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.

2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 2018
through March 2019
Number of teams9
Regular Season
ChampionWright State & Northern Kentucky
Season MVPDrew McDonald, Northern Kentucky
Tournament
2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Wright State135 .722  2114  .600
Northern Kentucky135 .722  269  .743
Oakland117 .611  1617  .485
Green Bay108 .556  2117  .553
UIC108 .556  1616  .500
Youngstown State810 .444  1220  .375
Detroit Mercy810 .444  1120  .355
IUPUI810 .444  1617  .485
Cleveland State513 .278  1021  .323
Milwaukee414 .222  922  .290
2019 Horizon League Tournament winner

Preseason

Preseason Poll

Source[1]

Rank Team
1Wright State (25)
2Northern Kentucky (10)
3UIC (4)
4Oakland
5Green Bay
6IUPUI
7Cleveland State
8Milwaukee (1)
9Youngstown State
10Detroit Mercy

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Source[1]

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 State Detroit Mercy Green Bay IUPUI Milwaukee Northern Kentucky Oakland UIC Wright State Youngstown State
vs. Cleveland State 2–02–01–11–11–12–02–02–00–2
vs. Detroit Mercy 0–2 1–11–10–22–02–02–01–11–1
vs. Green Bay 0–21–1 2–00–22–01–10–21–11–1
vs. IUPUI 1–11–10–2 1–11–11–11–12–02–0
vs. Milwaukee 1–12–02–01–1 2–01–11–12–02–0
vs. Northern Kentucky 1–10–20–21–10–2 1–11–11–10–2
vs. Oakland 0–20–21–11–11–11–1 0–22–01–1
vs. UIC 0–20–22–01–11–11–12–0 0–21–1
vs. Wright State 0–21–11–10–20–21–10–22–0 0–2
vs. Youngstown State 2–01–11–10–20–22–01–11–12–0
Total 5–138–1010–88–104–1413–511–710–813–58–10

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.[2] On June 5, the school hired Texas Southern head coach Mike Davis as the Titans' new coach.[3]

Rankings

Postseason

Horizon League Tournament

NCAA Tournament

National Invitation Tournament

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

Conference awards and teams

Notes

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References

  1. "WRIGHT STATE TABBED #HLMBB FAVORITE, MCDONALD VOTED PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Horizon League. October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  2. Farrell, Perry A. (March 26, 2018). "Bacari Alexander out as Detroit Mercy's basketball coach after 2 seasons". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  3. "Detroit Mercy to hire Mike Davis as head coach". CollegeBasketballTalk. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
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