2018–19 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine and were led by 1st-year head coach Richard Barron, who previously served as the head coach of Maine's women's basketball team.[1] They finished the season 5–27 overall, 3–13 in conference play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the 8th seed in the 2019 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, they were defeated by top-seeded Vermont 57–73 in the quarterfinals.[2]

2018–19 Maine Black Bears men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
2018–19 record5–27 (3–13 America East)
Head coachRichard Barron (1st season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCross Insurance Center
2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Vermont †14–2 .875  27–7  .794
Stony Brook12–4 .750  24–9  .727
UMBC11–5 .688  21–13  .618
Hartford10–6 .625  18–15  .545
UMass Lowell7–9 .438  15–17  .469
Albany7–9 .438  12–20  .375
Binghamton5–11 .313  10–23  .303
Maine3–13 .188  5–27  .156
New Hampshire3–13 .188  5–24  .172
† 2019 America East Tournament winner

Previous season

The Black Bears finished the 2017–18 season 6–26, 3–13 in the America East Conference play to finish in eighth place. In the America East Tournament, they lost to Vermont in the quarterfinals. On March 5, the school parted ways with head coach Bob Walsh and within hours hired Richard Barron, who was previously head coach Maine's women's basketball team from 2011–2017.[3][4]

Roster
2018–19 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 0 Andrew Fleming 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)222 lb (101 kg) JrOxford Hills HS Norway, ME
G 1 Mykhailo Yagodin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)195 lb (88 kg) SoSouth Plains College Odessa, Ukraine
G 2 Celio Araujo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)175 lb (79 kg) SrThe Masters School Governador Valadares, Brazil
F 3 Vilgot Larsson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg) SoHill College Stockholm, Sweden
G 4 Terion Moss 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)175 lb (79 kg) FrPortland HS Portland, ME
F 5 Nedeljko Prijovic 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)210 lb (95 kg) JrTexas State Belgrade, Serbia
F 10 Stephane Ingo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)200 lb (91 kg) FrGould Academy Mississauga, Ontario
F 11 Ilija Stojiljkovic 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)223 lb (101 kg) SrLee Academy Niš, Serbia
G 12 Lewis Wang 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)180 lb (82 kg) SoLee Academy Taipei, Taiwan
F 13 Miks Antoms 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)245 lb (111 kg) SoLee Academy Riga, Latvia
G 14 Isaiah White 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)195 lb (88 kg) RS JrUNC Asheville Ellicott City, MD
F 15 David Begic 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)209 lb (95 kg) FrVanguard School (FL) Zadar, Croatia
F 22 Solomon Iluyomade 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)225 lb (102 kg) SoLaramie County CC London, England
G 25 Sergio El Darwich 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)205 lb (93 kg) JrWestern Texas College Dekwaneh, Lebanon
G 32 Dennis Ashley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)176 lb (80 kg) JrSt. Monica Academy Los Angeles, CA
F/C 50 Vincent Eze 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)218 lb (99 kg) RS JrPutnam Science Academy Bethlehem, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 8, 2018

Schedule and results
Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2018*
7:30 pm		 Maine–Presque Isle W 82–40 
Cross Insurance Center (863)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018*
9:00 pm, ALT		 at Denver L 50–63  0–1
 Magness Arena (1,822)
Denver, CO
November 8, 2018*
9:00 pm, P12N		 at Utah L 61–75  0–2
 Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,971)
Salt Lake City, UT
November 10, 2018*
5:00 pm, Stadium		 at San Francisco L 50–93  0–3
 War Memorial Gymnasium (1,813)
San Francisco, CA
November 17, 2018*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra		 at NC State
Wolfpack Classic		 L 63–82  0–4
 PNC Arena (13,290)
Raleigh, NC
November 20, 2018*
8:00 pm		 at North Texas
Wolfpack Classic		 L 63–74 OT 0–5
 The Super Pit (2,358)
Denton, TX
November 25, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Quinnipiac L 50–58  0–6
 People's United Center (1,012)
Hamden, CT
November 28, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Princeton
Wolfpack Classic		 L 59–73  0–7
 Cross Insurance Center (1,113)
Bangor, ME
December 1, 2018*
3:00 pm		 at Saint Peter's
Wolfpack Classic		 L 59–63 OT 0–8
 Yanitelli Center (602)
Jersey City, NJ
December 4, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Fordham W 75–68 2OT 1–8
 Cross Insurance Center (1,036)
Bangor, ME
December 8, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Dartmouth L 52–78  1–9
 Leede Arena (636)
Hanover, NH
December 10, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Maine–Machias W 98–43  2–9
 Cross Insurance Center 
Bangor, ME
December 16, 2018*
12:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Duquesne L 46–72  2–10
 Palumbo Center (1,487)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 22, 2018*
1:00 pm		 Central Connecticut L 90–93  2–11
 Cross Insurance Center (1,084)
Bangor, ME
December 29, 2018*
3:00 pm, BTN Plus		 at Rutgers L 55–70  2–12
 Louis Brown Athletic Center (5,401)
Piscataway, NJ
January 2, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Brown L 67–75  2–13
 Pizzitola Sports Center (676)
Providence, RI
America East Conference regular season
January 5, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at UMBC L 52–61  2–14
(0–1)		 UMBC Event Center (1,081)
Catonsville, MD
January 9, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 Vermont L 49–73  2–15
(0–2)		 Cross Insurance Center (995)
Bangor, ME
January 12, 2019
3:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Albany W 66–62  3–15
(1–2)		 SEFCU Arena (1,793)
Albany, NY
January 16, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 Hartford L 76–77  3–16
(1–3)		 Cross Insurance Center (918)
Bangor, ME
January 19, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 Stony Brook L 61–64  3–17
(1–4)		 Cross Insurance Center (929)
Bangor, ME
January 26, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 at Binghamton L 66–78  3–18
(1–5)		 Binghamton University Events Center (2,452)
Vestal, NY
January 30, 2019
7:00 pm		 at UMass Lowell W 78–59  4–18
(2–5)		 Tsongas Center (1,232)
Lowell, MA
February 3, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 New Hampshire W 62–53  5–18
(3–5)		 Cross Insurance Center (1,026)
Bangor, ME
February 6, 2019
7:00 pm		 at Vermont L 63–86  5–19
(3–6)		 Patrick Gym (2,472)
Burlington, VT
February 10, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN+		 UMBC L 66–67  5–20
(3–7)		 Cross Insurance Center (1,195)
Bangor, ME
February 13, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Hartford L 73–81  5–21
(3–8)		 Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (864)
West Hartford, CT
February 17, 2019
1:00 pm, ESPN3		 Albany L 54–63  5–22
(3–9)		 Cross Insurance Center (989)
Bangor, ME
February 23, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 at Stony Brook L 53–81  5–23
(3–10)		 Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,286)
Stony Brook, NY
February 27, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 UMass Lowell L 61–70  5–24
(3–11)		 Cross Insurance Center (981)
Bangor, ME
March 2, 2019
11:00 am, ESPN+		 Binghamton L 60–83  5–25
(3–12)		 Cross Insurance Center (818)
Bangor, ME
March 5, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+		 at New Hampshire L 53–60  5–26
(3–13)		 Lundholm Gym (333)
Durham, NH
America East Tournament
March 9, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3		 (8) at (1) Vermont
Quarterfinals		 L 57–73  5–27
 Patrick Gym (2,750)
Burlington, VT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[5]

See also

References
  1. https://www.midmajormadness.com/2018/3/5/17081266/report-richard-barron-former-maine-womens-mens-program-college-basketball-black-bears-walsh-coaching
  2. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401121703
  3. "Barron named UMaine men's basketball head coach following Walsh's decision not to extend contract" (Press release). Maine Black Bears. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  4. https://bangordailynews.com/2018/03/05/sports/outgoing-umaine-coach-walsh-praises-players-work-ethic/
  5. "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Maine Athletics. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
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