The 2018–19 Hofstra Pride 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 Pride, led by sixth-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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as members of the

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. Hofstra won the CAA regular season championship but lost to Northeastern in the championship game of the 2019 CAA men's basketball tournament. As a regular season champion, who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic berth to the 2019 National Invitational Tournament, where they lost to

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2017–18 season 19–12, 12–6 in CAA play to finish in third place. They lost in the first round of the CAA tournament to

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Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

*Under NCAA transfer rules, Kante will have to sit out for the 2018–19 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2018 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References

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