The 2018–19 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by fifth-year head coach Travis DeCuire, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana as members of the Big Sky Conference. Finishing the season 26–9 overall, 16–4 in Big Sky play, the Grizzlies won the Big Sky regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they defeated Sacramento State, Weber State, and Eastern Washington to win the tournament, and earned the Big Sky's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Given a No. 15 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament, Montana was defeated by Michigan in the first round for the second consecutive year.
Previous season The Grizzlies finished the 2017–18 season 26–8, 16–2 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They defeated North Dakota, Northern Colorado, and Eastern Washington to be champions of the Big Sky tournament. They earned the Big Sky's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Michigan.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Niko Bevens 3 G 6'6" 214 Sophomore Beaverton, OR Transferred to Alaska Anchorage Joirdon Nicholas 5 F 6'7" 185 Freshman Pearland, TX Transferred to Stephen F. Austin Lars Espe 10 G 6'1" 165 Freshman Bergen, Norway Transferred to Barry Trevor Spoja 13 G 6'3" 164 Sophomore Billings, MT Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Fabijan Krslovic 20 F 6'8" 239 Senior Sydney, Australia Graduated Admir Besovic 40 C 7'0" 240 Freshman Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Transferred to Santa Fe College
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Kendal Manuel 12 G 6'4" 190 RS Junior Billings, MT Transferred from Oregon State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Orizu will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Tony Miller 34 F 6'6" 210 Junior Woodinville, WA Transferred from Seattle Pacific. Under NCAA transfer rules, Miller will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
2018 recruiting class
2019 recruiting class
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Sky regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Sky tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
See also 2018–19 Montana Lady Griz basketball team
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