The 2018–19 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by first-year head coach Dusty May, played their home games at the FAU Arena in Boca Raton, Florida as members of Conference USA.

Previous season The Owls finished the 2017–18 season 12–19, 6–12 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to UAB.

March 16, 2018, head coach Michael Curry was fired after four seasons at Florida Atlantic. On March 22, it was announced that the school had hired Florida assistant head coach Dusty May as head coach.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Payton Hulsey 0 G 6'5" 215 RS Senior Memphis, TN Graduated Je'Quan Perry 1 G 6'4" 220 Junior Charleston, SC Graduate transferred to Francis Marion Jason Massey 2 G 6'4" 190 RS Senior Cooper City, FL Graduated Byron Abrams 4 G 6'3" 185 Freshman Decatur, GA Transferred to Gordon State College William Pfister 5 F 6'10" 230 Senior Strasbourg, France Graduated Devorious Brown 10 G 6'2" 195 Sophomore Madison, GA Transferred to Auburn Montgomery Tre' Maloney 11 F 6'7" 208 RS Sophomore Fort Lauderdale, FL Walk-on; dismissed from the team Gerdarius Troutman 14 G 6'3" 175 Senior Butler, GA Graduated Kevin Rostamian 30 C 6'8" 270 Sophomore Weston, FL Walk-on; transferred Amir Smith 32 F 6'6" 210 Junior Houston, TX Transferred Ronald Delph 33 C 7'0" 245 RS Senior Winter Haven, FL Graduated Chisom Obidike 35 C 6'10" 214 Freshman Uwani, Nigeria Transferred to Paris Junior College

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Everett Winchester 2 G/F 6'6" 195 Junior Baltimore, MD Transferred from Wright State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Winchester will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Xavian Stapleton 4 G 6'6" 210 RS Senior Flora, MS Transferred from Mississippi State. Will be eligible to play immediately since Stapleton graduated from Mississippi State. Aleksandar Zecevic 12 F 6'10" Junior Novi Sad, Serbia Junior college transferred from San Jacinto College Richardson Maitre 23 G 6'3" 173 Junior Montreal, QE Junior college transferred from Indian Hills Community College Cedric Jackson 24 G 6'3" Junior Orlando, FL Junior college transferred from Indian River State College Karlis Silins 25 C 6'11" 245 Junior Riga, Latvia Transferred from Ole Miss.

2018 recruiting class

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA regular season

!colspan=12 style=|Conference USA tournament

!colspan=12 style=|CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament

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