The 2018–19 Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions are led by fifth-year head coach Mike Dunlap. They played their home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 8–8 in WCC Play to tie for 5th place. They lost in the second round of the WCC tournament to Pepperdine. They received an at-large bid to the College Basketball Invitational, where they defeated California Baptist and Brown to advance to the semifinals. They then lost to South Florida.
Previous season The Lions finished the 2017–18 season finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Portland in the first round of the WCC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Gonzaga.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Steven Haney 12 G/F 6'6" 197 RS Senior Fort Lauderdale, FL Graduated Mikail Simmons 13 F 6'8" 212 Freshman Plano, TX Transferred to Bossier Parish CC Dylan Causwell 22 F 6'7" 197 Junior Johns Creek, GA Graduate transferred to Southeastern Liam Eberhardt 34 F 6'7" 190 Freshman Seattle, WA Walk-on; didn't return
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Jordan Bell 23 G/F 6'8" 225 RS Sophomore Inglewood, CA Junior college transferred from Compton College.
2018 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=|WCC regular season
!colspan=12 style=|WCC tournament
!colspan=12 style=|College Basketball Invitational
Source
References