The 2018–19 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's 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 ...

. The Eagles were led by first-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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as members of the

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 12–2 in ASUN play to win the ASUN regular season championship. In the ASUN tournament, they defeated

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and

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to advance to the championship game where they lost to Lipscomb. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the

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where they lost in the first round to

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. On April 4, 2018, head coach

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left the school to become the head coach at

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, where he was previously the head coach from 1995 to 1999. The following day, assistant head coach

was promoted to head coach.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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