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2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team

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2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record11–21 (8–10 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sean Dixon
  • Wes Long
  • Andre Morgan
Home arenaMurphy Center
Seasons
2018–19 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Old Dominion 13 5   .722 26 9   .743
Western Kentucky 11 7   .611 20 14   .588
Southern Miss 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
UTSA 11 7   .611 17 15   .531
UAB 10 8   .556 20 15   .571
Marshall 11 7   .611 23 14   .622
FIU 10 8   .556 20 13   .606
Louisiana Tech 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Florida Atlantic 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
North Texas 8 10   .444 21 12   .636
Rice 8 10   .444 13 19   .406
Middle Tennessee 8 10   .444 11 21   .344
Charlotte 5 13   .278 8 21   .276
UTEP 3 15   .167 8 21   .276
2019 C-USA tournament winner

The 2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by 1st-year head coach Nick McDevitt, played their home games at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as members of Conference USA.

Previous season

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The Blue Raiders finished the 2017–18 season 25–8 overall, 16–2 in C-USA play to win the regular season championship. In the C-USA tournament, they were defeated in the quarterfinals by Southern Miss in overtime. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, the Blue Raiders received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Vermont in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.

The season marked the first time in the program's history that the Blue Raiders were ranked in the AP Top 25 during the season, coming in at No. 24 on the week of February 19.[1]

Head coach Kermit Davis left the school on March 19, 2018 to accept the head coaching job at Ole Miss.[2][3] He finished at Middle Tennessee with a 16-year record of 332–188. On March 24, the Blue Raiders named UNC Asheville head coach Nick McDevitt as the team's new head coach.[4]

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Tyrik Dixon 0 G 6'1" 184 Sophomore Bentonville, AR Transferred to Missouri State
Brandon Walters 1 F 6'10" 250 RS Senior Chattanooga, TN Graduated
Antwain Johnson 2 G 6'2" 197 Junior Greenwood, FL Dismissed from the team; transferred to Buffalo
Nick King 5 F 6'7" 225 Senior Memphis, TN Graduated
Will Slatten 10 G 6'4" 166 RS Freshman Sparta, TN Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Edward Simpson Jr. 11 G 6'2" 195 Senior Ocean Springs, MS Graduated
Therren Shelton-Szmidt 12 G 6'5" 190 Freshman Mississauga, ON Left the team due to his religion
Giddy Potts 20 G 6'2" 217 Senior Athens, AL Graduated
David Simmons 21 G 6'3" 195 Junior Henderson, KY Graduate transferred to Southern Indiana
Davion Thomas 35 F 6'9" 215 RS Freshman Columbus, GA Dismissed from the team

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
DeAndre Dishman 2 F 6'6" 215 Junior Lexington, KY Transferred from Eastern Kentucky. Under NCAA transfer rules, Dishman will have to sit out in the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of eligibility left.
Reggie Scurry 22 F 6'5" 213 Senior Atlanta, GA Transferred from Missouri State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Scurry will have to sit out in the 2018–19 season. Will have one year of eligibility left.
C. J. Jones 23 G 6'5" 180 Junior Birmingham, AL Transferred from Arkansas. Under NCAA transfer rules, Jones will have to sit out in the 2018–19 season. Will have two years of eligibility left.

2018 recruiting class

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College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Junior Farquhar
PG
Orangeville, ON Orangeville Prep 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jul 18, 2018 
Star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Anthony Crump
SG
Canton, MI Plymouth High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 175 lb (79 kg) May 8, 2018 
Star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Jayce Johnson
SG
Buffalo, NY Canisius High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jul 27, 2018 
Star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 23, 2018.

2019 recruiting class

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College recruiting information (2019)
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Keishawn Davidson
PG
Murfreesboro, TN Oakland High School 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Apr 19, 2018 
Star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2018–19 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Anthony Crump 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Plymouth Insker, MI
G 1 Junior Faquhar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Orangeville Prep Mono, ON
F 2 DeAndre Dishman Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Bryan Station
Eastern Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
G 3 Donovan Sims (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Blackman Murfreesboro, TN
F 4 James Hawthorne 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Prentiss
Southwest Mississippi CC
Prentiss, MS
G 10 Jayce Johnson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Canisius Buffalo, NY
G 14 Chase Miller (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Shelton Dallas, TX
F 15 T. J. Massenburg 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Fr Shiloh Snellville, GA
F 22 Reggie Scurry Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr North Clayton
Missouri State
Atlanta, GA
G 23 C. J. Jones Current redshirt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Central Park Christian
Arkansas
Birmingham, AL
G 24 Darnell Butler Jr. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr McCucheon
Seminole State College
Lafayette, IN
F 25 Karl Gamble 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr A.C. Flora Columbia, SC
G 55 Antonio Green Current redshirt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Tupelo
Texas–Rio Grande Valley
Tupelo, MS
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 6, 2018*
6:30 pm
Lees–McRae W 91-69  1-0
 24  Green   11  Scurry   3  Sims  Murphy Center (3,255)
Murfreesboro, TN
Nov 9, 2018*
11:00 am
Milligan W 102-73  2-0
 24  Green   12  Gamble   5  Sims  Murphy Center (7,722)
Murfreesboro, TN
Nov 12, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Belmont L 73-92  2-1
 20  Gamble   8  Gamble   2  Gamble  Curb Event Center (2,148)
Nashville, TN
Nov 16, 2018*
6:30 pm
Charleston Southern
Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game
W 76-73  3-1
 22  Green   6  Green   5  Crump  Murphy Center (3,945)
Murfreesboro, TN
Nov 21, 2018*
8:30 pm, ESPN2
vs. No. 4 Virginia
Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals
L 52-74  3-2
 11  Green   6  Hawthorne   5  Sims  Imperial Arena (1,115)
Nassau, Bahamas
Nov 22, 2018*
8:30 pm, ESPNU
vs. Butler
Battle 4 Atlantis
L 53-84  3-3
 11  Hawthorne   8  Gamble   3  Farquhar  Imperial Arena (953)
Nassau, Bahamas
Nov 23, 2018*
6:00pm, ESPNU
vs. Stanford
Battle 4 Atlantis
L 54-67  3-4
 21  Green   8  Hawthorne   2  Sims  Imperial Arena (1,087)
Nassau, Bahamas
Dec 1, 2018*
5:00 pm
Lipscomb L 74-84  3-5
 30  Green   7  Gamble   3  Farquhar  Murphy Center (4,573)
Murfreesboro, TN
Dec 5, 2018*
6:30 pm, SECN
at Vanderbilt L 51-79  3-6
 18  Green   8  Gamble   3  Farquhar  Memorial Gymnasium (8,513)
Nashville, TN
Dec 8, 2018*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Murray State L 42–64  3–7
 12  Johnson   9  Tied   1  Tied  Murphy Center (4,102)
Murfreesboro, TN
Dec 15, 2018*
6:00 pm
at Toledo L 62-84  3-8
 13   Tied    9  Hawthorne   4  Sims  Savage Arena (4,205)
Toledo, OH
Dec 21, 2018*
7:00 pm, Facebook
Ole Miss
Battle at Bridgestone
L 56–74  3–9
 22  Green   7  Johnson   2  Tied  Bridgestone Arena (11,294)
Nashville, TN
Dec 30, 2018*
4:00 pm
at Rhode Island L 60-72  3-10
 26  Green   7  Tied   3  Tied  Ryan Center (6,382)
Kingston, RI
Conference USA regular season
Jan 3, 2019
6:30 pm, ESPN+
FIU L 76-83  3-11
(0-1)
 23  Green   11  Gamble   5  Johnson  Murphy Center (3,307)
Murfreesboro, TN
Jan 5, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN+
Florida Atlantic L 56–63  3–12
(0–2)
 20  Green   8  Scurry   6  Sims  Murphy Center (3,422)
Murfreesboro, TN
Jan 10, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Southern Miss L 70–77  3–13
(0–3)
 28  Sims   5  Tied   5  Johnson  Reed Green Coliseum (1,987)
Hattiesburg, MS
Jan 12, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+
at Louisiana Tech L 56–73  3–14
(0–4)
 13  Scurry   7  Gamble   7  Sims  Thomas Assembly Center (3,894)
Ruston, LA
Jan 17, 2019
6:30 pm, ESPN+
UTSA W 89-86  4-14
(1-4)
 24  Sims   7  Hawthorne   6  Sims  Murphy Center (3,504)
Murfreesboro, TN
Jan 19, 2019
5:00 pm
UTEP W 75-72  5-14
(2-4)
 21  Green   9  Scurry   4  Tied  Murphy Center (3,806)
Murfreesboro, TN
Jan 24, 2019
7:00 pm
at Rice L 68-79  5-15
(2-5)
 22  Scurry   12  Scurry   3  Green  Tudor Fieldhouse (1,375)
Houston, TX
Jan 26, 2019
5:00 pm, ESPN+
at North Texas L 53-70  5-16
(2-6)
 15  Scurry   5  Tied   5  Sims  The Super Pit (3,418)
Denton, TX
Jan 30, 2019
6:30 pm, ESPN+
UAB W 71-65  6-16
(3-6)
 19  Sims   9  Sims   4  Sims  Murphy Center (3,963)
Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 2, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at UAB W 79-78  7-16
(4-6)
 28  Green   10  Scurry   6  Sims  Bartow Arena (4,075)
Birmingham, AL
Feb 7, 2019
6:30 pm, ESPN+
Charlotte W 71-53  8-16
(5-6)
 21  Green   7  Hawthorne   5  Sims  Murphy Center (3,303)
Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 9, 2019
6:00 pm, Stadium
Old Dominion L 50-55  8-17
(5-7)
 14  Sims   9  Hawthorne   1  Sims  Murphy Center (4,380)
Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 14, 2019
7:00 pm, Facebook
at Western Kentucky L 63-71  8-18
(5-8)
 18  Sims   11  Hawthorne   3  Hawthorne  E. A. Diddle Arena (6,044)
Bowling Green, KY
Feb 16, 2019
1:00 pm, Facebook
at Marshall L 93-98  8-19
(5-9)
 31  Green   10  Gamble   2  Green  Cam Henderson Center (6,927)
Huntington, WV
Feb 23, 2019
6:00 pm
Charlotte W 86-67  9-19
(6-9)
 21  Green   7  Hawthorne   5  Green  Murphy Center (2,986)
Murfreesboro, TN
Mar 3, 2019
2:00 pm
at Rice L 61-67  9-20
(6-10)
 16  Green   8  Farquhar   4  Farquhar  Tudor Fieldhouse (1,478)
Houston, TX
Mar 6, 2019
8:00 pm
at UTEP W 69-53  10-20
(7-10)
 26  Green   13  Johnson   4  Farquhar  Don Haskins Center (4,748)
El Paso, TX
Mar 9, 2019
7:30 pm
UTEP W 48-47  11-20
(8-10)
 11  Green   10  Hawthorne   3  Johnson  Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
Conference USA tournament
Mar 13, 2019
6:30 pm, ESPN+
(12) vs. (5) UAB
First Round
L 61-70  11-21
 22  Sims   13  Gamble   7  Green  Ford Center at The Star (2,704)
Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[5]

References

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  1. ^ Steinberg, Russell (February 19, 2018). "AP Poll: Middle Tennessee earns first-ever Top 25 ranking". midmajormadness.com. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "Ole Miss announces Kermit Davis as Rebels' next coach". ESPN.com. March 15, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "Ole Miss formally introduced Kermit Davis as its new men's basketball coach late Monday evening". Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. ^ Goodman, Jeff (March 24, 2018). "Nick McDevitt joins Middle Tennessee St. after lengthy run at UNC Asheville". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  5. ^ "2018–19 Men's Basketball Schedule". Middle Tennessee State University.