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2018–19 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2018 and ended with the 2019 WAC men's basketball tournament March 2019 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The season marks 56th season of Western Athletic Conference.

2018–19 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams9
Regular season
ChampionNew Mexico State
Season MVPJake Toolson, UVU
Tournament
ChampionsNew Mexico State
  Runners-upGrand Canyon
Finals MVPTrevelin Queen, NMSU
Basketball seasons
← 2017–18
2019–20 →
2018–19 WAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
New Mexico State †15–1 .93830–5 .857
Utah Valley12–4 .75025–10 .714
Grand Canyon10–6 .62520–14 .588
Texas–Rio Grande Valley9–7 .56320–17 .541
California Baptist*7–9 .43816–15 .516
Cal State Bakersfield7–9 .43818–16 .529
Seattle6–10 .37518–15 .545
UMKC6–10 .37511–21 .344
Chicago State0–16 .0003–29 .094
*Ineligible for WAC tournament (reclassification from Division II)
† 2019 WAC tournament winner

Pre-season

The WAC conducted a media teleconference on October 10, 2018 and released the media and coaches poll, as well as the preseason All-WAC teams and player of the year.[1]

WAC Media Poll

RankTeamVotes
1New Mexico State (22)214
2Grand Canyon (2)180
3Utah Valley162
4Seattle150
5Cal State Bakersfield117
6Texas Rio Grande Valley89
7Missouri-Kansas City73
8California Baptist63
9Chicago State66

[2]

Media All-WAC Team

First Team

  • Damiyne Durham, CSU Bakersfield
  • AJ Harris, NM State
  • Matej Kavas, Seattle U
  • Alessandro Lever, Grand Canyon
  • Conner Toolson, Utah Valley

Second Team

  • Xavier Bishop, Kansas City
  • Eli Chuha, NM State
  • Oscar Frayer, Grand Canyon
  • Jake Toolson, Utah Valley
  • Terry Winn III, UT Rio Grande Valley

Player of the Year

  • Alessandro Lever, Grand Canyon

[3]

WAC coaches poll

RankTeamVotes
1New Mexico State (7)63
2Grand Canyon (2)58
3Seattle45
4Utah Valley43
5Cal State Bakersfield35
6Texas Rio Grande Valley28
7Missouri-Kansas City24
8California Baptist20
9Chicago State8

[4]

Coaches All-WAC Team

First Team

  • Oscar Frayer, Grand Canyon
  • AJ Harris, NM State
  • Matej Kavas, Seattle U
  • Alessandro Lever, Grand Canyon
  • Conner Toolson, Utah Valley

Second Team

  • Xavier Bishop, Kansas City
  • Eli Chuha, NM State
  • Damiyne Durham, CSU Bakersfield
  • Jake Toolson, Utah Valley
  • Terry Winn III, UT Rio Grande Valley

Player of the Year

  • Alessandro Lever, Grand Canyon

[5]

Rankings

Regular season

Conference games

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

 California BaptistCS BakersfieldChicago St.Grand CanyonNM St.SeattleUTRGVUMKCUtah Valley
vs. California Baptist–1–10–22–01–11–11–11–12–0
vs. Cal State Bakersfield1–1-0–22–02–01–11–11–11–1
vs. Chicago State2–02–0–2–02–02–02–02–02–0
vs. Grand Canyon0–20–20–2-2–01–11–11–11–1
vs. New Mexico State1–10–20–20–2-0–20–20–20–2
vs. Seattle1–11–10–21–12–0-2–01–12–0
vs. Texas - Rio Grande Valley1–11–10–21–12–00–2-0–22–0
vs. UMKC1–11–10–21–12–01–12–0-2–0
vs. Utah Valley0–21–10–21–12–00–20–20–2-
Total7–97–90–1610–615–16–109–76–1012–4

Point scored

Head coaches

Post season

Conference tournament

NCAA tournament

NIT

2019 NBA draft

Pre-draft trades

Draft-day trades

Highlights and notes

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

All-Americans

All WAC teams

All-Academic

USBWA All-District team

References

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