The 2018–19 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of South Florida during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 47th basketball season for USF, the sixth as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC), and the second season under head coach Brian Gregory. The Bulls played home games at Yuengling Center on the university's Tampa, Florida campus. They finished the season 24–14, 8–10 in AAC play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to UConn. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Stony Brook, Utah Valley, and Loyola Marymount to advance to the best-of-three finals vs DePaul. They defeated DePaul 2 games to 1 to become CBI champions.

Previous season The Bulls finished the 2017–18 season 10–22, 3–15 in AAC play, to finish in last place. As the No. 12 seed in the AAC tournament, they lost in the first round to Memphis.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Stephan Jiggetts 0 G 6'1" 195 Forestville, MD Graduated Isaiah Manderson 1 F 6'10" 247 The Bronx, NY Graduated Terrence Samuel 2 G 6'3" 208 Brooklyn, NY Graduated Payton Banks 4 G/F 6'6" 223 Orange, CA Graduated Malik Martin 5 F 6'11" 214 Miami, FL Transferred to Tennessee Tech Henry Beard 14 G 6'0" 177 Seminole, FL Transferred Yito Alvarado 15 F 6'7" 206 San Juan, PR Left team Tulio Da Silva 21 F 6'7" 206 Formiga, Brazil Transferred to Missouri State Joey Coffaro 22 G 5'11" 170 Arlington Heights, IL Left team Troy Holston 25 G 6'4" 200 Queens, NY Transferred to Saint Joseph's

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Zach Dawson 2 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Miami, FL Oklahoma State Mayan Kiir 20 F 6'9" 201 Sophomore Bradenton, FL LSU Antun Maricevic 34 C 6'10" 240 Junior Zagreb, Croatia Casper College

2018 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=|Regular season

!colspan=9 style=| AAC tournament

!colspan=9 style=| College Basketball Invitational

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