The 2018–19 Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team represented Loyola University Maryland during 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 Septembe ...

. The Greyhounds, led by first-year head coach

Tavaras Hardy Tavaras Hardy is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team. Playing career Hardy was a two-time All-Big Ten Conference, Big Ten selection while playing at Northwestern Wildcats me ...

, played their home games at

Reitz Arena Reitz Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Baltimore, Maryland. It is home to the Loyola University Maryland Greyhounds men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the Loyola women's volleyball team. Its seating capacity is 2,100.

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as members of the

Patriot League The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States. Outside the Ivy League, it is among the most selective gr ...

. They finished the season 11–21, 7–11 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 9 seed in the Patriot League tournament, they lost Boston University in the first round.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2017–18 season 9–22, 6–12 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They defeated Army in the first round of the Patriot League tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Bucknell. On March 8, 2018, the school announced G. G. Smith had resigned as head coach. He finished at Loyola with a five-year record of 56–98. On March 28, the Greyhounds hired Georgia Tech assistant coach Tavaras Hardy for the head coaching job.

Offseason

Departures

2018 recruiting class

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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