The 2018–19 Siena Saints 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 played their home games at the

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as members of the

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and were led by first-year head coach

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. They finished the 2018–19 season 17–16 overall, 11–7 in MAAC play to finish in a four-way tie for second place. As the 5th seed in the 2019 MAAC tournament, they defeated No. 4 seed Rider in the quarterfinals 87–81 before falling to No. 1 seed

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57–73 in the semifinals. On March 21, 2019, head coach Jamion Christian left his job with Siena to become the new head coach at

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. The school promoted assistant coach Carmen Maciariello to fill the vacancy on March 26.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2017–18 season 8–24, 4–14 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They lost in the first round of the MAAC tournament to

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. On April 13, 2018, head coach

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resigned amid an investigation regarding abusive conduct and financial improprieties within the program. On May 2, the Saints hired Mount St. Mary's head coach

for the job.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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