# 2018–19 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team represented Purdue University Fort Wayne during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mastodons were led by fifth-year head coach Jon Coffman and split their home games between the Gates Sports Center and the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum as members of the Summit League.
The season was the first in which Mastodons represented the new Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). The team previously represented the now defunct Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne. On July 1, 2018, IPFW split into two separate institutions, with IU taking responsibility for IPFW's degree programs in health sciences and Purdue retaining all other academic programs. The Mastodons have since represented PFW. With the name change, the school's colors changed from Royal Blue and White to the Old Gold and Black used by the other three Purdue University campuses. On June 18, 2018, the school announced that beginning July 1, 2018 all NCAA sports teams would be known as the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons. In addition, a new logo was revealed where the color blue has been incorporated as a secondary color to the university's official school colors of gold and black.

## Previous season

The Mastodons finished the 2017–18 season 18–15, 7–7 in Summit League play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament to North Dakota State. They were invited to the CollegeInsdier.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Central Michigan.
The season was the last in which the Mastodons represented IPFW, using "Fort Wayne" as its athletic brand.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Oct 30, 2018* 7:00 pm | | DePauw | W 90–64 | | Gates Sports Center (850) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 9:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 21 UCLA | L 71–96 | 0–1 | Pauley Pavilion (5,931) Los Angeles, CA |
| Nov 8, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Earlham | W 112–51 | 1–1 | Gates Sports Center (819) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Nov 11, 2018* 4:00 pm, BTN | | at Ohio State Buckeye Basketball Classic | L 61–107 | 1–2 | Value City Arena (12,040) Columbus, OH |
| Nov 13, 2018* 7:00 pm, CN81 | | Manchester | W 111–65 | 2–2 | Gates Sports Center (1,338) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Dayton | L 81–90 | 2–3 | UD Arena (13,004) Dayton, OH |
| Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, CN81 | | South Carolina State Buckeye Basketball Classic | W 72–68 | 3–3 | Memorial Coliseum (1,330) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Nov 23, 2018* 7:00 pm, CN81 | | Samford Buckeye Basketball Classic | L 66–74 | 3–4 | Memorial Coliseum (1,725) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Nov 25, 2018* 5:00 pm | | at Cleveland State Buckeye Basketball Classic | W 82–79 | 4–4 | Wolstein Center (777) Cleveland, OH |
| Nov 28, 2018* 8:00 pm | | at Eastern Illinois | W 104–60 | 5–4 | Lantz Arena (1,016) Charleston, IL |
| Dec 1, 2018* 2:00 pm, CN81 | | UMKC Summit/WAC Challenge | L 73–90 | 5–5 | Memorial Coliseum (1,389) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, CN81 | | Akron | W 68–65 | 6–5 | Memorial Coliseum (1,274) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Dec 8, 2018* 2:00 pm | | at Miami (OH) | L 79–85 | 6–6 | Millett Hall (1,451) Oxford, OH |
| Dec 15, 2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Austin Peay | L 68–95 | 6–7 | Dunn Center (1,344) Clarksville, TN |
| Dec 18, 2018* 7:00 pm, CN81 | | IUPUI | W 87–77 | 7–7 | Memorial Coliseum (1,984) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Dec 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, CN81 | | Siena Heights | W 106–45 | 8–7 | Memorial Coliseum (1,797) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Summit League regular season ||||||
| Dec 28, 2018 7:00 pm | | at North Dakota Postponed (inclement weather), Make-up December 29 | | | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center Grand Forks, ND |
| Dec 29, 2018 1:00 pm | | at North Dakota | W 84–73 | 9–7 (1–0) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,442) Grand Forks, ND |
| Dec 30, 2018 5:00 pm | | at North Dakota State | W 90–87 $^{OT}$ | 10–7 (2–0) | Scheels Center (2,043) Fargo, ND |
| Jan 3, 2019 7:30 pm, CN81 | | South Dakota State | W 104–88 | 11–7 (3–0) | Memorial Coliseum (1,803) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Jan 10, 2019 7:00 pm, CN81 | | Oral Roberts | W 94–69 | 12–7 (4–0) | Memorial Coliseum (1,538) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Jan 13, 2019 2:00 pm | | at South Dakota | L 73–87 | 12–8 (4–1) | Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,800) Vermillion, SD |
| Jan 19, 2019 8:00 pm | | at Western Illinois | L 58–87 | 12–9 (4–2) | Western Hall (496) Macomb, IL |
| Jan 24, 2019 7:00 pm | | Omaha | L 79–85 | 12–10 (4–3) | Gates Sports Center (1,125) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Jan 26, 2019 7:00 pm | | Denver | W 91–81 | 13–10 (5–3) | Gates Sports Center (1,839) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm | | South Dakota | W 102–71 | 14–10 (6–3) | Gates Sports Center (539) Fort Wayne, IN |
| Feb 2, 2019 8:00 pm | | at Oral Roberts | W 82–81 | 15–10 (7–3) | Mabee Center (2,251) Tulsa, OK |
| Feb 7, 2019 7:00 pm, CN81 | | Western Illinois | W 79–64 | 16–10 (8–3) | Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, IN |
| Feb 14, 2019 9:00 pm | | at Denver | W 94–81 | 17–10 (9–3) | Magness Arena Denver, CO |
| Feb 16, 2019 5:30 pm | | at Omaha | L 71–74 | 17–11 (9–4) | Baxter Arena Omaha, NE |
| Feb 21, 2019 8:00 pm | | at South Dakota State | L 83–92 | 17–12 (9–5) | Frost Arena Brookings, SD |
| Feb 28, 2019 7:30 pm | | North Dakota | L 82–88 | 17–13 (9–6) | Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN |
| Mar 2, 2019 5:00 pm | | North Dakota State | L 66–69 | 17–14 (9–7) | Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN |
| Summit League tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 2019 8:30 pm, ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (6) South Dakota Quarterfinals | W 96–70 | 18–14 | Premier Center (5,989) Sioux Falls, SD |
| Mar 11, 2019 8:30 pm, ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (2) Omaha Semifinals | L 60–61 | 18–15 | Premier Center (4,508) Sioux Falls, SD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||