2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2019 and concluded in February 2019. The season marked the 39th season of Horizon League basketball.

Preseason

Preseason poll Source

RankTeam1 Wright State (25)2 Northern Kentucky (10)3 UIC (4)4 Oakland5 Green Bay6 IUPUI7 Cleveland State8 Milwaukee (1)9 Youngstown State10 Detroit Mercy () first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams Source

Award Recipients First Team Tyree Appleby (Cleveland State) Sandy Cohen III (Green Bay) Drew McDonald (Northern Kentucky) Marcus Ottey (UIC) Loudon Love (Wright State) Second Team Kameron Hankerson (Green Bay) Jalen Tate (Northern Kentucky) Tarkus Ferguson (UIC) Mark Hughes (Wright State) Naz Bohannon (Youngstown State)

Preseason Player of the Year: Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky

Conference previews

Watchlists

Regular season

Schedule

Exhibition schedule

Non-conference schedule

Conference schedule

Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.   Cleveland StateDetroit MercyGreen BayIUPUIMilwaukeeNorthern KentuckyOaklandUICWright StateYoungstown Statevs. Cleveland State–2–0 2–0 1–11–11–12–02–02–00–2vs. Detroit Mercy0–2– 1–1 1–10–22–02–02–01–11–1vs. Green Bay0–21–1–2–00–22–01–10–21–11–1vs. IUPUI1–11–1 0–2 –1–11–11–11–12–02–0vs. Milwaukee1–12–0 2–0 1–1–2–01–11–12–02–0vs. Northern Kentucky1–10–2 0–2 1–10–2–1–11–11–10–2vs. Oakland0–20–2 1–1 1–11–11–1–0–22–01–1vs. UIC0–20–2 2–0 1–11–11–12–0–0–21–1vs. Wright State0–21–1 1–1 0–20–21–10–22–0–0–2vs. Youngstown State2–01–1 1–1 0–20–22–01–11–12–0–Total 5–13 8–1010–88–104–1413–511–710–813–58–10

Conference chart

Horizon vs. other conferences

Points scored

Coaches

Coaching changes On March 26, 2018, Detroit Mercy fired head coach Bacari Alexander after two seasons. On June 5, the school hired Texas Southern head coach Mike Davis as the Titans' new coach.

Rankings

Postseason

Horizon League Tournament

NCAA Tournament

National Invitation Tournament

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

Conference awards and teams

References