The 2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by Bob Huggins, in his 12th season as WVU's head coach, and played their home games at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia as members of the Big 12 Conference. In a season of bad records, the team finished with the most losses in a season in school history and also had its first last-place finish in Big 12 Conference play. They finished the season 15–21, 4–14 in Big 12 Play to finish in last place. They defeated Oklahoma and Texas Tech to advance to the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Grand Canyon in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Coastal Carolina.

Previous season The Mountaineers finished the 2017–18 season 26–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Baylor and Texas Tech to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Murray State and Marshall to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Villanova.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jevon Carter 2 G 6'2" 205 Senior Maywood, IL Graduated; Drafted by Memphis Grizzlies Daxter Miles Jr. 4 G 6'3" 200 Senior Baltimore, MD Graduated D'Angelo Hunter 11 F 6'6" 190 Junior Louisville, KY Transferred to Nicholls State Teddy Allen 13 F 6'5" 225 Freshman Mesa, AZ Transferred to Wichita State Maciej Bender 25 F 6'10" 250 Sophomore Warsaw, Poland Transferred to Mercer

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jermaine Haley 10 F 6'8" 215 RS Junior Burnaby, BC Junior college transferred from Odessa College. Andrew Gordon 12 C 6'10" 235 RS Sophomore Clearwater, FL Junior college transferred from Northwest Florida State College.

Recruits

Recruiting class of 2018

Recruiting class of 2019

Roster

On Feb 11, 2019 Esa Ahmad and Wesley Harris were dismissed from the team.

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

!colspan=9 style=|Big 12 Tournament

!colspan=9 style=|College Basketball Invitational

Rankings

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also 2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

References