The 2018–19 Indiana State Sycamores basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by ninth-year head coach Greg Lansing, played their home games at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 7–11 in MVC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the MVC tournament, they lost to Valparaiso in the first round.

ISU coach Greg Lansing began the season needing two wins during the season to surpass his mentor (Royce Waltman) on the ISU Coaching Leaderboard. Waltman had 134 wins. Lansing passed Waltman following the Sycamores victory over the McKendree Bearcats and is currently second (148) in wins at Indiana State; the leader Duane Klueh has 182. Junior Guard Jordan Barnes became the 39th member of the ISU 1,000-pt Club.

Previous season The Sycamores finished the 2017–18 season 13–18, 8–10 in MVC play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MVC tournament to Illinois State.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Demonte Ojinnaka 1 G 6'5" 212 Senior Silver Spring, MD Graduated Trey Knight III 3 G 6'4" 180 RS Sophomore Cedar Park, TX Transferred to Texas A&M–Kingsville Brenton Scott 4 G 6'1" 190 RS Senior Fort Wayne, IN Graduated Ethan Claycomb 10 F 6'7" 194 RS Freshman Vincennes, IN Walk-on; transferred to Bellarmine Matt Deady 24 G 6'5" 208 RS Freshman Terre Haute, IN Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Qiydar Davis 25 G 6'5" 209 RS Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated Brandon Murphy 34 C 6'7" 270 Senior Montgomery, AL Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Allante Holston 1 G 6'7" 190 Senior Capitol Heights, MD Transferred from North Texas. Will be eligible to play immediately since Holston graduated from North Texas. Cameron Bacote 3 G 6'3" 170 Sophomore Hampton, VA Transferred from Maryland Eastern Shore. Under NCAA transfer rules, Bacote will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2018 recruiting class

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=|Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Missouri Valley regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Missouri Valley tournament

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