# 2018–19 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team represented Colorado State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Niko Medved in his first season. The Rams played their home games at Moby Arena on CSU's main campus in Fort Collins, Colorado as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 12–20, 7–11 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Boise State.

## Previous season

The Rams finished the 2017–18 season 11–21, 4–14 in Mountain West play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Utah State.
On February 3, 2018, prior to their game against Nevada, head coach Larry Eustachy was placed on administrative leave amid an internal investigation by Colorado State of Eustachy's conduct with players and other staff members. Eustachy had previously been reprimanded by the university in 2017 for the same type of behavior from a 2014 university led investigation. On February 8, players boycotted practice because of the lack of communication from the athletic department as to the situation. On the same day, it was reported that Eustachy would be fired by the school.
The Rams were initially led by assistant coach Steve Barnes for the first 2 games of Eustachy's absence. However, prior to the team's home game against San Jose State on February 10, he was also placed on administrative leave. Assistant coach Jase Herl took over as interim head coach for the rest of the season.
On February 26, Eustachy officially resigned from Colorado State.
On March 22, Drake head coach and former CSU assistant coach Niko Medved was hired as the new head coach of the Rams.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Raquan Mitchell | 3 | G | 6'3" | 185 | RS Sophomore | Homestead, FL | Graduate transferred to New Mexico Highlands |
| Che Bob | 10 | G | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | Charlotte, NC | Graduated |
| Prentiss Nixon | 11 | G | 6'1" | 180 | Junior | Bolingbrook, IL | Transferred to Iowa State |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Hyron Edwards | 0 | G | 6'0" | 170 | Junior | East Chicago, IN | Transferred from Texas Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Edwards will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. |

### 2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Jack Schoemann SF | Shawnee Mission, KS | Shawnee Mission East High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: 0 ||||||
| Adam Thistlewood SF | Golden, CO | Golden High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Apr 6, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: 0 ||||||
| Jack Schoemann SF | Shawnee Mission, KS | Shawnee Mission East High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: 0 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: – Rivals: – ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Colorado State Commit List for 2018". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018. "Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018. "ESPN – Colorado State Rams Basketball Recruiting 2018". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 5, 2018. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 2, 2018* 2:00 pm | | CSU–Pueblo | W 87–67 | | Moby Arena (2,142) Fort Collins, CO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 7, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Colorado Christian Gulf Coast Showcase | W 100–66 | 1–0 | Moby Arena (2,220) Fort Collins, CO |
| Nov 10, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 92–67 | 2–0 | Moby Arena (2,208) Fort Collins, CO |
| Nov 14, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Montana State | W 81–77 | 3–0 | Moby Arena (2,243) Fort Collins, CO |
| Nov 19, 2018* 3:00 pm | | vs. Louisiana Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals | L 73–91 | 3–1 | Hertz Arena (598) Estero, FL |
| Nov 20, 2018* 3:00 pm | | vs. Florida Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Showcase consolation second round | W 82–74 | 4–1 | Hertz Arena (1,245) Estero, FL |
| Nov 21, 2018* 12:30 pm | | vs. South Dakota State Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game | L 65–78 | 4–2 | Hertz Arena Estero, FL |
| Nov 27, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Southern Illinois MW–MVC Challenge | L 67–82 | 4–3 | Moby Arena (2,566) Fort Collins, CO |
| Dec 1, 2018* 1:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado | L 80–86 | 4–4 | CU Events Center (7,887) Boulder, CO |
| Dec 5, 2018* 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | Arkansas | L 74–98 | 4–5 | Moby Arena (3,238) Fort Collins, CO |
| Dec 8, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Sam Houston State | W 71–65 | 5–5 | Moby Arena (2,298) Fort Collins, CO |
| Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm | | South Dakota | L 63–68 | 5–6 | Moby Arena (2,302) Fort Collins, CO |
| Dec 22, 2018* 3:00 pm | | at Long Beach State | L 61–64 | 5–7 | Walter Pyramid (1,727) Long Beach, CA |
| Dec 30, 2018* 2:00 pm, ATTSNRM | | New Mexico State | L 68–88 | 5–8 | Moby Arena (3,218) Fort Collins, CO |
| Mountain West regular season ||||||
| Jan 2, 2019 8:30 pm, CBSSN | | at UNLV | L 76–78 | 5–9 (0–1) | Thomas & Mack Center (7,881) Paradise, NV |
| Jan 5, 2019 8:00 pm, ATTSNRM | | at Fresno State | L 67–78 | 5–10 (0–2) | Save Mart Center (5,481) Fresno, CA |
| Jan 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ATTSNRM | | Air Force | W 87–64 | 6–10 (1–2) | Moby Arena (2,268) Fort Collins, CO |
| Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm, CBSSN | | New Mexico | W 91–76 | 7–10 (2–2) | Moby Arena (3,057) Fort Collins, CO |
| Jan 19, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Utah State | L 72–87 | 7–11 (2–3) | Smith Spectrum (7,509) Logan, UT |
| Jan 23, 2019 9:00 pm, CBSSN | | at No. 7 Nevada | L 60–100 | 7–12 (2–4) | Lawlor Events Center (10,931) Reno, NV |
| Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ATTSNRM | | Fresno State | W 74–65 | 8–12 (3–4) | Moby Arena (2,877) Fort Collins, CO |
| Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm, ATTSNRM | | Boise State | L 68–70 | 8–13 (3–5) | Moby Arena (2,669) Fort Collins, CO |
| Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Air Force | W 85–53 | 9–13 (4–5) | Clune Arena (3,215) Colorado Springs, CO |
| Feb 6, 2019 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | No. 6 Nevada | L 82–98 | 9–14 (4–6) | Moby Arena (3,765) Fort Collins, CO |
| Feb 9, 2019 12:00 pm, ATTSNRM | | at Wyoming Border War | L 66–74 | 9–15 (4–7) | Arena-Auditorium (5,055) Laramie, WY |
| Feb 13, 2019 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | | San Diego State | L 60–71 | 9–16 (4–8) | Moby Arena (2,596) Fort Collins, CO |
| Feb 20, 2019 8:00 pm | | at San Jose State | W 91–70 | 10–16 (5–8) | Event Center Arena (1,467) San Jose, CA |
| Feb 23, 2019 12:00 pm, ATTSNRM | | Wyoming Border War | W 83–48 | 11–16 (6–8) | Moby Arena (5,026) Fort Collins, CO |
| Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm, Stadium | | at Boise State | W 76–62 | 12–16 (7–8) | Taco Bell Arena (5,151) Boise, ID |
| Mar 2, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPNU | | at New Mexico | L 65–77 | 12–17 (7–9) | Dreamstyle Arena (11,207) Albuquerque, NM |
| Mar 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ATTSNRM | | Utah State | L 96–100 $^{OT}$ | 12–18 (7–10) | Moby Arena (2,548) Fort Collins, CO |
| Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UNLV | L 60–65 | 12–19 (7–11) | Moby Arena (3,505) Fort Collins, CO |
| Mountain West tournament ||||||
| Mar 13, 2019 12:00 pm | (8) | vs. (9) Boise State First round | L 57–66 | 12–20 | Thomas & Mack Center (5,578) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||
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