# 2018–19 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by 12th-year head coach Cliff Ellis, played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 17-17, 9–9 in Sun Belt Play to tor for 6th place. They lost in the second round of the Sun Belt tournament to Louisiana-Monroe. They received an at-large bid to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Howard and West Virginia to advance to the semifinals where they lost to DePaul.

## Previous season

The Chanticleers finished the 2017–18 season 14–18, 8–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to Texas State.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Oct 27, 2018* 3:00 pm | | South Carolina State | W 74–54 | | HTC Center Conway, SC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Ferrum | W 91–47 | 1–0 | HTC Center (1,987) Conway, SC |
| Nov 9, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Campbell | W 85–75 | 2–0 | Gore Arena (1,757) Buies Creek, NC |
| Nov 13, 2018* 8:00 pm | | at Tulane | L 76–81 | 2–1 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,241) New Orleans, LA |
| Nov 16, 2018* 4:30 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Manhattan NKU Basketball Classic | L 53–55 | 2–2 | BB&T Arena (318) Highland Heights, KY |
| Nov 17, 2018* 4:30 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. UNC Asheville NKU Basketball Classic | W 78–52 | 3–2 | BB&T Arena (273) Highland Heights, KY |
| Nov 18, 2018* 6:00 pm, FSOH | | at Northern Kentucky NKU Basketball Classic | L 83–89 | 3–3 | BB&T Arena (2,718) Highland Heights, KY |
| Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Methodist | W 88–57 | 4–3 | HTC Center (704) Conway, SC |
| Nov 30, 2018* 7:00 pm, SECN | | at South Carolina | L 79–85 | 4–4 | Colonial Life Arena (9,315) Columbia, SC |
| Dec 5, 2018* 7:30 pm | | Hampton | W 75–66 | 5–4 | HTC Center (1,133) Conway, SC |
| Dec 9, 2018* 2:00 pm | | at Wofford | L 71–82 | 5–5 | Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (1,473) Spartanburg, SC |
| Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm | | North Carolina Central | W 69–65 | 6–5 | HTC Center (750) Conway, SC |
| Dec 21, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at College of Charleston | L 71–73 | 6–6 | TD Arena (4,054) Charleston, SC |
| Sun Belt Conference regular season ||||||
| Jan 3, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Troy | W 88–75 | 7–6 (1–0) | Trojan Arena (2,131) Troy, AL |
| Jan 5, 2019 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at South Alabama | L 77–84 $^{2OT}$ | 7–7 (1–1) | Mitchell Center (2,091) Mobile, AL |
| Jan 10, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Texas State | L 61–65 | 7–8 (1–2) | HTC Center (836) Conway, SC |
| Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UT Arlington | L 58–61 | 7–9 (1–3) | HTC Center (989) Conway, SC |
| Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Appalachian State | W 89–72 | 8–9 (2–3) | HTC Center (2,031) Conway, SC |
| Jan 24, 2019 8:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Little Rock | W 72–71 | 9–9 (3–3) | Jack Stephens Center (1,459) Little Rock, AR |
| Jan 26, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Arkansas State | W 77–64 | 10–9 (4–3) | First National Bank Arena (1,932) Jonesboro, AR |
| Jan 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 92–81 | 11–9 (5–3) | HTC Center (1,035) Conway, SC |
| Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Louisiana | W 96–79 | 12–9 (6–3) | HTC Center (1,454) Conway, SC |
| Feb 7, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UT Arlington | L 54–74 | 12–10 (6–4) | College Park Center (1,919) Arlington, TX |
| Feb 9, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Texas State | L 57–65 | 12–11 (6–5) | Strahan Coliseum (4,583) San Marcos, TX |
| Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Appalachian State | L 79–88 | 12–12 (6–6) | Holmes Center (2,037) Boone, North Carolina |
| Feb 21, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Georgia Southern | L 74–79 | 12–13 (6–7) | HTC Center (1,483) Conway, SC |
| Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Georgia State | W 95–82 | 13–13 (7–7) | HTC Center (1,469) Conway, SC |
| Feb 28, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Louisiana | L 70–83 | 13–14 (7–8) | Cajundome (3,697) Lafayette, LA |
| Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 97–91 | 14–14 (8–8) | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (2,936) Monroe, LA |
| Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | South Alabama | W 92–70 | 15–14 (9–8) | HTC Center (1,037) Conway, SC |
| Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Troy | L 67–74 | 15–15 (9–9) | HTC Center (1,099) Conway, SC |
| Sun Belt tournament ||||||
| Mar 14, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (7) Louisiana–Monroe Second round | L 50–80 | 15–16 | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| College Basketball Invitational ||||||
| Mar 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Howard First Round | W 81–72 | 16–16 | HTC Center (779) Conway, SC |
| Mar 25, 2019* 7:00 pm | | at West Virginia Quarterfinals | W 109–91 | 17–16 | WVU Coliseum (6,775) Morgantown, WV |
| Mar 27, 2019* 8:00 pm | | at DePaul Semifinals | L 87–92 | 17–17 | McGrath–Phillips Arena (939) Chicago, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Source:. ||||||