The 2018–19 Southern Utah Thunderbirds basketball team represented Southern Utah University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds were led by third-year head coach Todd Simon and played their home games at the America First Events Center in Cedar City, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 17–17, 9–11 in Big Sky, play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Idaho State and Northern Colorado to advance to the semifinals of the Big Sky tournament where they lost to Eastern Washington. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Drake in the first round before losing in the second round to Cal State Bakersfield.
Previous season The Thunderbirds finished the 2017–18 season 13–19, 5–13 in Big Sky play, to finish in tenth place. In the Big Sky tournament they defeated Idaho State and Idaho to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Eastern Washington.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jamil Jackson 1 G/F 6'6" 190 Sophomore Minneapolis, MN Transferred to IUPUI Jordan Lyons 5 G/F 6'7" 200 Freshman Brampton, ON Transferred to Vincennes Jadon Cohee 12 G 6'4" 205 RS Junior Langley, BC Graduate transferred to British Columbia Taelin Webb 13 G 5'11" 195 RS Junior Fresno, CA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons James McGee 14 G 6'2" 200 RS Senior San Clemente, CA Graduated Jamal Aytes 15 F 6'6" 240 RS Senior San Diego, CA Graduated Christian Musoko 34 F/C 6'8" 245 Senior Kinshasa, Congo Graduated Joel Swallow 44 F 6'9" 230 RS Sophomore Howell, UT Walk-on; did not return
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jason Richardson 3 G 6'2" 210 RS Junior Hawthorne, CA Junior college transferred from Fullerton College Jakolby Long 13 G 6'5" 207 Junior Mustang, OK Transferred from Iowa State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Long will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Daouda Ndiaye 14 C 7'0" 215 Senior Dakar, Senegal Transferred from Illinois State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Ndiaye will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility.
2018 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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