# 2018–19 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine and were led by 1st-year head coach Richard Barron, who previously served as the head coach of Maine's women's basketball team. They finished the season 5–27 overall, 3–13 in conference play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the 8th seed in the 2019 America East men's basketball tournament, they were defeated by top-seeded Vermont 57–73 in the quarterfinals.

## Previous season

The Black Bears finished the 2017–18 season 6–26, 3–13 in the America East Conference play to finish in eighth place. In the America East tournament, they lost to Vermont in the quarterfinals. On March 5, the school parted ways with head coach Bob Walsh and within hours hired Richard Barron, who was previously head coach Maine's women's basketball team from 2011–2017.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 1, 2018* 7:30 pm | | Maine–Presque Isle | W 82–40 | | Cross Insurance Center (863) Bangor, ME |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2018* 9:00 pm, ALT | | at Denver | L 50–63 | 0–1 | Magness Arena (1,822) Denver, CO |
| November 8, 2018* 9:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | L 61–75 | 0–2 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,971) Salt Lake City, UT |
| November 10, 2018* 5:00 pm, Stadium | | at San Francisco | L 50–93 | 0–3 | War Memorial Gymnasium (1,813) San Francisco, CA |
| November 17, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at NC State Wolfpack Classic | L 63–82 | 0–4 | PNC Arena (13,290) Raleigh, NC |
| November 20, 2018* 8:00 pm | | at North Texas Wolfpack Classic | L 63–74 $^{OT}$ | 0–5 | The Super Pit (2,358) Denton, TX |
| November 25, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Quinnipiac | L 50–58 | 0–6 | People's United Center (1,012) Hamden, CT |
| November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Princeton Wolfpack Classic | L 59–73 | 0–7 | Cross Insurance Center (1,113) Bangor, ME |
| December 1, 2018* 3:00 pm | | at Saint Peter's Wolfpack Classic | L 59–63 $^{OT}$ | 0–8 | Yanitelli Center (602) Jersey City, NJ |
| December 4, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Fordham | W 75–68 $^{2OT}$ | 1–8 | Cross Insurance Center (1,036) Bangor, ME |
| December 8, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | L 52–78 | 1–9 | Leede Arena (636) Hanover, NH |
| December 10, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Maine–Machias | W 98–43 | 2–9 | Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME |
| December 16, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Duquesne | L 46–72 | 2–10 | Palumbo Center (1,487) Pittsburgh, PA |
| December 22, 2018* 1:00 pm | | Central Connecticut | L 90–93 | 2–11 | Cross Insurance Center (1,084) Bangor, ME |
| December 29, 2018* 3:00 pm, BTN Plus | | at Rutgers | L 55–70 | 2–12 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (5,401) Piscataway, NJ |
| January 2, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Brown | L 67–75 | 2–13 | Pizzitola Sports Center (676) Providence, RI |
| America East Conference regular season ||||||
| January 5, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMBC | L 52–61 | 2–14 (0–1) | UMBC Event Center (1,081) Catonsville, MD |
| January 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Vermont | L 49–73 | 2–15 (0–2) | Cross Insurance Center (995) Bangor, ME |
| January 12, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Albany | W 66–62 | 3–15 (1–2) | SEFCU Arena (1,793) Albany, NY |
| January 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Hartford | L 76–77 | 3–16 (1–3) | Cross Insurance Center (918) Bangor, ME |
| January 19, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Stony Brook | L 61–64 | 3–17 (1–4) | Cross Insurance Center (929) Bangor, ME |
| January 26, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | L 66–78 | 3–18 (1–5) | Binghamton University Events Center (2,452) Vestal, NY |
| January 30, 2019 7:00 pm | | at UMass Lowell | W 78–59 | 4–18 (2–5) | Tsongas Center (1,232) Lowell, MA |
| February 3, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | New Hampshire | W 62–53 | 5–18 (3–5) | Cross Insurance Center (1,026) Bangor, ME |
| February 6, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Vermont | L 63–86 | 5–19 (3–6) | Patrick Gym (2,472) Burlington, VT |
| February 10, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMBC | L 66–67 | 5–20 (3–7) | Cross Insurance Center (1,195) Bangor, ME |
| February 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Hartford | L 73–81 | 5–21 (3–8) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (864) West Hartford, CT |
| February 17, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Albany | L 54–63 | 5–22 (3–9) | Cross Insurance Center (989) Bangor, ME |
| February 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stony Brook | L 53–81 | 5–23 (3–10) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,286) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMass Lowell | L 61–70 | 5–24 (3–11) | Cross Insurance Center (981) Bangor, ME |
| March 2, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | Binghamton | L 60–83 | 5–25 (3–12) | Cross Insurance Center (818) Bangor, ME |
| March 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at New Hampshire | L 53–60 | 5–26 (3–13) | Lundholm Gym (333) Durham, NH |
| America East tournament ||||||
| March 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (8) | at (1) Vermont Quarterfinals | L 57–73 | 5–27 | Patrick Gym (2,750) Burlington, VT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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