2018–19 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team explained

Year:2018–19
Team:Longwood Lancers
Sport:Basketball
Conference:Big South Conference
Short Conf:Big South
Record:16–18
Conf Record:5–11
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Cody Anderson
Ac1 Year:4th
Asst Coach2:Brian Graves
Ac2 Year:1st
Asst Coach3:Marty McGillan
Ac3 Year:1st
Asst Coach4:Maurice Williams
Ac4 Year:1st
Tourney Result:Quarterfinals

The 2018–19 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team represented Longwood University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by head coach Griff Aldrich, in his first season, and played their home games at Willett Hall in Farmville, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 16–18, 5–11 in Big South play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Hampton. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational, their first ever Division I postseason tournament, where they defeated Southern Miss in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to DePaul.

Previous season

The 2017–18 Lancers finished the season 7–26, 3–15 in Big South play to finish in last place. They defeated High Point in the first round of the Big South tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Radford.

On March 2, 2018, head coach Jayson Gee was fired.[1] He finished at Longwood with a five-year record of 42–120. On March 22, the school hired UMBC assistant Griff Aldrich as head coach.[2] [3]

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: Report: Jayson Gee relieved of duties at Longwood. midmajormadness.com. Torrance. Jones. March 2, 2018. March 2, 2018.
  2. Longwood Names UMBC's Griff Aldrich Head Men's Basketball Coach. Longwood Athletics. March 22, 2018. March 22, 2018.
  3. News: Longwood hires UMBC assistant as basketball coach. https://web.archive.org/web/20180406230353/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/longwood-hires-umbc-assistant-as-basketball-coach/2018/03/23/d9cf5658-2eb2-11e8-8dc9-3b51e028b845_story.html. dead. 2018-04-06. Associated Press. 2018-03-23. Washington Post. 2018-04-06. en-US. 0190-8286.
  4. Web site: 2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule.