The 2018–19 Longwood Lancers 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 ...

. They were led by head coach

Griff Aldrich Scott Griffith Aldrich (born June 28, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and lawyer. He served as head coach of the Longwood Lancers men's basketball team from 2018 to 2025. Playing career Aldrich played at Hampden–Sydney under ...

, in his first season, and played their home games at

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as members of the

Big South Conference The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), ...

. They finished the season 16–18, 5–11 in Big South play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to

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. They were invited to the

College Basketball Invitational The College Basketball Invitational (CBI) is a men's college basketball tournament created in 2007 by The Gazelle Group. The inaugural tournament occurred after the conclusion of the 2007–08 men's college basketball regular season. The CBI sel ...

, their first ever Division I postseason tournament, where they defeated

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in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to DePaul.

Previous season

The 2017–18 Lancers finished the season 7–26, 3–15 in Big South play to finish in last place. They defeated High Point in the first round of the Big South tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Radford. On March 2, 2018, head coach

Jayson Gee Jayson Gee (born December 13, 1965) is an American men's college basketball coach who most recently served as an assistant coach under John Brannen at Cincinnati. He was formerly head coach at Longwood from 2013–2018. Prior to Longwood, Gee s ...

was fired. He finished at Longwood with a five-year record of 42–120. On March 22, the school hired UMBC assistant

as head coach.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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