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2018–19 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team

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2018–19 Hartford Hawks men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record18–15 (10–6 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Devitt
  • John Linehan
  • Matt Mihalich
Home arenaChase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion
Seasons
2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 14 2   .875 27 7   .794
Stony Brook 12 4   .750 24 9   .727
UMBC 11 5   .688 21 13   .618
Hartford 10 6   .625 18 15   .545
UMass Lowell 7 9   .438 15 17   .469
Albany 7 9   .438 12 20   .375
Binghamton 5 11   .313 10 23   .303
Maine 3 13   .188 5 27   .156
New Hampshire 3 13   .188 5 24   .172
2019 America East tournament winner

The 2018–19 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Hartford in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion in West Hartford, Connecticut and were led by 9th-year head coach John Gallagher. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 10–6 in America East play to finish in fourth place. They defeated UMass Lowell in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament before losing in the semifinals to UMBC.

Previous season

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The Hawks finished the 2017–18 season 19–14, 11–5 in America East Conference play to finish in third place. In the America East tournament, they defeated New Hampshire in the quarterfinals, before losing in the semifinals to UMBC. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, where they lost in the first round to San Diego.

Roster

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2018–19 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Hunter Marks 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Wonthaggi Secondary College Phillip Island, Australia
F 1 Zach Brown 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Rutgers Prep Princeton, NJ
G/F 3 Romain Boxus 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Snow College Haneffe, Belgium
F 4 George Blagojevic 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr BA Centre of Excellence Geelong, Australia
F 5 John Carroll 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr The Hill School Dublin, Ireland
F 10 Nikola Colovic 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So N/A Belgrade, Serbia
G 11 Darius Kinnel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr St. Joseph's Prep Blackwood, NJ
G 12 Jason Dunne 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Matawan Regional HS Matawan, NJ
G 13 J.R. Lynch 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr St. Andrew's School (RI) Hoboken, NJ
F 15 Eddie Davis III 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) GS Southern Miss Las Vegas, NV
G 20 Max Twyman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Albany Rye, NY
G 21 Matt Hobbs 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So New England Anchorage, AK
G 22 Travis Weatherington 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Palm Beach State Palm Beach, FL
G 23 Michael Dunne 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Matawan Regional HS Matawan, NJ
G 25 D.J. Mitchell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Fr St. Thomas More School (CT) Englewood Cliffs, NJ
G 34 Mark Bowditch 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr IMG Academy Milton, WI
F 45 Petr Stepanyants 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Balboa City School Moscow, Russia
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

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Central Connecticut
Rivalry
L 68–75  0–1
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,269)
West Hartford, CT
November 9, 2018*
9:00 pm
at Utah State
MGM Resorts Main Event campus-site game
L 73–100  0–2
Smith Spectrum (8,500)
Logan, UT
November 11, 2018*
5:00 pm, SECN
at No. 18 Mississippi State
MGM Resorts Main Event campus-site game
L 59–77  0–3
Humphrey Coliseum (5,953)
Starkville, MS
November 15, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Quinnipiac W 68–54  1–3
People's United Center (543)
Hamden, CT
November 19, 2018*
11:00 am
vs. Utah Valley
MGM Resorts Main Event Middleweight semifinals
L 65–72  1–4
Cox Pavilion 
Paradise, NV
November 21, 2018*
1:00 pm
vs. Iona
MGM Resorts Main Event Middleweight 3rd place game
L 75–80  1–5
Cox Pavilion 
Paradise, NN
November 24, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Western New England W 93–53  2–5
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (543)
West Hartford, CT
November 27, 2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Sacred Heart L 89–98  2–6
William H. Pitt Center (758)
Farifield, CT
December 1, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Bowling Green W 76–63  3–6
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (732)
West Hartford, CT
December 5, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN2
at No. 3 Duke L 54–84  3–7
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
December 12, 2018*
7:00 pm
at Bryant W 91–74  4–7
Chace Athletic Center (418)
Smithfield, RI
December 16, 2018*
4:30 pm, ESPN+
Oakland W 87–82  5–7
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,179)
West Hartford, CT
December 22, 2018*
2:00 pm
at Wagner L 68–77  5–8
Spiro Sports Center (1,216)
Staten Island, NY
December 29, 2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Marist W 65–56  6–8
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (802)
West Hartford, CT
December 31, 2018*
1:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Boston College W 79–78 OT 7–8
Conte Forum (5,472)
Chestnut Hill, MA
America East Conference regular season
January 9, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
UMBC W 66–64 OT 8–8
(1–0)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (559)
West Hartford, CT
January 12, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Vermont L 62–81  8–9
(1–1)
Patrick Gym (3,266)
Burlington, VT
January 16, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Maine W 77–76  9–9
(2–1)
Cross Insurance Center (918)
Bangor, ME
January 19, 2019
2:00 pm, ESPN3
UMass Lowell L 73–76  9–10
(2–2)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion 
West Hartford, CT
January 23, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
New Hampshire W 74–39  10–10
(3–2)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (734)
West Hartford, CT
January 26, 2019
3:00 pm, ESPN+
at Albany L 77–84  10–11
(3–3)
SEFCU Arena (2,085)
Albany, NY
January 30, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Binghamton W 86–60  11–11
(4–3)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (595)
West Hartford, CT
February 2, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Stony Brook L 77–86  11–12
(4–4)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,153)
Stony Brook, NY
February 6, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at UMBC W 70–61  12–12
(5–4)
UMBC Event Center (1,888)
Baltimore, MD
February 13, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Maine W 81–73  13–12
(6–4)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (864)
West Hartford, CT
February 16, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN+
Vermont L 75–77  13–13
(6–5)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,202)
West Hartford, CT
February 21, 2019
7:00 pm
at New Hampshire W 70–50  14–13
(7–5)
Lundholm Gym (239)
Durham, NH
February 23, 2019
5:30 pm, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell W 75–73  15–13
(8–5)
Tsongas Center (2,893)
Lowell, MA
February 27, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Binghamton W 96–76  16–13
(9–5)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,564)
Vestal, NY
March 2, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN+
Albany W 82–80 OT 17–13
(10–5)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,458)
West Hartford, CT
March 5, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Stony Brook L 63–68  17–14
(10–6)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (964)
West Hartford, CT
America East tournament
March 9, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN3
(4) (5) UMass Lowell
Quarterfinals
W 78–70  18–14
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (993)
West Hartford, CT
March 12, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
(4) (3) UMBC
Semifinals
L 85–90 2OT 18–15
UMBC Event Center (3,042)
Catonsville, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[1]

References

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  1. ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". Hartford Hawks. Retrieved November 8, 2018.