The 2018–19 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Randy Bennett in his 18th season at Saint Mary's. The Gaels played their home games at the McKeon Pavilion in Moraga, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–12, to finish in 2nd place. In the WCC Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the semifinals and beat Gonzaga in the championship to win the WCC Tournament. Therefore, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and they lost in the first round to Villanova.

Previous season The Gaels finished the 2017–18 season 30–6, 16–2 in West Coast Conference play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the WCC tournament, they defeated Pepperdine in the quarterfinals before losing to BYU in the semifinals. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA tournament and as a result earned a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the first round and Washington in the second round before losing to Utah in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Emmett Naar 3 G 6'1" 195 RS Senior Sydney, Australia Graduated Evan Fitzner 21 C 6'10" 230 RS Junior San Diego, CA Graduate transferred to Indiana Calvin Hermanson 24 F 6'6" 200 RS Senior Lake Oswego, OR Graduated Jock Landale 34 C 6'11" 255 Senior Malvern East, Australia Graduated Cullen Neal 34 G 6'4" 191 RS Senior Albuquerque, NM Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Aaron Menzies 41 C 7'3" 285 RS Senior Manchester, England Transferred from Seattle. Will eligible to play since Menzies graduated from Seattle.

2018 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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