The 2018–19 William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tribe, led by 16th-year head coach Tony Shaver, played their home games at Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg, Virginia as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. Street & Smith's preseason basketball preview rated William & Mary with the toughest schedule in the CAA.

Previous season The Tribe finished the 2017–18 season 19–12, 11–7 in CAA play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Towson in the quarterfinals of the CAA tournament before losing in the semifinals to College of Charleston.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jamison Glover 1 G 6'0" 195 Senior Haymarket, VA Graduated Tommy Papas 5 G 6'3" 195 Senior Plainfield, NJ Graduated Connor Burchfield 10 G 6'4" 180 Senior Concord, NC Graduated Cole Harrison 15 F 6'11" 252 RS senior Brentwood, TN Graduated Oliver Tot 21 G 6'6" 200 Senior Bratislava, Slovakia Graduated Omar Mostafa 24 G 6'2" 204 Sophomore Saddle River, NJ Left team Amir Shafi 33 G/F 6'4" 210 Senior Delran, NJ Graduated David Cohn 34 G 6'2" 168 RS senior Elmhurst, IL Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Andy Van Vliet 5 F 7'0" 228 Senior Antwerp, Belgium Wisconsin Christian Clark 24 F 6'6" 210 Senior Chester, VA Alabama Under NCAA transfer rules, Andy Van Vliet had to sit out for the 2018–19 season, and had one year of remaining eligibility.

2018 recruiting class

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Honors and awards Street & Smith's Preseason All Colonial Nathan Knight

Athlon Sports Preseason All CAA 2nd Team Nathan Knight Justin Pierce

Lindy's Sports Preseason All Conference 1st Team Nathan Knight

Lindy's Sports Preseason Best Shooter Matt Milon

Lindy's Sports Preseason Best NBA Prospect Nathan Knight

Schedule and results

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!colspan=9 style=| CAA regular season

!colspan=9 style=| CAA Tournament

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