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2018–19 Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team
Lipscomb University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2018–19 Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team represented Lipscomb University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee and were led by 6th-year head coach Casey Alexander. They finished the season 29–8, 14–2 in ASUN play to finish in a share of the regular season championship with Liberty. They defeated Kennesaw State and NJIT to advance to the championship game where they lost to Liberty. 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 where they defeated Davidson, UNC Greensboro, NC State, and Wichita State to advance to the championship game where they lost to Texas.
Quick Facts Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball, Atlantic Sun regular season co-champions ...
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Atlantic Sun regular season co-champions | |
NIT, Runner-Up | |
| Conference | Atlantic Sun Conference |
| Record | 29–8 (14–2 ASUN) |
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| Home arena | Allen Arena |
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| Liberty † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 29 | – | 7 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lipscomb | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Florida | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NJIT | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2019 ASUN tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bisons finished the 2017–18 season 23–10, 10–4 in ASUN play to finish in second place. They defeated Stetson, Jacksonville and Florida Gulf Coast to become champions of the ASUN tournament. They earned the ASUN's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to North Carolina.
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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| November 6, 2018* 7:15 pm, ESPN+ |
Sewanee | W 97–53 | 1–0 |
Allen Arena (1,422) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| November 10, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Tennessee State | W 86–79 | 2–0 |
Allen Arena (2,596) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| November 15, 2018* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Belmont Battle of the Boulevard |
L 83–87 | 2–1 |
Allen Arena (2,369) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| November 17, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at SMU | W 79–73 | 3–1 |
Moody Coliseum (5,623) University Park, TX | |||||||
| November 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, FSSW |
at No. 18 TCU | W 73–64 | 4–1 |
Schollmaier Arena (6,168) Fort Worth, TX | |||||||
| November 25, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Morehead State | W 87–55 | 5–1 |
Ellis Johnson Arena (1,555) Morehead, KY | |||||||
| December 1, 2018* 5:00 pm |
at Middle Tennessee | W 84–74 | 6–1 |
Murphy Center (4,574) Murfreesboro, TN | |||||||
| December 4, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Belmont Battle of the Boulevard |
L 74–76 | 6–2 |
Curb Event Center (3,478) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| December 9, 2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Navy | W 107–81 | 7–2 |
Allen Arena (1,446) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| December 12, 2018* 6:00 pm, ACCRSN |
at Louisville | L 68–72 | 7–3 |
KFC Yum! Center (14,197) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| December 17, 2018* 6:30 pm |
Covenant | W 119–48 | 8–3 |
Allen Arena (1,047) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| December 21, 2018* 7:15 pm |
Vermont | W 91–66 | 9–3 |
Allen Arena (1,474) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| December 30, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCRSN |
at Clemson | L 67–84 | 9–4 |
Littlejohn Coliseum (7,879) Clemson, SC | |||||||
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| January 5, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Jacksonville | W 77–74 | 10–4 (1–0) |
Swisher Gymnasium (815) Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
| January 9, 2019 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
North Florida | W 81–66 | 11–4 (2–0) |
Allen Arena Nashville, TN | |||||||
| January 12, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Stetson | W 95–71 | 12–4 (3–0) |
Allen Arena (1,388) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| January 16, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at NJIT | W 70–52 | 13–4 (4–0) |
Wellness and Events Center (700) Newark, NJ | |||||||
| January 21, 2019 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Kennesaw State | W 86–57 | 14–4 (5–0) |
Allen Arena (1,134) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| January 24, 2019 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Florida Gulf Coast | W 89–81 | 15–4 (6–0) |
Allen Arena (1,953) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| January 27, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Stetson | W 88–65 | 16–4 (7–0) |
Edmunds Center (442) DeLand, FL | |||||||
| January 29, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Liberty | W 79–59 | 17–4 (8–0) |
Vines Center (5,053) Lynchburg, VA | |||||||
| February 2, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
North Alabama | W 102–80 | 18–4 (9–0) |
Allen Arena (3,408) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| February 6, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at North Florida | W 92–55 | 19–4 (10–0) |
UNF Arena (1,521) Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
| February 9, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Jacksonville | W 86–77 | 20–4 (11–0) |
Allen Arena (2,863) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| February 13, 2019 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Liberty | L 66–74 | 20–5 (11–1) |
Allen Arena (3,437) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| February 16, 2019 3:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Kennesaw State | W 83–67 | 21–5 (12–1) |
KSU Convocation Center (856) Kennesaw, GA | |||||||
| February 20, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Florida Gulf Coast | L 61–67 | 21–6 (12–2) |
Alico Arena (3,508) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
| February 26, 2019 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
NJIT | W 81–77 | 22–6 (13–2) |
Allen Arena (1,877) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| March 1, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at North Alabama | W 87–75 | 23–6 (14–2) |
Flowers Hall (1,268) Florence, AL | |||||||
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| March 4, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(1) | (8) Kennesaw State Quarterfinals |
W 86–71 | 24–6 |
Allen Arena (2,957) Nashville, TN | ||||||
| March 7, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(1) | (5) NJIT Semifinals |
W 78–55 | 25–6 |
Allen Arena (3,157) Nashville, TN | ||||||
| March 10, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN |
(1) | (2) Liberty Championship |
L 68–74 | 25–7 |
Allen Arena (5,687) Nashville, TN | ||||||
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| March 19, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(5) | at (4) Davidson First Round – UNC Greensboro Bracket |
W 89–81 | 26–7 |
John M. Belk Arena (1,647) Davidson, NC | ||||||
| March 23, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN |
(5) | at (1) UNC Greensboro Second Round – UNC Greensboro Bracket |
W 86–69 | 27–7 |
Greensboro Coliseum (4,248) Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| March 27, 2019* 8:00 pm, ESPNU |
(5) | at (2) NC State Quarterfinals – UNC Greensboro Bracket |
W 94–93 | 28–7 |
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| April 2, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN |
(5) | vs. (6) Wichita State Semifinals |
W 71–64 | 29–7 |
Madison Square Garden (4,599) New York City, NY | ||||||
| April 4, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN |
(5) | vs. (2) Texas Championship |
L 66–81 | 29–8 |
Madison Square Garden (4,051) New York City, NY | ||||||
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Source[1]
- "Men's Basketball Schedule - Official Athletic Site of the Lipscomb University Bisons". Lipscomb University Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2018.