2018–19 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team

2018–19
Colonial Athletic Association
2018–19 Colonial Athletic Association
Record	23–11 (14–4 CAA)
Head coach	Bill Coen; (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Markwood; Brian McDonald; Manny Adako;
Home arena	Matthews Arena
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 CAA men's basketball standings
v t e	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 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team represented

Charleston, and Hofstra to win the CAA Tournament. As a result, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the first round to Kansas

.

Previous season

The

College of Charleston. They defeated Delaware and UNC Wilmington to advance to the championship game of the CAA tournament

where they lost to College of Charleston. Despite having 23 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Derrick Cook	0	G	6'4"	190	Freshman	Fairburn, GA	Transferred to Georgia Highlands College
Devon Begley	20	G	6'4"	198	Senior	Pearland, TX	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Greg Eboigbodin	10	F	6'9"	220	Sophomore	Benin City, Nigeria	Illinois
Shaquille Walters	24	G/F	6'6"	190	Sophomore	London, England	Santa Clara

Under NCAA transfer rules, Walters and Eboigbodin will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season, and have three years of remaining eligibility.

Recruiting

There were no recruiting class of 2018 for Northeastern.

Recruiting class of 2019

US college sports recruiting information for 2019 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyson Walker PG	Brooklyn, NY	New Hampton High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Oct 7, 2018
Tyson Walker PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: 0
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: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 8, 2018.

Roster

2018–19 Northeastern Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Jason Strong	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	RS Fr	Westminster Academy	Coconut Creek, FL
G	1	Shawn Occeus	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Jr	Grandview Prep	Boynton Beach, VA
G	4	Vasa Pusica	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Sr	Sunrise Christian Academy San Diego	Belgrade, Serbia
F	10	Greg Eboigbodin	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	University of Detroit Jesuit HS Illinois	Benin City, Nigeria
F	11	Jeremy Miller	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	New Hampton School	Milton, MA
G	12	Jordan Roland	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	171 lb (78 kg)	RS Jr	George Washington	Syracuse, NY
G	13	Myles Franklin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Villa Park	Brea, CA
G/F	14	Maxime Boursiquot	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Jr	Immaculata	Ottawa, ON
G	20	Bolden Brace	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Jr	Santa Barbara HS	Santa Barbara, CA
G	22	Donnell Gresham, Jr.	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	RS Jr	Cretin-Derham Hall	Maplewood, MN
G/F	24	Shaquille Walters	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	City of London Academy/Lee Academy Santa Clara	London, England
C	30	Anthony Green	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	Sr	North Quincy HS Tilton School	Quincy, MA
F	33	Tomas Murphy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Northfield Mount Hermon School	Wakefield, RI

Head coach

Hamilton College
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Assistant coach(es)

Chris Markwood (Maine)
Brian McDonald (Northeastern)
Manny Adako (Northeastern)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 9, 2019

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018* 8:00 pm		Boston University	L 74–77	0–1	Matthews Arena (1,180) Boston, MA
November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Harvard	W 81–71	1–1	Lavietes Pavilion (1,481) Cambridge, MA
November 15, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Alabama Charleston Classic quarterfinals	W 68–52	2–1	TD Arena (2,648) Charleston, SC
November 16, 2018* 8:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 16 Virginia Tech Charleston Classic Semifinals	L 60–88	2–2	TD Arena (2,752) Charleston, SC
November 18, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Davidson Charleston Classic 3rd place game	L 59–71	2–3	TD Arena (3,985) Charleston, SC
November 24, 2018* 1:00 pm		at Davidson	L 69–78	2–4	John M. Belk Arena (3,885) Davidson, NC
November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm		at Bucknell	W 96–78	3–4	Sojka Pavilion (2,121) Lewisburg, PA
December 1, 2018* 3:00 pm		Eastern Michigan	W 81–67	4–4	Matthews Arena (1,147) Boston, MA
December 4, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at Syracuse	L 49–72	4–5	Carrier Dome (20,416) Syracuse, NY
December 8, 2018* 4:00 pm		Oakland	W 92–83	5–5	Matthews Arena (763) Boston, MA
December 16, 2018* 2:00 pm		at Vermont	L 70–75	5–6	Patrick Gym (2,629) Burlington VT
December 21, 2018* 12:00 pm		St. Bonaventure	W 64–59	6–6	Matthews Arena (2,348) Boston, MA
CAA regular season
December 28, 2018 7:00 pm		Drexel	W 93–83	7–6 (1–0)	Matthews Arena (845) Boston, MA
December 30, 2018 4:00 pm		Delaware	L 80–82 ^2OT	7–7 (1–1)	Matthews Arena (760) Boston, MA
January 5, 2019 4:00 pm		at Hofstra	L 72–75	7–8 (1–2)	Mack Sports Complex (1,618) Hempstead, NY
January 10, 2019 7:00 pm		at Elon	W 81–70 ^OT	8–8 (2–2)	Schar Center (1,497) Elon, NC
January 12, 2019 4:00 pm		at William & Mary	W 90–70	9–8 (3–2)	Kaplan Arena (3,367) Williamsburg, VA
January 17, 2019 7:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 69–60	10–8 (4–2)	Matthews Arena (1,074) Boston, MA
January 19, 2019 4:00 pm		UNC Wilmington	W 88–71	11–8 (5–2)	Matthews Arena (800) Boston, MA
January 24, 2019 7:00 pm		at Towson	L 72–75	11–9 (5–3)	SECU Arena (1,023) Towson, MD
January 26, 2019 4:00 pm		at James Madison	W 78–68	12–9 (6–3)	JMU Convocation Center (2,728) Harrisonburg, VA
February 2, 2019 4:30 pm		Hofstra	W 75–61	13–9 (7–3)	Matthews Arena (1,208) Boston, MA
February 7, 2019 4:00 pm		William & Mary	W 72–60	14–9 (8–3)	Matthews Arena (795) Boston, MA
February 9, 2019 4:00 pm		Elon	W 72–60 ^OT	15–9 (9–3)	Matthews Arena (1,264) Boston, MA
February 14, 2019 7:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington	W 81–77	16–9 (10–3)	Trask Coliseum (3,842) Wilmington, NC
February 16, 2019 4:00 pm		at College of Charleston	L 79–88 ^OT	16–10 (10–4)	TD Arena (4,867) Charleston, SC
February 21, 2019 7:00 pm		James Madison	W 76–60	17–10 (11–4)	Matthews Arena (910) Boston, MA
February 23, 2019 12:30 pm		Towson	W 73–58	18–10 (12–4)	Matthews Arena (1,432) Boston, MA
February 28, 2019 7:00 pm		at Delaware	W 75–64	19–10 (13–4)	Bob Carpenter Center (2,157) Newark, DE
March 2, 2019 4:00 pm		at Drexel	W 90–66	20–10 (14–4)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,348) Philadelphia, PA
CAA tournament
March 10, 2019 6:00 pm	(2)	vs. (10) UNC Wilmington Quarterfinals	W 80–59	21–10	North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, SC
March 11, 2019 8:53 pm, CBSSN	(2)	vs. (3) Charleston Semifinals	W 70–67	22–10	North Charleston Coliseum (3,599) North Charleston, SC
March 12, 2019 7:00 pm, CBSSN	(2)	vs. (1) Hofstra Championship	W 82–74	23–10	North Charleston Coliseum (2,892) North Charleston, SC
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2019* 4:00 pm, TNT	(13 MW)	vs. (4 MW) No. 17 Kansas First Round	L 53–87	23–11	Salt Lake City, UT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time Source [1].

References

^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule".

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