The 2018–19 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented

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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 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 8, 2019. Pract ...

. The Wildcats were led by eighth-year head coach

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and played their home games at the

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as members of the

Southland Conference The Southland Conference (SLC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in ...

. They finished the season 27–7, 14–4 in Southland play, to finish in second place. In the Southland tournament, they defeated Southeastern Louisiana in the semifinals before beating

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in the final to win the Southland tournament. As a result, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the first round to

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2017–18 season 16–16, 8–10 in Southland play, to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament. They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to

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Roster

Schedule and results

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Roster

Schedule and results

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