The 2018–19 Baylor Bears basketball team represented

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in 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 ...

. This was head coach

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's 16th season at Baylor. The Bears competed in the

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and played their home games at the Ferrell Center in

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. They finished the season 20-14, 10-8 to finish in 4th place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to

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. They received a at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated

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in the first round before losing in the second round to Gonzaga.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2017–18 season 19–15 overall and 8–10 in Big 12 play, finishing in a four-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they were defeated by

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in the quarterfinals. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA tournament and as a result earned a no. 1 seed in the

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, where they defeated

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in the first round before losing to

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in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2018 recruiting class

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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