The 2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by first-year head coach Craig Smith, played their home games at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah as members of the Mountain West Conference. The Aggies shared the regular-season Mountain West title with Nevada, and defeated New Mexico, Fresno State, and San Diego State to win the Mountain West tournament to earn the Mountain West's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for their first appearance since 2011. They lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Washington.
Previous season The Aggies finished the 2017–18 season 17–17 overall and 8–10 in conference play, finishing tied for 7th. In the Mountain West Conference tournament, they defeated Colorado State in the first round and Boise State in the quarterfinals before losing to New Mexico in the semi-finals.
On March 11, 2018, head coach Tim Duryea was fired after three seasons. He finished at Utah State with a three-year record of 47–49. On March 25, reports indicated that the school had hired South Dakota head coach Craig Smith as head coach, which was confirmed the next day.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure DeAngelo Isby 0 G 6'5" 200 Junior Chicago, IL Declare for 2018 NBA draft Koby McEwen 1 G 6'4" 200 Sophomore Toronto, ON Transferred to Marquette Julion Pearre 5 G 6'3" 205 Senior McKinney, TX Graduated Alex Dargenton 11 F 6'8" 205 RS Senior Ford-de-France, Martinque Graduated Taylor Larson 13 G 6'4" 210 Sophomore Highland, UT Left the team Norbert Janicek 15 F 6'11" 250 Junior Dražkovce, Slovakia Left the team for personal reasons Daron Henson 23 F 6'7" 205 RS Freshman Pasadena, CA Transferred to Salt Lake CC
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college John Knight III 3 G 6'2" 195 Sophomore Jackson, MS Junior college transferred from Southwest Mississippi CC Ke'Sean Davis 13 F 6'7" 210 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA Junior college transferred from Seward County CC Roche Grootfaam 15 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Paramaribo, Suriname Junior college transferred from College of Southern Idaho
Recruiting
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
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