2018–19 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team
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The 2018–19 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team represented Prairie View A&M University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by third-year head coach Byron Smith, played their home games at the William Nicks Building in Prairie View, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 22–13, 17–1 in SWAC play, to finish in first place. In the SWAC tournament, they defeated Alcorn State,[1] Grambling State[2] and Texas Southern to win the SWAC championship.[3] Therefore, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a 16th seed. However, they lost to fellow 16th seed Fairleigh Dickinson in the First Four.[4]
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record22–13 (17–1 SWAC)
Headcoach
- Byron Smith (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
- Keenan Curry
- Landon Bussie
- Derrick Daniels
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SWAC regular-season and tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, First Four | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 22–13 (17–1 SWAC) |
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| Home arena | William Nicks Building |
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| Prairie View A&M † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 24 | – | 14 | .632 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grambling State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama A&M* | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 5 | – | 27 | .156 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2019 SWAC tournament winner *ineligible for postseason due to APR violations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The Panthers finished the 2017–18 season 16–18, 12–6 in SWAC play, to finish in a three-way tie for second place. Due to Grambling State's APR violations and subsequent postseason ineligibility, the Panthers received the No. 2 seed in the SWAC tournament. They defeated Alcorn State in the quarterfinals[5] before losing to Texas Southern in the semifinals.[6]
Roster
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Schedule and results
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 9, 2018* 9:00 p.m. |
at Santa Clara | W 81–64 | 1–0 |
Leavey Center (1,621) Santa Clara, CA | |||||||
| November 12, 2018* 7:00 p.m., FSSW |
at Baylor | L 80–91 | 1–1 |
Ferrell Center (4,019) Waco, TX | |||||||
| November 14, 2018* 7:00 p.m. |
at Texas–Rio Grande Valley Deep South Showcase |
L 57–70 | 1–2 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (416) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| November 17, 2018* 4:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
at Lamar Deep South Showcase |
L 67–74 | 1–3 |
Montagne Center (1,837) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| November 19, 2018* 6:00 p.m. |
at UNC Greensboro | L 66–74 | 1–4 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||
| November 21, 2018* 6:00 p.m. |
at East Carolina Deep South Showcase |
L 64–76 | 1–5 |
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (2,972) Greenville, NC | |||||||
| November 23, 2018* 3:00 p.m. |
at Georgia Tech Deep South Showcase |
L 54–65 | 1–6 |
Hank McCamish Pavilion (4,306) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
| December 1, 2018* 1:00 p.m. |
at Murray State | L 67–83 | 1–7 |
CFSB Center (3,485) Murray, KY | |||||||
| December 4, 2018* 6:30 p.m. |
at Louisiana Tech | L 68–82 | 1–8 |
Thomas Assembly Center (1,685) Ruston, LA | |||||||
| December 11, 2018* 7:00 p.m. |
at Louisiana | L 90–122 | 1–9 |
Cajundome (3,227) Lafayette, LA | |||||||
| December 20, 2018* |
at Seattle | L 64–102 | 1–10 |
Redhawk Center (965) Seattle, WA | |||||||
| December 29, 2018* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Winthrop | L 62–76 | 1–11 |
Winthrop Coliseum (411) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| January 2, 2019* 7:00 p.m. |
Huston–Tillotson | W 81–65 | 2–11 |
William Nicks Building (373) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| SWAC regular season | |||||||||||
| January 5, 2019 7:00 p.m. |
at Southern | W 82–73 | 3–11 (1–0) |
F. G. Clark Center (653) Baton Rouge, LA | |||||||
| January 7, 2019 8:00 p.m. |
at Alcorn State | W 57–54 | 4–11 (2–0) |
Davey Whitney Complex (613) Lorman, MS | |||||||
| January 12, 2019 5:00 p.m. |
Texas Southern | W 79–73 | 5–11 (3–0) |
William Nicks Building (2,750) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| January 19, 2019 5:00 p.m. |
Jackson State | W 55–51 | 6–11 (4–0) |
William Nicks Building (815) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| January 21, 2019 7:30 p.m. |
Grambling State | W 83–65 | 7–11 (5–0) |
William Nicks Building (1,135) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| January 26, 2019 5:00 p.m. |
at Mississippi Valley State | W 89–78 | 8–11 (6–0) |
Harrison HPER Complex (3,017) Itta Bena, MS | |||||||
| January 28, 2019 8:00 p.m. |
at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 79–63 | 9–11 (7–0) |
K. L. Johnson Complex (1,542) Pine Bluff, AR | |||||||
| February 2, 2019 5:00 p.m. |
Alabama A&M | W 81–65 | 10–11 (8–0) |
William Nicks Building (475) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| February 4, 2019 7:30 p.m. |
Alabama State | W 69–67 | 11–11 (9–0) |
William Nicks Building (515) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| February 9, 2019 5:00 p.m. |
at Texas Southern | L 90–95 | 11–12 (9–1) |
Health and Physical Education Arena (6,357) Houston, TX | |||||||
| February 16, 2019 5:30 p.m. |
Jackson State | W 79–66 | 12–12 (10–1) |
Williams Assembly Center (794) Jackson, MS | |||||||
| February 18, 2019 7:30 p.m. |
at Grambling State | W 92–87 | 13–12 (11–1) |
Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (919) Grambling, LA | |||||||
| February 23, 2019 5:00 p.m. |
Mississippi Valley State | W 69–63 | 14–12 (12–1) |
William Nicks Building Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| February 25, 2019 7:23 p.m. |
Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 48–44 | 15–12 (13–1) |
William Nicks Building (456) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| March 2, 2019 5:00 p.m. |
at Alabama A&M | W 72–65 | 16–12 (14–1) |
Elmore Gymnasium Normal, AL | |||||||
| March 4, 2019 7:30 p.m. |
at Alabama State | W 96–69 | 17–12 (15–1) |
Dunn–Oliver Acadome (2,200) Montgomery, AL | |||||||
| March 7, 2019 7:30 p.m. |
Southern | W 73–55 | 18–12 (16–1) |
William Nicks Building (685) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| March 9, 2019 5:00 p.m. |
Alcorn State | W 98–64 | 19–12 (17–1) |
William Nicks Building (665) Prairie View, TX | |||||||
| SWAC tournament | |||||||||||
| March 12, 2019 7:30 p.m. |
(1) | (8) Alcorn State Quarterfinals |
W 86–66 | 20–12 |
William Nicks Building (580) Prairie View, TX | ||||||
| March 15, 2019 2:30 p.m., ESPN3 |
(1) | vs. (4) Grambling State Semifinals |
W 81–71 | 21–12 |
Bill Harris Arena Birmingham, AL | ||||||
| March 16, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPNU |
(1) | vs. (2) Texas Southern Championship |
W 92–86 | 22–12 |
Bill Harris Arena Birmingham, AL | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| March 20, 2019* 5:40 p.m., truTV |
(16 W) | vs. (16 W) Fairleigh Dickinson First Four |
L 76–82 | 22–13 |
UD Arena (11,784) Dayton, OH | ||||||