# 2018–19 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Navy Midshipmen men's basketball team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Midshipmen were led by eighth-year head coach Ed DeChellis, and played their home games at Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Maryland as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 12–19 overall, 8–10 in Patriot League play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Patriot League tournament, they advanced to the semifinals, where they were defeated by eventual tournament champion Colgate.

## Previous season

The Midshipmen finished the 2017–18 season 20–12, 11–7 in Patriot League play, to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament to Holy Cross.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Nourse Fox | 0 | G | 6'1" | 205 | Senior | Memphis, TN | Graduated |
| Tom Lacey | 1 | F | 6'7" | 235 | Senior | Glen Ridge, NJ | Graduated |
| Bryce Dulin | 14 | G | 6'4" | 210 | Senior | Nixa, MO | Graduated |
| Shawn Anderson | 20 | G | 6'4" | 215 | Senior | New Castle, PA | Graduated |
| Mo Lewis | 23 | F | 6'6" | 240 | Junior | Alpharetta, GA | No longer on team roster |
| Tyler Riemersma | 41 | F | 6'8" | 215 | Freshman | Bloomington, MN | Transferred to Augustana (SD) |
| Eli Lake | 44 | G | 6'6" | 195 | Freshman | Blythewood, SC | No longer on team roster |

### 2018 recruiting class

There were no recruiting class for Navy for 2018.

### 2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2019 recruits :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Charles West PG | Delray Beach, FL | Spanish River High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Oct 4, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Nate Allison PF | Fayetteville, GA | Starrs Mill High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Sean Yoder PG | Perkasie, PA | Pennridge High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR |||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: |||||||
| 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: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 24, 2018. |||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | at Old Dominion | L 44–67 | 0–1 | Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,289) Norfolk, VA |
| November 9, 2018* 8:30 p.m., CBSSN | | Maryland Veterans Classic | L 57–78 | 0–2 | Alumni Hall (5,710) Annapolis, MD |
| November 14, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | Coppin State | W 77–58 | 1–2 | Alumni Hall (664) Annapolis, MD |
| November 18, 2018* 2:00 p.m. | | Bryant | W 83–79 | 2–2 | Alumni Hall (817) Annapolis, MD |
| November 20, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | at Morgan State | L 51–75 | 2–3 | Talmadge L. Hill Field House (2,034) Baltimore, MD |
| November 28, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | Liberty | L 58–76 | 2–4 | Alumni Hall (489) Annapolis, MD |
| December 1, 2018* 4:00 p.m. | | Brown | L 50–67 | 2–5 | Alumni Hall (671) Annapolis, MD |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | at Delaware | W 80–65 | 3–5 | Bob Carpenter Center (1,927) Newark, DE |
| December 9, 2018* 1:30 p.m. | | at Lipscomb | L 81–107 | 3–6 | Allen Arena (1,446) Nashville, TN |
| December 21, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | at George Mason | L 63–84 | 3–7 | EagleBank Arena (3,419) Fairfax, VA |
| December 30, 2018* 1:00 p.m. | | at Cornell | L 50–61 | 3–8 | Newman Arena (1,284) Ithaca, NY |
| Patriot League regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Colgate | W 72–66 | 4–8 (1–0) | Alumni Hall (643) Annapolis, MD |
| January 6, 2019 1:00 p.m. | | Holy Cross | W 50–48 | 5–8 (2–0) | Alumni Hall (1,236) Annapolis, MD |
| January 9, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | at American | L 63–71 | 5–9 (2–1) | Bender Arena (557) Washington, D.C. |
| January 12, 2019 2:00 p.m. | | Boston University | L 69–75 | 5–10 (2–2) | Alumni Hall (1,162) Annapolis, MD |
| January 16, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | at Lafayette | W 85–77 | 6–10 (3–2) | Kirby Sports Center (989) Easton, PA |
| January 19, 2019 2:30 p.m., CBSSN | | at Army | L 61–72 | 6–11 (3–3) | Christl Arena (5,013) West Point, NY |
| January 23, 2019 7:00 p.m., Stadium | | Lehigh | L 74–85 | 6–12 (3–4) | Alumni Hall (1,294) Annapolis, MD |
| January 26, 2019 3:00 p.m. | | at Holy Cross | L 64–69 | 6–13 (3–5) | Hart Center (2,821) Worcester, MA |
| January 30, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | at Bucknell | L 57–69 | 6–14 (3–6) | Sojka Pavilion (2,154) Lewisburg, PA |
| February 2, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | at Loyola (MD) | W 71–68 | 7–14 (4–6) | Reitz Arena (1,554) Baltimore, MD |
| February 6, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | American | W 77–67 | 8–14 (5–6) | Alumni Hall (1,413) Annapolis, MD |
| February 9, 2019 4:30 p.m. | | at Lehigh | L 57–83 | 8–15 (5–7) | Stabler Arena (1,803) Bethlehem, PA |
| February 13, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Lafayette | L 74–80 | 8–16 (5–8) | Alumni Hall (468) Annapolis, MD |
| February 16, 2019 2:30 p.m., CBSSN | | Army | W 79–68 | 9–16 (6–8) | Alumni Hall (5,448) Annapolis, MD |
| February 21, 2019 2:00 p.m. | | Loyola (MD) | L 70–79 | 9–17 (6–9) | Alumni Hall (243) Annapolis, MD |
| February 23, 2019 2:00 p.m., CBSSN | | at Colgate | L 71–93 | 9–18 (6–10) | Cotterell Court (658) Hamilton, NY |
| February 27, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Bucknell | W 64–53 | 10–18 (7–10) | Alumni Hall (1,822) Annapolis, MD |
| March 2, 2019 1:00 p.m. | | at Boston University | W 79–74 | 11–18 (8–10) | Case Gym (865) Boston, MA |
| Patriot League tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2019 7:00 p.m. | (5) | at (4) American Quarterfinals | W 60–56 | 12–18 | Bender Arena Washington, D.C. |
| March 10, 2019 12:00 p.m., CBSSN | (4) | at (1) Colgate Semifinals | L 70–80 | 12–19 | Cotterell Court (1,089) Hamilton, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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