# 2018–19 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Monmouth Hawks men's basketball team represented Monmouth University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at OceanFirst Bank Center in West Long Branch, New Jersey as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and were led by 8th-year head coach King Rice. They finished the 2018–19 season 14–21 overall, 10–8 in MAAC play to finish in 6th place. As the 6th seed in the 2019 MAAC tournament, they defeated No. 11 seed Niagara in the first round 76–72, upset No. 3 seed Quinnipiac 98–92 in the quarterfinals, upset No. 2 seed Canisius 73–59 in the semifinals before losing to No. 1 seed Iona, 60–81 in the championship game.

## Previous season

The Hawks finished the 2017–18 season 11–20, 7–11 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the MAAC tournament to Saint Peter's.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 27, 2018* 3:00 pm | | Caldwell | W 85–84 | | OceanFirst Bank Center (774) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2018* 8:30 pm | | Lehigh | L 61–85 | 0–1 | OceanFirst Bank Center (2,224) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, Watch Stadium | | at Colgate | L 74–87 | 0–2 | Cotterell Court (359) Hamilton, New York |
| November 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Saint Joseph's | L 63–78 | 0–3 | Hagan Arena (2,494) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| November 15, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | vs. West Virginia Myrtle Beach Invitational Quarterfinals | L 53–71 | 0–4 | HTC Center (3,307) Conway, South Carolina |
| November 16, 2018* 6:30 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Valparaiso Myrtle Beach Invitational consolation semifinals | L 53–64 | 0–5 | HTC Center (2,830) Conway, South Carolina |
| November 18, 2018* 12:30 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Cal State Fullerton Myrtle Beach Invitational 7th place game | L 63–87 | 0–6 | HTC Center (780) Conway, South Carolina |
| November 24, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Princeton | L 57–60 | 0–7 | OceanFirst Bank Center (2,050) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| November 28, 2018* 8:30 pm, SECN | | at No. 10 Kentucky | L 44–90 | 0–8 | Rupp Arena (18,680) Lexington, Kentucky |
| December 1, 2018* 2:00 pm, Watch Stadium | | at Bucknell | L 43–65 | 0–9 | Sojka Pavilion (2,579) Lewisburg, Pennsylvania |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Hofstra | L 73–75 | 0–10 | Mack Sports Complex (1,547) Hempstead, New York |
| December 8, 2018* 7:00 pm, WatchESPN | | at Albany | L 63–82 | 0–11 | SEFCU Arena (1,902) Albany, New York |
| December 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Yale | L 58–66 | 0–12 | OceanFirst Bank Center (1,747) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| December 31, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Penn | W 76–74 $^{OT}$ | 1–12 | The Palestra (2,364) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| MAAC regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Iona | L 84–103 | 1–13 (0–1) | Hynes Athletic Center (1,057) New Rochelle, New York |
| January 5, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Saint Peter's | W 61–44 | 2–13 (1–1) | OceanFirst Bank Center (2,006) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| January 10, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Quinnipiac | L 83–89 $^{2OT}$ | 2–14 (1–2) | People's United Center (916) Hamden, Connecticut |
| January 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Manhattan | W 65–49 | 3–14 (2–2) | OceanFirst Bank Center (1,745) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| January 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Siena | W 63–60 $^{OT}$ | 4–14 (3–2) | Times Union Center (5,592) Albany, New York |
| January 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Fairfield | W 74–57 | 5–14 (4–2) | OceanFirst Bank Center (1,722) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| January 20, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Iona | W 83–81 | 6–14 (5–2) | OceanFirst Bank Center (1,739) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| January 24, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Canisius | L 66–80 | 6–15 (5–3) | Koessler Athletic Center (1,221) Buffalo, New York |
| January 26, 2019 3:00 pm | | at Niagara | L 48–75 | 6–16 (5–4) | Gallagher Center (956) Lewiston, New York |
| January 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Siena | W 66–55 | 7–16 (6–4) | OceanFirst Bank Center (1,743) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| February 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Rider | W 75–71 | 8–16 (7–4) | OceanFirst Bank Center (2,386) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| February 7, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Saint Peter's | W 53–51 | 9–16 (8–4) | Yanitelli Center (877) Jersey City, New Jersey |
| February 9, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Fairfield | W 61–49 | 10–16 (9–4) | Webster Bank Arena (1,281) Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| February 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Rider | L 72–81 | 10–17 (9–5) | Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, New Jersey |
| February 17, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Marist | L 67–75 | 10–18 (9–6) | OceanFirst Bank Center (2,818) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| February 22, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | Canisius | L 59–60 | 10–19 (9–7) | OceanFirst Bank Center (2,625) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| February 24, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Quinnipiac | L 56–68 | 10–20 (9–8) | OceanFirst Bank Center (2,546) West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| March 1, 2019 7:00 pm, Jaspervision | | at Manhattan | W 62–54 | 11–20 (10–8) | Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, New York |
| MAAC tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2019 10:00 pm, ESPN3 | (6) | vs. (11) Niagara First Round | W 76-72 | 12-20 | Times Union Center Albany, New York |
| March 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (6) | vs. (3) Quinnipiac Quarterfinals | W 98–92 | 13–20 | Times Union Center (2,260) Albany, New York |
| March 10, 2019 8:30 pm, ESPNU | (6) | vs. (2) Canisius Semifinals | W 73–59 | 14–20 | Times Union Center (4,918) Albany, New York |
| March 11, 2019 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | (6) | vs. (1) Iona Championship | L 60–81 | 14–21 | Times Union Center (2,123) Albany, New York |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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