The 2018–19 Chicago State Cougars men's basketball team were led by first-year head coach Lance Irvin. Their home games were held on campus at the Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center. The Cougars are members of the

Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the Western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, Texas, Utah and Washington (state), Washington. Due to ...

. They finished the season 3–29, 0–16 in WAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament to

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2017–18 season 3–29, 1–13 in WAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament to

. The Cougars had the worst average point margin in Division I at –22.7 points, despite winning two games by over 40 points. After the season, Chicago State fired head coach

Tracy Dildy Tracy Heath Dildy (born November 26, 1966) is an American college basketball coach. he was an assistant coach at Detroit Mercy. He is also the former head men's basketball coach for Chicago State University, replacing Benjy Taylor as head coac ...

during the week of March 5, 2018, although it was not officially announced until a week later. After a nearly a five-month search, Lance Irvin, a Chicago native and former assistant coach at DePaul and several other schools, was named the new head coach of the Cougars on August 7.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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