The 2018–19 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the
New Jersey Institute of Technology 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 Highlanders, led by third-year head coach
Brian Kennedy, played their home games at the
Wellness and Events Center
The Wellness and Events Center (WEC) is 220,000 sq ft. sports and recreation facility that includes a 3,500 seat basketball arena in Newark, New Jersey. It was built at a cost of $102 million by the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The Wellness ...
in
Newark, New Jersey as members of the
Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). They finished the season 22–13, 8–8 in ASUN play to finish in fifth place. They defeated
Florida Gulf Coast in the quarterfinals of the
ASUN tournament before losing in the semifinals to
Lipscomb. They were invited to the
CollegeInsider.com Tournament
The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was an American men's college basketball postseason tournament founded by Collegeinsider.com. The tournament was oriented toward schools that did not get selected for the NCAA Division I men's ba ...
where they defeated
Quinnipiac in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to
Hampton.
Previous season
The
Highlanders finished the
2017–18 season 14–16, 7–7 in ASUN play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the
ASUN tournament to
North Florida.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Atlantic Sun Conference regular season
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Atlantic Sun tournament
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CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament
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Source
References
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