The 2018–19 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho in the Big Sky Conference during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by eleventh-year head coach Don Verlin, the Vandals played their home games at Cowan Spectrum, with a few early-season games at Memorial Gym, both on campus in Moscow, Idaho. They finished the season at 5–27 (2–18 in Big Sky, last). Idaho lost in the first round of the conference tournament to Montana State.
On June 14, 2019, head coach Don Verlin was fired amid possible NCAA violations. He finished at Idaho with an 11-year record of 177–176.
Previous season The Vandals finished the 2017–18 season 22–9, 14–4 in Big Sky play, to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament to Southern Utah.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Perrion Callandret 1 G 6'2" 180 RS senior Bothell, WA Graduated Brayon Blake 4 F 6'7" 215 Senior Seattle, WA Graduated Victor Sanders 11 G 6'5" 190 Senior Portland, OR Graduated Chad Sherwood 14 G 6'2" 185 Senior Albany, OR Walk-on; graduated Arkadiy Mkrtychyan 21 F 6'7" 225 Senior Portland, OR Graduated Garrett Kingman 22 G/F 6'6" 205 Freshman Gig Harbor, WA Transferred Jordan Scott 44 F 6'6" 200 Senior Colorado Springs, CO Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Xavier Smith 11 G 6'4" 180 Sophomore Seattle, WA Transferred from Oregon State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Smith had to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Had three years of remaining eligibility. Marquell Fraser 15 G 6'5" 205 Junior Hamilton, ON Junior college transferred from Midland College Tomás Domingos 32 C 7'0" 240 Sophomore Lisbon, Portugal Junior college transferred from College of Southern Idaho
2018 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
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