# 2018–19 Florida A&M Rattlers basketball team

The 2018–19 Florida A&M Rattlers basketball team represented Florida A&M University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Teaching Gym in Tallahassee, Florida, and were led by second year head coach Robert McCullum as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Florida A&M is ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the APR multi-year threshold. They finished the season 12–19 overall, 9–7 in MEAC play, finishing in a tie for fifth place.

## Previous season

The Rattlers finished the 2017–18 season 9–25, 7–9 in MEAC play to finish in a tie three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 9 seed in the MEAC tournament, they defeated Howard before losing to Hampton in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 1, 2018* 7:00 pm | Edward Waters | W 62–57 | | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Jacksonville | W 65–50 | 1–0 | Swisher Gymnasium (1,391) Jacksonville, Florida |
| November 10, 2018* 1:00 pm | Tuskegee | W 62–55 | 2–0 | Teaching Gym (11,897) Tallahassee, Florida |
| November 13, 2018* 2:00 pm, CBSSN | vs. Campbell Jamaica Classic | L 59–66 | 2–1 | Montego Bay Convention Centre Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| November 18, 2018* 9:00 pm, CBSSN | vs. Central Connecticut Jamaica Classic | L 75–89 | 2–2 | Montego Bay Convention Centre (1,425) Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| November 21, 2018* 7:00 pm | at South Florida | L 59–69 | 2–3 | Yuengling Center (2,595) Tampa, Florida |
| November 24, 2018* 10:30 pm | at Loyola Marymount | L 63–71 | 2–4 | Gersten Pavilion (685) Los Angeles, California |
| November 29, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | at North Florida | L 62–81 | 2–5 | UNF Arena (2,041) Jacksonville, Florida |
| December 1, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | at South Alabama | L 57–66 | 2–6 | Mitchell Center (2,114) Mobile, Alabama |
| December 3, 2018* 8:30 pm, FS1 | at DePaul | L 50–65 | 2–7 | Wintrust Arena (3,763) Chicago, Illinois |
| December 6, 2018* 7:00 pm | Fort Valley State | W 80–58 | 3–7 | Teaching Gym (1,293) Tallahassee, Florida |
| December 9, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCNE | at Georgia Tech | L 40–73 | 3–8 | McCamish Pavilion (4,951) Atlanta, Georgia |
| December 17, 2018* 8:00 pm, P12N | at Utah | L 64–93 | 3–9 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,887) Salt Lake City, Utah |
| December 18, 2018* 6:00 pm, P12N | at Oregon | L 64–71 | 3–10 | Matthew Knight Arena (6,909) Eugene, Oregon |
| December 21, 2018* 8:00 pm | at Portland | L 39–54 | 3–11 | Chiles Center (1,417) Portland, Oregon |
| December 29, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Memphis | L 65–96 | 3–12 | FedEx Forum (14,201) Memphis, Tennessee |
| MEAC regular season ||||||
| January 5, 2019 4:00 pm | at Howard | W 82–72 | 4–12 (1–0) | Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C. |
| January 7, 2019 8:00 pm | at Norfolk State | L 62–72 | 4–13 (1–1) | Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall Norfolk, Virginia |
| January 12, 2019 4:00 pm | Savannah State | W 69–64 | 5–13 (2–1) | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida |
| January 19, 2019 4:00 pm | Maryland Eastern Shore | L 58–60 $^{OT}$ | 5–14 (2–2) | Teaching Gym (1,565) Tallahassee, Florida |
| January 21, 2019 4:00 pm | Delaware State | W 60–47 | 6–14 (3–2) | Teaching Gym (1,648) Tallahassee, Florida |
| January 26, 2019 4:00 pm | at Coppin State | | | Physical Education Complex Baltimore, Maryland |
| January 28, 2019 7:30 pm | at Morgan State | | | Talmadge L. Hill Field House Baltimore, Maryland |
| February 2, 2019 6:00 pm | North Carolina A&T | | | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida |
| February 4, 2019 7:30 pm | North Carolina Central | | | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida |
| February 9, 2019 4:00 pm | Howard | | | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida |
| February 11, 2019 7:30 pm | Norfolk State | | | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida |
| February 16, 2019 8:00 pm | at Savannah State | | | Tiger Arena Savannah, Georgia |
| February 18, 2019 7:00 pm | at South Carolina State | | | SHM Memorial Center Orangeburg, South Carolina |
| February 23, 2019 4:00 pm | at Bethune–Cookman | | | Moore Gymnasium Daytona Beach, Florida |
| March 2, 2019 4:00 pm | at North Carolina A&T | | | Corbett Sports Center Greensboro, North Carolina |
| March 7, 2019 7:30 pm | Bethune–Cookman | | | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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