2018–19 Conference USA men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Conference USA 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 in November. Conference play began in late December and concluded in early March.

2018–19 Conference USA men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)CBS Sports Network, Stadium, beIN Sports, ESPN3
2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular season championsOld Dominion
Season MVPB. J. Stith
Tournament
ChampionsOld Dominion
2018–19 Conference USA men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Old Dominion135 .722269  .743
Western Kentucky117 .6112014  .588
Southern Miss117 .6112013  .606
UTSA117 .6111715  .531
UAB108 .5562015  .571
Marshall117 .6112314  .622
FIU108 .5562013  .606
Louisiana Tech99 .5002013  .606
Florida Atlantic810 .4441716  .515
North Texas810 .4442112  .636
Rice810 .4441319  .406
Middle Tennessee810 .4441121  .344
Charlotte513 .278821  .276
UTEP315 .167821  .276
2019 C-USA tournament winner

Old Dominion won the C-USA regular season championship by two games. The conference used a regular season schedule format which the conference hoped will increase NCAA Tournament berths. whereby the 14 teams played each other once with a second game for travel partners in the first seven weeks of C-USA play. After those 14 games, the league standings determined the matchups for the rest of the regular season. The teams were divided into two groups of five (teams in first through fifth place and 6–10) and a group of four (11–14). During the final three weeks, teams played within their respective grouping for the last four games of conference play. Home and away games within the groups were determined by a preset formula. C-USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod said that "With the goals to improve seeding and increase the number of teams that advance to the postseason, we viewed this as a great opportunity to enhance our top teams' resumes by providing them additional quality games within their conference schedule."

The C-USA tournament was held from March 13–16, 2019 at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Old Dominion defeated Western Kentucky in the Tournament championship game. As a result Old Dominion received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. No other C-USA teams received an NCAA Tournament bid.

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