The 2018–19 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Wyking Jones' second year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 8–23, 3–15 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado.
On March 24, head coach Wyking Jones was fired. He finished with a two-year record of 16–47 overall and 5–31 in the Pac-12. Former Georgia and Nevada head coach Mark Fox was hired to replace him on March 29.
Previous season The Golden Bears finished the 2017–18 season with a record of 8–24, 2–16 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Stanford.
Off-season Departures Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Austin McCullogh 12 G 6'4" 197 Freshman Portage, MI Transferred to City College of San Francisco Don Coleman 14 G 6'3" 193 Junior Augusta, GA Transferred to South Alabama Derek King 20 G 6'3" 198 Senior Shanghai, China Graduated Nick Hamilton 21 G 6'3" 201 Senior Inglewood, CA Graduated Kingsley Okoroh 22 C 7'1" 267 Senior Derby, England Graduated Marcus Lee 24 F 6'11" 225 RS senior Antioch, CA Graduated Deschon Winston 25 G 6'2" 175 Freshman Lake Balboa, CA Transferred to City College of San Francisco Koko Jurdoghlian 30 G 6'2" 184 Sophomore La Cañada, CA Left team Cole Welle 42 F 6'8" 230 Senior Aptos, CA Graduated
2018 recruiting class
Future recruits 2019 team recruits
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 tournament
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