2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team explained

Year:2018–19
Team:Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
Sport:Basketball
Conference:Atlantic Sun Conference
Short Conf:ASUN
Record:14–18
Conf Record:9–7
Hc Year:1st
Ac1 Year:1st
Asst Coach2:Justin Furr
Ac2 Year:1st
Ac3 Year:1st

The 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by first-year head coach Michael Fly and played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN tournament, they defeated USC Upstate and North Florida to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb.[1] As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma State.[2]

On April 4, 2018, head coach Joe Dooley left the school to become the head coach at East Carolina, where he was previously the head coach from 1995 to 1999.[3] [4] The following day, assistant head coach Michael Fly was promoted to head coach.[5]

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lipscomb basketball earns berth in Atlantic Sun championship after crushing Jacksonville. The Tennessean. 2018-05-16. en.
  2. News: Oklahoma State tops FGCU 80-68 in NIT opening round. USA TODAY. 2018-05-16. en.
  3. News: East Carolina brings back Dooley as its men's hoops coach. kentucky. 2018-04-05. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180406040519/http://www.kentucky.com/sports/article207973694.html. 2018-04-06. dead.
  4. News: Dooley returns to ECU for 2nd coaching stint. ESPN.com. 2018-05-16.
  5. News: FGCU names longtime assistant Michael Fly as new men's basketball head coach. Naples Daily News. Dana. Caldwell. April 5, 2018. April 6, 2018.
  6. Web site: 2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule.