2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball season

2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 2018–March 2019
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
Champion	Wright State & Northern Kentucky
Season MVP	Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky
Tournament
Champions	Northern Kentucky
Runners-up	Wright State
Finals MVP	Drew McDonald

2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wright State	13	–	5		.722			21	–	14		.600
Northern Kentucky †	13	–	5		.722			26	–	9		.743
Oakland	11	–	7		.611			16	–	17		.485
Green Bay	10	–	8		.556			21	–	17		.553
UIC	10	–	8		.556			16	–	16		.500
Youngstown State	8	–	10		.444			12	–	20		.375
Detroit Mercy	8	–	10		.444			11	–	20		.355
IUPUI	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
Cleveland State	5	–	13		.278			10	–	21		.323
Milwaukee	4	–	14		.222			9	–	22		.290
† 2019 Horizon League tournament winner

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

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

Regular season

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	–	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2
vs. Detroit Mercy	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
vs. Green Bay	0–2	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1
vs. IUPUI	1–1	1–1	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
vs. Milwaukee	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
vs. Northern Kentucky	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Oakland	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	2–0	1–1
vs. UIC	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	1–1
vs. Wright State	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	–	0–2
vs. Youngstown State	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–
Total	5–13	8–10	10–8	8–10	4–14	13–5	11–7	10–8	13–5	8–10

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.

Postseason

Horizon League Tournament

Main article: 2019 Horizon League men's basketball tournament

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

National Invitation Tournament

Main article: 2019 National Invitation Tournament