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "Detroit Mercy to hire Mike Davis as head coach". CollegeBasketballTalk. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.