| 2018–19 Horizon League men's basketball season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Pixels: | 125px |
| Duration: | November 2018–March 2019 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champs: | Wright State & Northern Kentucky |
| Season Champ Name: | Champion |
| Mvp: | Drew McDonald, Northern Kentucky |
| Mvp Link: | Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Northern Kentucky |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Wright State |
| Finals Mvp: | Drew McDonald |
| Finals Mvp Link: | Most Valuable Player |
| Seasonslistnames: | Horizon League men's basketball |
| Prevseason Link: | 2017–18 Horizon League men's basketball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2019–20 Horizon League men's basketball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2019–20 |
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.
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| Rank | Team | |
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| 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 |
Source[1]
| Award | Recipients | |
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| 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
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
| style= width=75 | Cleveland State | style= width=75 | Detroit Mercy | style= width=75 | Green Bay | style= width=75 | IUPUI | style= width=75 | Milwaukee | style= width=75 | Northern Kentucky | style= width=75 | Oakland | style= width=75 | UIC | style= width=75 | Wright State | style= width=75 | Youngstown State | |
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| DM | GB | IUPUI | MIL | NK | OAK | UIC | WSU | YSU --> | 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 | – | GON | LMU | PAC | PEPP | PORT | SMC | USD | USF | SCU --> | |
| Total | 5–13 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 13–5 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 13–5 | 8–10 |
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]
See main article: 2019 Horizon League men's basketball tournament.
See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
See main article: 2019 National Invitation Tournament.