Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2018–19 |
Team: | South Florida Bulls |
Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | AAC |
Record: | 24–14 |
Conf Record: | 8–10 |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach2: | Scott Wagers |
Asst Coach3: | Larry Dixon |
Bowl Result: | Champions |
The 2018–19 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of South Florida during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 47th basketball season for USF, the sixth as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC), and the second season under head coach Brian Gregory. The Bulls played their home games at Yuengling Center on the university's Tampa, Florida campus. They finished the season 24–14, 8–10 in AAC play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to UConn. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Stony Brook, Utah Valley, and Loyola Marymount to advance to the best-of-three finals vs DePaul. They defeated DePaul 2 games to 1 to become CBI champions.
The Bulls finished the 2017–18 season 10–22, 3–15 in AAC play, to finish in last place. As the No. 12 seed in the AAC tournament, they lost in the first round to Memphis.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Stephan Jiggetts | 0 | G | 6'1" | 195 | Graduated | |||
Isaiah Manderson | 1 | F | 6'10" | 247 | Graduated | |||
2 | G | 6'3" | 208 | Graduated | ||||
Payton Banks | 4 | G/F | 6'6" | 223 | Graduated | |||
Malik Martin | 5 | F | 6'11" | 214 | Transferred to Tennessee Tech | |||
Henry Beard | 14 | G | 6'0" | 177 | Transferred | |||
Yito Alvarado | 15 | F | 6'7" | 206 | Left team | |||
Tulio Da Silva | 21 | F | 6'7" | 206 | Transferred to Missouri State | |||
Joey Coffaro | 22 | G | 5'11" | 170 | Left team | |||
Troy Holston | 25 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Transferred to Saint Joseph's[1] |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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Zach Dawson | 2 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Sophomore | Oklahoma State | ||
20 | F | 6'9" | 201 | Sophomore | LSU | |||
Antun Maricevic | 34 | C | 6'10" | 240 | Junior | Casper College |
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