The 2018–19 American Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018 followed by the start of the
2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2018. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded with the Final Four in Minneapolis on April 8, 2019. Practices officially began on September ...
in November. The conference held its media day in October 2018. Conference play began in December 2018 and concluded in March 2019.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
*UConn hired former Rhode Island and Wagner coach
Dan Hurley
Daniel S. Hurley (born January 16, 1973) is an American basketball coach who currently coaches the University of Connecticut men's basketball team. Hurley was named head coach of the Huskies on March 22, 2018, after two years at Wagner College a ...
after firing
Kevin Ollie
Kevin Jermaine Ollie (born December 27, 1972) is an American basketball coach and former player. Kevin is the head coach for Overtime Elite, a professional basketball league co-founded by Dan Porter and Zack Weiner for top players between 16 and ...
following his sixth season as head coach.
*Memphis fired
Tubby Smith
Orlando Henry "Tubby" Smith (born June 30, 1951) is an American college basketball coach. He was the men's basketball coach at High Point University, his alma mater. Smith previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, the Univer ...
after 2 seasons and replaced him with alum
Penny Hardaway
Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway (born July 18, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Hardaway pla ...
.
*East Carolina head coach
Jeff Lebo resigned 6 games into the
2017–18 season and was succeeded on an interim basis by assistant coach
Michael Perry. After the season, the school hired former
Florida Gulf Coast head coach
Joe Dooley
Joe Dooley (born 13 November 1963) is an Irish former hurler and manager.
Dooley enjoyed a successful playing career at club level with Seir Kieran and is the only Offaly player ever to have won three All-Ireland titles. After a spell as pl ...
, who previously served as head coach of the team from 1995-99.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* Overall and AAC records are from time at current school and are through the end of 2018–19 season. NCAA records include time at current school only.
* AAC records only, prior conference records not included.
Preseason
Preseason Coaches Poll
The American Coaches poll was released on October 15, 2018, with UCF predicted to finish first in the AAC.
Preseason All-AAC Teams
Regular season
Rankings
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 18 conference games: one game vs. four opponents and two games against seven opponents.
Player of the week
Throughout the regular season, the American Athletic Conference named a player and rookie of the week.
Honors and awards
All-AAC Awards and Teams
* Unanimous Selection
Postseason
American Athletic Conference tournament
NCAA Tournament
The winner of the
AAC tournament, Cincinnati, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
NIT
Memphis and Wichita State received at-large bids to the NIT.
CBI
South Florida received an at-large bid to the CBI.
NBA draft
No AAC players were drafted in the
2019 NBA draft
The 2019 NBA draft was held on June 20, 2019. It took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, i ...
.
References
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