# 2018–19 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team represented California State University, Long Beach in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 49ers, led by twelfth-year head coach Dan Monson, competed in the Walter Pyramid. Long Beach State was a member of the Big West Conference, and participated in their 50th consecutive season in that league.

## Before the season

The 49ers finished the season 15–18 overall, and 9–7 in the conference. During the season, the 49ers participated in the AdvoCare Invitational, which was held in Morgantown, West Virginia and Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Long Beach State earned 6th place by defeating Oregon State and losing to Missouri as well as Nebraska. Prior to the tournament, Long Beach State lost in a friendly match at West Virginia. In the postseason, Long Beach State lost to Cal State Fullerton in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament in Anaheim, California.
Within a few days of the elimination, Dan Monson accepted a five-year contract extension (through the 2022–23 school year) as a result of his past success at Long Beach State. Monson was rehired for multiple reasons, ranging from running the program primarily on sport ethics to his "on the court" results. To this season, Monson led the program to a Big West winning record each season since 2010–11 and participated in the NCAA tournament once.
Greg Floyd Jr. was a four-star recruit who turned down twenty-four other NCAA Division I schools for Long Beach State on September 7, 2016. Floyd was the highest rated incoming 49er since Jacob Thomas and Shelton Boykin, who were both a part of the recruiting class of 2010. On April 9, 2018, the Los Angeles Ballers announced that Floyd was ineligible [through the NCAA] to compete at Long Beach State due to scholastic probation at his former school. As a result, Floyd is currently an athlete for the Ballers, and the NCAA withdrew his commitment.
By July 17, 2018, Long Beach State redesigned the court by emphasizing on the color black, removing The Beach motto for the main athletics logo, and installing darker wood. However, some of the former features of the previous court design still remain in a different fashion, such as the social media hashtags #GoBeach and #LBNation.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 9, 2018* 8:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 21 UCLA | L 80–91 | 0–1 | 31 – Booker | 6 – Byers | 4 – Tied | Pauley Pavilion (7,920) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 10, 2018* 4:00 pm | | Menlo College Homecoming | W 78–57 | 1–1 | 19 – Booker | 8 – Tied | 3 – Cobb | Walter Pyramid (3,888) Long Beach, CA |
| November 12, 2018* 6:00 pm, P12N | | at Arizona State MGM Resorts Main Event | L 58–90 | 1–2 | 9 – Griffin | 6 – Riggins | 5 – Booker | Wells Fargo Arena (8,818) Tempe, AZ |
| November 16, 2018* 8:01 pm, SECN | | at No. 17 Mississippi State MGM Resorts Main Event | L 51–79 | 1–3 | 8 – Tied | 5 – Tied | 3 – Booker | Humphrey Coliseum (8,106) Starkville, MS |
| November 19, 2018* 1:00 pm | | vs. Iona MGM Resorts Main Event Middleweight semifinals | W 86-85 | 2-3 | 18 – Yussuf | 10 – Byers | 7 – Booker | Cox Pavilion Paradise, Nevada |
| November 21, 2018* 1:00 pm | | vs. Utah Valley MGM Resorts Main Event Middleweight championship | L 72-87 | 2-4 | 29 – Booker | 6 – Byers | 74 – Booker | Cox Pavilion Paradise, Nevada |
| November 25, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Oregon State | L 72–75 | 2–5 | 15 – Maxhuni | 11 – Yussuf | 5 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (2,082) Long Beach, CA |
| November 28, 2018* 8:00 pm, P12N | | at USC | L 65-75 | 2-6 | 13 – Tied | 7 – Roberts | 3 – Alberts | Galen Center (2,031) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 1, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at San Diego | L 70-74 | 2-7 | 28 – Yussuf | 14 – Byers | 2 – Tied | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,419) San Diego, CA |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Southern Utah | W 82-71 | 3-7 | 21 – Booker | 13 – Yussuf | 4 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (1,876) Long Beach, CA |
| December 8, 2018* | | at Fresno State | L 71-92 | 3-8 | 18 – Alberts | 6 – Tied | 3 – Booker | Save Mart Center (5,945) Fresno, CA |
| December 10, 2018* | | at Pacific | L 68-74 | 3-9 | 14 – Yussuf | 10 – Yussuf | 3 – Tied | Alex G. Spanos Center (1,247) Stockton, CA |
| December 20, 2018* | | Pepperdine | W 67-66 | 4-9 | 21 – Yussuf | 11 – Yussuf | 5 – Ross | Walter Pyramid (1,617) Long Beach, CA |
| December 22, 2018* | | Colorado State | W 64-61 | 5-9 | 14 – Booker | 10 – Riggins | 3 – Tied | Walter Pyramid (1,727) Long Beach, CA |
| December 29, 2018* 7:30 pm, P12N | | at Stanford | L 86-93 | 5-10 | 22 – Alberts | 8 – Yussuf | 8 – Booker | Maples Pavilion (3,452) Stanford, CA |
| January 5, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Bethesda University | W 124–52 | 6–10 | 35 – Alberts | 12 – Riggins | 11 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (1,867) Long Beach, CA |
| Big West regular season |||||||||
| January 12, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UC Davis | W 82–77 | 7–10 (1–0) | 32 – Booker | 12 – Riggins | 2 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (3,002) Long Beach, CA |
| January 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UC Irvine | W 80–70 | 8–10 (2–0) | 28 – Booker | 7 – Alberts | 6 – Booker | Bren Events Center (1,530) Irvine, CA |
| January 19, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Cal State Fullerton | L 90–92 $^{OT}$ | 8–11 (2–1) | 33 – Booker | 11 – Byers | 5 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (2,312) Long Beach, CA |
| January 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Cal State Northridge | L 71–86 | 8–12 (2–2) | 20 – Booker | 7 – Riggins | 5 – Booker | Matadome (985) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 26, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UC Santa Barbara | L 71–82 | 8–13 (2–3) | 25 – Booker | 9 – Booker | 7 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (2,333) Long Beach, CA |
| January 31, 2019 9:00 pm, Spectrum Sports HI | | at Hawaii | L 57–74 | 8–14 (2–4) | 18 – Riggins | 9 – Byers | 3 – Booker | Stan Sheriff Center (5,293) Honolulu, HI |
| February 2, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | UC Irvine | L 80–82 | 8–15 (2–5) | 29 – Booker | 10 – Byers | 5 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (2,344) Long Beach, CA |
| February 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hawaii | L 70–77 | 8–16 (2–6) | 18 – Yussuf | 10 – Byers | 4 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (2,177) Long Beach, CA |
| February 9, 2019 | | at Cal Poly | W 76–68 $^{OT}$ | 9–16 (3–6) | 23 – Booker | 12 – Yussuf | 4 – Booker | Mott Athletics Center (1,970) San Luis Obispo, CA |
| February 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Cal State Fullerton | L 82–85 | 9–17 (3–7) | 22 – Booker | 8 – Yussuf | 5 – Booker | Titan Gym (1,621) Fullerton, CA |
| February 16, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | at UC Davis | L 73–77 | 9–18 (3–8) | 20 – Booker | 11 – Riggins | 3 – Roberts | The Pavilion (1,882) Davis, CA |
| February 20, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | Cal State Northridge | W 80–78 | 10–18 (4–8) | 20 – Alberts | 13 – Cobb | 4 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (1,848) Long Beach, CA |
| February 23, 2019 5:00 p.m. | | at UC Riverside | W 71–67 $^{OT}$ | 11–18 (5–8) | 18 – Roberts | 9 – Yussuf | 5 – Cobb | SRC Arena (459) Riverside, CA |
| February 28, 2019 7:00 p.m. | | at UC Santa Barbara | W 69–64 | 12–18 (6–8) | 26 – Booker | 9 – Riggins | 4 – Booker | The Thunderdome (3,118) Santa Barbara, CA |
| March 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Cal Poly | W 94–85 | 13–18 (7–8) | 31 – Booker | 10 – Booker | 5 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (2,172) Long Beach, CA |
| March 6, 2019 7:00 pm | | UC Riverside | W 70–57 | 14–18 (8–8) | 21 – Booker | 10 – Yussuf | 4 – Booker | Walter Pyramid (2,038) Long Beach, CA |
| Big West tournament |||||||||
| March 14, 2019 8:30 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (4) Hawaii Quarterfinals | W 68–66 | 15–18 | 18 – Roberts | 9 – Roberts | 3 – Booker | Honda Center (3,656) Anaheim, California |
| March 15, 2019 6:30 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (1) UC Irvine Semifinals | L 67–75 | 15–19 | 21 – Booker | 8 – Yussuf | 3 – Booker | Honda Center (4,389) Anaheim, California |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific. |||||||||