The 2018–19 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by fifth-year head coach Tic Price and played their home games at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas as members of the Southland Conference.
The Cardinals finished conference play with as 12–6 record in a three-way tie with New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana for third place. The team qualified for the 2019 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament as the fifth seeded team. They won the first-round game against eighth seed Houston Baptist by a score of 81–79. The season ended when the Cardinals were eliminated in the second round by fourth seed New Orleans with a score of 72–76.
Previous season The Cardinals finished the 2017–18 season 19–14, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland tournament to Central Arkansas. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to UTSA.
Offseason
Coaching changes Justin Bailey, assistant basketball coach at Lamar from 2016–2018, accepted the head coach position at University of Arkansas–Fort Smith. David Dumars joined the Lamar Cardinals basketball staff as assistant coach on August 20, 2018. Dumars had been assistant coach / associate head coach on the McNeese State Cowboys basketball staff from 2002–2018.
Departures Zjori Bosha G 177SRNome, TXGraduated Joey Frenchwood G 184SRNederland, TXGraduated James Harrison F 200SR-TRJacksonville, FLGraduated Terry Noel G 190SRMidwest City, OKGraduated Colton Weisbrod F 218SRNederland, TXGraduated Sources:
Player additions Three players signed letters of intent during the early signing period. Christian Barrett, a transfer, played at Jacksonville College. Barrett will play forward. Davion Buster and Gehlon Easter were high school recruits. Both will play guard. Another transfer, Edwin Jeudy, was announced on March 17, 2018. Jeudy will be transferring from Gillette College. He was ranked number 78 in the 2018 Junior College Basketball Top 100 Player Rankings.
Incoming transfers Christian Barrett PF 6'6" 220 Junior Houston, Texas Junior college transferred from Jacksonville College Edwin Jeudy PF 6'7" 210 Junior Montreal, Canada Junior college transferred from Gillette College
2018–19 recruiting class Source:
Roster Sources:
TV and radio media
All Lamar games will be broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.
Live video of all home games (except those picked up by Southland Conference TV agreements) will be streamed on ESPN3.
Schedule and results Sources:
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Southland Conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Southland tournament
Awards and honors
Player of the week Dec. 27 – Nick Garth Feb. 4 – Christian Barrett Feb. 18 – Nick Garth Mar. 4 – Nick Garth
SLC All-Conference Team Source: First team - Nick Garth Second team - Josh Nzeakor
SLC tournament team Josh Nzeakor was named to the SLC Tournament team.
See also 2018–19 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team
References