The 2018–19 Southern Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of 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 ...
in November. Conference play will begin in January 2019 and conclude in February 2019. The season marked the 97th season of
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. Southern Conference College football, football teams c ...
Skip Prosser
George Edward "Skip" Prosser (November 3, 1950 – July 26, 2007) was an American college basketball coach who was head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He is the only coach in NCAA history to take three ...
''Preseason Player of the Year''
* Fletcher Magee, Sr., G, Wofford
''Preseason All-Southern Conference Team''
*Zane Najdawi, Sr., F, The Citadel
*Tray Boyd III, Jr., G, ETSU
*Bo Hodges, So., G/F, ETSU
*Jeromy Rodriguez, R-Jr., F, ETSU
*Matt Rafferty, Sr., F, Furman
*Ross Cummings, Jr., G, Mercer
* Francis Alonso, Sr., G, UNCG
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James Dickey
James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 January 19, 1997) was an American poet, novelist, critic, and lecturer. He was appointed the 18th United States Poet Laureate in 1966. His other accolades included the National Book Award for Poetry a ...