2018–19 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team

2018–19 Hofstra Pride men's basketball
CAA regular season champions
NIT, First Round
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record27–8 (15–3 CAA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMack Sports Complex
Seasons
2018–19 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Hofstra 15 – 3   .833 27 – 8   .771
Northeastern † 14 – 4   .778 23 – 11   .676
Charleston 12 – 6   .667 24 – 9   .727
William & Mary 10 – 8   .556 14 – 17   .452
Delaware 8 – 10   .444 17 – 16   .515
Drexel 7 – 11   .389 13 – 19   .406
Elon 7 – 11   .389 11 – 21   .344
James Madison 6 – 12   .333 14 – 19   .424
Towson 6 – 12   .333 10 – 22   .313
UNC Wilmington 5 – 13   .278 10 – 23   .303
† 2019 CAA tournament winner


The 2018–19 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team represented Hofstra University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pride, led by sixth-year head coach Joe Mihalich, played their home games at Mack Sports Complex in Hempstead, New York as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. Hofstra won the CAA regular season championship but lost to Northeastern in the championship game of the 2019 CAA men's basketball tournament. As a regular season champion, who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic berth to the 2019 National Invitational Tournament, where they lost to NC State.

Previous season

The Pride finished the 2017–18 season 19–12, 12–6 in CAA play to finish in third place. They lost in the first round of the CAA tournament to UNC Wilmington.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Rokas Gustys 11 F/C 6'9" 260 Senior Kaunas, Lithuania Graduated
Joel Angus III 12 F 6'6" 240 RS Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated
Hunter Sabety 33 F 6'9" 260 RS Senior Oceanside, NY Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Jacquil Taylor 23 F 6'10" 240 RS Senior Cambridge, MA Purdue
Dan Dwyer 30 F 6'8" 220 RS Senior River Forest, IL Penn
Isaac Kante 32 F 6'7" 236 Sophomore Brooklyn, NY Georgia
  • Under NCAA transfer rules, Kante will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2018 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Hal Hughes
PF 		Sydney, Australia Sydney Grammar School 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Feb 26, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2018–19 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Tareq Coburn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So Saint Bonaventure University Rosedale, New York
F 1 Matija Radović 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Montverde Academy (FL) Belgrade, Serbia
G 2 Kenny Wormley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Indian Hills CC Landover, Maryland
G 3 Justin Wright-Foreman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr High School of Construction Queens, New York
G 4 Desure Buie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Wings Academy Bronx, New York
G 5 Eli Pemberton 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Cheshire Academy Middletown, Connecticut
F 11 Hal Hughes 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Sydney Grammar Sydney, Australia
F/C 14 Kevin Schutte 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So CSE Zwolle Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands
F 15 Stafford Trueheart 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Canisius High School Lancaster, New York
G 20 Jalen Ray 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Hampton Hampton, Virginia
F 23 Jacquil Taylor 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Sr Purdue Cambridge, Massachusetts
G 24 Connor Klementowicz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Gill St. Bernard's School Freehold, New Jersey
F 30 Dan Dwyer 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Sr Penn River Forest, Illinois
F 32 Isaac Kante Current redshirt 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Georgia Brooklyn, New York
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2018*
7:30 pm 		Mount St. Mary's W 79–61  1–0
  20 – Wright-Foreman   10 – Taylor   5 – Tied  Mack Sports Complex (4,645)
Hempstead, NY
November 11, 2018*
2:30 pm, ESPN+ 		at Marshall L 72–76  1–1
  34 – Wright-Foreman   12 – Pemberton   2 – Dwyer  Cam Henderson Center (7,854)
Huntington, WV
November 14, 2018*
7:00 pm 		North Carolina A&T W 92–72  2–1
  22 – Wright-Foreman   6 – Taylor   7 – Tied  Mack Sports Complex (1,209)
Hempstead, NY
November 16, 2018*
7:00 pm, BTN Plus 		at Maryland L 69–80  2–2
  27 – Wright-Foreman   5 –  Tied    2 –  Tied   Xfinity Center (12,346)
College Park, MD
November 21, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Cal State Fullerton W 80–71  3–2
  37 – Wright-Foreman   9 – Taylor   6 – Wright-Foreman  Mack Sports Complex (1,153)
Hempstead, NY
November 24, 2018*
7:00 pm, MASN 		at VCU
A10–CAA Challenge 		L 67–69 OT 3–3
  27 – Wright-Foreman   17 – Taylor   4 –  Tied   Siegel Center (7,637)
Richmond, VA
November 28, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Siena W 94–86  4–3
  28 – Wright-Foreman   14 – Coburn   4 –  Tied   Mack Sports Complex (1,046)
Hempstead, NY
December 1, 2018*
2:00 pm 		at Kennesaw State W 78–52  5–3
  20 – Wright-Foreman   7 – Pemberton   5 – Wright-Foreman  KSU Convocation Center (683)
Kennesaw, GA
December 5, 2018*
7:00 pm 		Monmouth W 75–73  6–3
  30 – Wright-Foreman   9 – Taylor   6 – Buie  Mack Sports Complex (1,547)
Hempstead, NY
December 8, 2018*
4:00 pm 		Rider W 89–73  7–3
  24 – Wright-Foreman   8 – Coburn   6 –  Tied   Mack Sports Complex (1,676)
Hempstead, NY
December 10, 2018*
4:00 pm 		at Manhattan W 80–50  8–3
  22 – Coburn   10 – Coburn   6 – Buie  Draddy Gymnasium (602)
Riverdale, NY
December 19, 2018*
7:00 pm 		at Stony Brook W 71–64  9–3
  25 – Wright-Foreman   12 – Taylor   4 – Buie  Island Federal Arena (2,539)
Stony Brook, NY
December 22, 2018*
4:00 pm 		Rosemont W 107–54  10–3
  20 – Wormley   13 – Trueheart   10 – Buie  Mack Sports Complex (1,011)
Hempstead, NY
CAA regular season
December 28, 2018
7:00 pm 		Delaware W 91–46  11–3
(1–0) 		 29 – Wright-Foreman   12 – Taylor   5 – Buie  Mack Sports Complex (1,502)
Hempstead, NY
December 30, 2018
4:00 pm 		Drexel W 89–75  12–3
(2–0) 		 34 – Wright-Foreman   5 – Wright-Foreman   10 – Buie  Mack Sports Complex (1,512)
Hempstead, NY
January 5, 2019
4:00 pm 		Northeastern W 75–72  13–3
(3–0) 		 42 – Wright-Foreman   7 – Wright-Foreman   5 – Buie  Mack Sports Complex (1,618)
Hempstead, NY
January 10, 2019
7:00 pm 		at William & Mary W 93–90 3OT 14–3
(4–0) 		 37 – Wright-Foreman   12 – Taylor   8 – Buie  Kaplan Arena (3,176)
Williamsburg, VA
January 12, 2019
7:00 pm 		at Elon W 74–71  15–3
(5–0) 		 21 – Wright-Foreman   7 – Taylor   5 – Buie  Schar Center (1,490)
Elon, NC
January 17, 2019
7:00 pm 		UNC Wilmington W 87–72  16–3
(6–0) 		 24 – Pemberton   12 – Taylor   7 – Buie  Mack Sports Complex (1,504)
Hempstead, NY
January 19, 2019
4:00 pm 		College of Charleston W 86–72  17–3
(7–0) 		 26 – Pemberton   5 – Pemberton   4 – Wright-Foreman  Mack Sports Complex (2,217)
Hempstead, NY
January 24, 2019
7:00 pm 		at James Madison W 85–68  18–3
(8–0) 		 23 – Wright-Foreman   8 – Pemberton   6 – Buie  JMU Convocation Center (2,109)
Harrisonburg, VA
January 26, 2019
4:00 pm 		at Towson W 84–61  19–3
(9–0) 		 25 – Wright-Foreman   6 – Pemberton   7 – Buie  SECU Arena (1,604)
Towson, MD
February 2, 2019
4:30 pm 		at Northeastern L 61–75  19–4
(9–1) 		 22 – Buie   11 – Taylor   2 – Taylor  Matthews Arena (1,208)
Boston, MA
February 7, 2019
7:00 pm 		Elon W 102–61  20–4
(10–1) 		 21 – Coburn   9 – Taylor   9 – Pemberton  Mack Sports Complex (2,521)
Hempstead, NY
February 9, 2019
4:00 pm 		William & Mary W 93–87  21–4
(11–1) 		 48 – Wright-Foreman   15 – Taylor   6 – Buie  Mack Sports Complex (4,208)
Hempstead, NY
February 14, 2019
7:00 pm 		at College of Charleston W 99–95  22–4
(12–1) 		 30 – Wright-Foreman   8 – Taylor   10 – Buie  TD Arena (4,095)
Charleston, SC
February 16, 2019
7:00 pm 		at UNC Wilmington L 79–87  22–5
(12–2) 		 30 – Wright-Foreman   12 – Taylor   4 – Buie  Trask Coliseum (4,250)
Wilmington, NC
February 21, 2019
7:00 pm 		Towson W 91–82 2OT 23–5
(13–2) 		 28 – Wright-Foreman   17 – Taylor   9 – Buie  Mack Sports Complex (3,587)
Hempstead, NY
February 23, 2019
4:00 pm 		James Madison L 99–104  23–6
(13–3) 		 33 – Wright-Foreman   8 – Dwyer   12 – Buie  Mack Sports Complex (4,649)
Hempstead, NY
February 28, 2019
7:00 pm 		at Drexel W 80–77  24–6
(14–3) 		 32 – Wright-Foreman   9 – Taylor   2 – Tied  Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,019)
Philadelphia, PA
March 2, 2019
4:00 pm 		at Delaware W 92–70  25–6
(15–3) 		 28 – Wright-Foreman   13 – Taylor   5 – Buie  Bob Carpenter Center (3,816)
Newark, DE
CAA tournament
March 10, 2019
12:00 pm, CAA.tv 		(1) vs. (8) James Madison
Quarterfinals 		W 76–67  26–6
  17 – Wright-Foreman   11 – Taylor   4 – Wright-Foreman  North Charleston Coliseum 
North Charleston, SC
March 11, 2019
6:00 pm, CBSSN 		(1) vs. (5) Delaware
Semifinals 		W 78–74 OT 27–6
  42 – Wright-Foreman   6 – Pemberton   4 – Buie  North Charleston Coliseum 
North Charleston, SC
March 12, 2019
7:00 pm, CBSSN 		(1) vs. (2) Northeastern
CAA Championship 		L 74–82  27–7
  29 – Wright-Foreman   15 – Taylor   2 – Tied  North Charleston Coliseum (2,892)
North Charleston, SC
NIT
March 19, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		(7) at (2) NC State
First round – UNC Greensboro bracket 		L 78–84  27–8
  29 – Wright-Foreman   8 – Taylor   5 – Wright-Foreman  Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)
Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source[1]

Rankings

See also: 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
APRVRV—Not released
CoachesRVRVRVRVRVRV

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

See also

2018–19 Hofstra Pride women's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "2018–19 Men's Basketball Schedule". Hofstra University. Retrieved October 11, 2018.