# 2018–19 Brown Bears men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Brown Bears men's basketball team represented Brown University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by seventh-year head coach Mike Martin, played their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, Rhode Island as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 20-12, 7-7 in Ivy League Play to finish a 3-way tie for 4th place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament. They received an at-large bid to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated UAB in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Loyola Marymount.

## Previous season

The Bears finished the 2017–18 season 11–16, 4–10 in Ivy League play to finish in second-to-last place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| November 9, 2018* 7:30 pm | at LIU Brooklyn | L 81–83 | 0–1 | Steinberg Wellness Center (452) Brooklyn, NY |
| November 11, 2018* 2:00 pm | at NJIT | L 60–63 | 0–2 | Wellness and Events Center (399) Newark, NJ |
| November 16, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | UMass Lowell | W 82–74 | 1–2 | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,131) Providence, RI |
| November 17, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Sacred Heart | W 82–77 | 2–2 | Pizzitola Sports Center (863) Providence, RI |
| November 18, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Army | W 86–66 | 3–2 | Pizzitola Sports Center (946) Providence, RI |
| November 21, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | Salve Regina | W 96–64 | 4–2 | Pizzitola Sports Center (814) Providence, RI |
| November 25, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Bryant | W 84–60 | 5–2 | Pizzitola Sports Center (927) Providence, RI |
| November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Rhode Island | L 51–71 | 5–3 | Ryan Center (4,828) Kingston, RI |
| December 1, 2018* 4:00 pm | at Navy | W 67–50 | 6–3 | Alumni Hall (671) Annapolis, MD |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, FSN | at Butler | L 55–70 | 6–4 | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,361) Indianapolis, IN |
| December 8, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Stony Brook | W 71–69 | 7–4 | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,137) Providence, RI |
| December 22, 2018* 1:00 pm | at Marist | W 78–53 | 8–4 | McCann Arena (1,185) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| December 29, 2018* 8:00 pm, FSSD | at San Diego State | W 82–61 | 9–4 | Viejas Arena (10,821) San Diego, CA |
| January 2, 2019* 7:00 pm | Maine | W 75–67 | 10–4 | Pizzitola Sports Center (676) Providence, RI |
| January 8, 2019* 7:00 pm | at Canisius | W 97–90 $^{OT}$ | 11–4 | Koessler Athletic Center (801) Buffalo, NY |
| January 14, 2019* 7:00 pm | Johnson & Wales–Providence | W 100–51 | 12–4 | Pizzitola Sports Center (621) Providence, RI |
| Ivy League regular season |||||
| January 19, 2019 3:30 pm, NESN | Yale | L 67–70 | 12–5 (0–1) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,363) Providence, RI |
| January 25, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Yale | L 71–79 | 12–6 (0–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,094) New Haven, CT |
| February 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Dartmouth | W 60–58 | 13–6 (1–2) | Leede Arena (692) Hanover, NH |
| February 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Harvard | L 47–68 | 13–7 (1–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Penn | L 82–92 | 13–8 (1–4) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,641) Providence, RI |
| February 9, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Princeton | W 78–70 | 14–8 (2–4) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,724) Providence, RI |
| February 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Cornell | L 66–70 $^{OT}$ | 14–9 (2–5) | Newman Arena (2,966) Ithaca, NY |
| February 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Columbia | W 65–63 | 15–9 (3–5) | Levien Gymnasium (1,652) New York, NY |
| February 22, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Harvard | W 88–79 | 16–9 (4–5) | Pizzitola Sports Center (2,208) Providence, RI |
| February 23, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Dartmouth | W 68–65 | 17–9 (5–5) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,265) Providence, RI |
| March 1, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPNU | Columbia | L 77–80 | 17–10 (5–6) | Pizzitola Sports Center (2,015) Providence, RI |
| March 2, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Cornell | W 75–51 | 18–10 (6–6) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,574) Providence, RI |
| March 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at Princeton | W 67–63 | 19–10 (7–6) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,482) Princeton, NJ |
| March 9, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Penn | L 51–58 | 19–11 (7–7) | The Palestra (4,033) Philadelphia, PA |
| College Basketball Invitational |||||
| March 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | UAB First round | W 83–78 | 20–11 | Pizzitola Sports Center (683) Providence, RI |
| March 25, 2019* 9:00 pm, TheW.tv | at Loyola Marymount Quarterfinals | L 63–81 | 20–12 | Gersten Pavilion (657) Los Angeles, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||
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