The 2018–19 Rider Broncs men's basketball team represented
Rider University
Rider University is a private university in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, United States. It consists of three academic units: the Norm Brodsky College of Business, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which includes Westminster Choir Coll ...
in 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
Alumni Gymnasium in
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. as members of the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, ) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I. Its current 13 full members are located in five Northeastern states: Connecticut, Maryland, Massachuse ...
, and were led by seventh year head coach
Kevin Baggett
Kevin Baggett (born May 3, 1966) is the current college basketball head coach for Rider University
Rider University is a private university in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, United States. It consists of three academic units: the Norm Brodsk ...
. They finished the 2018–19 season 16–15 overall, 11–7 in
MAAC play to finish in a four-way tie for second place. As the 4th seed in the
2019 MAAC tournament, they were defeated by No. 5 seed
Siena
Siena ( , ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; ) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. It is the twelfth most populated city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 52,991 ...
81–87 in the quarterfinals.
Previous season
The
Broncs finished the
2017–18 season 22–10, 15–3 in
MAAC play to finish in a tie for first place with
Canisius Canisius may refer to:
People
* Saint Peter Canisius (1521–1597), Dutch Jesuit Catholic priest
* Theodorich Canisius (1532–1606), Jesuit academic, half-brother of St. Peter Canisius
* Henricus Canisius (1562–1610), Dutch canonist and histor ...
. After tie breakers, they were the No. 1 seed in the
MAAC tournament where they were upset in the quarterfinals by
Saint Peter's. As a regular season conference champion, and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament, who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is an annual men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2023, all rounds of the tournament are played at various sites across the country whi ...
where they lost in the first round to
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
.
Roster
Schedule and results
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MAAC tournament
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Source
References
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Rider Broncs
The Rider Broncs are the athletic teams of Rider University, a private nonsectarian university in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States. The school is a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and its athlet ...
Rider Broncs men's basketball team
Rider Broncs men's basketball team