The 2018–19 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri–Kansas City 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 Kangaroos, led by sixth-year head coach

Kareem Richardson Kareem Andre Richardson (born August 8, 1974) is an American basketball coach who is the former head coach at the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC). Richardson was fired as head coach of UMKC on March 17, 2019, after compiling a 75–1 ...

, played their home games at the

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and Municipal Auditorium as members of the

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. They finished the season 11–21, 6-10 in WAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament to

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. This was the team's final season as the UMKC Kangaroos. On July 1, 2019, the athletic department announced its rebranding as the

Kansas City Roos The Kansas City Roos, known before July 1, 2019, as the UMKC Kangaroos and also sometimes called the Kansas City Kangaroos, are the intercollegiate teams representing the University of Missouri–Kansas City that compete in the National Collegia ...

. The university name did not change.

Previous season

The Kangaroos finished the 2017–18 season 10–22, 5–9 in WAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament to

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Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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