Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2018–19 |
Prev Year: | 2017–18 |
Next Year: | 2019–20 |
Team: | Texas Longhorns |
Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 12 |
Record: | 21–16 |
Conf Record: | 8–10 |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach3: | Neill Berry |
Bowl: | NIT Champions |
The 2018–19 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Shaka Smart and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference. The team won the 2019 National Invitational Tournament with Senior Forward Dylan Osetkowski being named MVP.
The Longhorns finished the 2017–18 season 19–15, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Iowa State in the first round of the Big 12 tournament[1] before losing to Texas Tech in the quarterfinals.[2] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the South region where they lost to Nevada in the first round.[3] [4]
James Banks III | 00 | 6'10" | C | Sophomore | Transferred to Georgia Tech | |
Jacob Young | 3 | 6'2" | G | Sophomore | Transferred to Rutgers | |
Mo Bamba | 4 | 6'11" | C | Freshman | Declared for the NBA draft/hired an agent | |
Eric Davis | 10 | 6'2" | G | Junior | Declared for the NBA draft/hired an agent | |
Isaiah Hobbs | 22 | 6'3" | G | Senior | Graduate transferred to Barry | |
Joe Schwartz | 25 | 6'3" | G | Senior | Walk-on; graduated | |
Ryan McClurg | 30 | 6'5" | F | Senior | Walk-on; graduated |
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See also: 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.