2018–19 Florida A&M Rattlers basketball team
The 2018–19 Florida A&M Rattlers basketball team represented Florida A&M University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Teaching Gym in Tallahassee, Florida, and were led by second year head coach Robert McCullum as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Florida A&M is ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the APR multi-year threshold.[1] They finished the season 12–19 overall, 9–7 in MEAC play, finishing in a tie for fifth place.
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Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
2018–19 record | 12–19 (9–7 MEAC) |
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Home arena | Teaching Gym |
2018–19 MEAC men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk State | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina A&T | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Central † | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune–Cookman | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida A&M* | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Savannah State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coppin State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 8 | – | 25 | .242 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MD Eastern Shore | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 8 | – | 26 | .235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 6 | – | 25 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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† 2019 MEAC Tournament winner |
Previous season
The Rattlers finished the 2017–18 season 9–25, 7–9 in MEAC play to finish in a tie three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 9 seed in the MEAC Tournament, they defeated Howard before losing to Hampton in the quarterfinals.
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 1, 2018* 7:00 pm |
Edward Waters | W 62–57 | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida | ||||||||
Non-Conference Regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Jacksonville | W 65–50 | 1–0 |
Swisher Gymnasium (1,391) Jacksonville, Florida | |||||||
November 10, 2018* 1:00 pm |
Tuskegee | W 62–55 | 2–0 |
Teaching Gym (11,897) Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||
November 13, 2018* 2:00 pm, CBSSN |
vs. Campbell Jamaica Classic |
L 59–66 | 2–1 |
Montego Bay Convention Centre Montego Bay, Jamaica | |||||||
November 18, 2018* 9:00 pm, CBSSN |
vs. Central Connecticut Jamaica Classic |
L 75–89 | 2–2 |
Montego Bay Convention Centre (1,425) Montego Bay, Jamaica | |||||||
November 21, 2018* 7:00 pm |
at South Florida | L 59–69 | 2–3 |
Yuengling Center (2,595) Tampa, Florida | |||||||
November 24, 2018* 10:30 pm |
at Loyola Marymount | L 63–71 | 2–4 |
Gersten Pavilion (685) Los Angeles, California | |||||||
November 29, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at North Florida | L 62–81 | 2–5 |
UNF Arena (2,041) Jacksonville, Florida | |||||||
December 1, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at South Alabama | L 57–66 | 2–6 |
Mitchell Center (2,114) Mobile, Alabama | |||||||
December 3, 2018* 8:30 pm, FS1 |
at DePaul | L 50–65 | 2–7 |
Wintrust Arena (3,763) Chicago, Illinois | |||||||
December 6, 2018* 7:00 pm |
Fort Valley State | W 80–58 | 3–7 |
Teaching Gym (1,293) Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||
December 9, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCNE |
at Georgia Tech | L 40–73 | 3–8 |
McCamish Pavilion (4,951) Atlanta, Georgia | |||||||
December 17, 2018* 8:00 pm, P12N |
at Utah | L 64–93 | 3–9 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,887) Salt Lake City, Utah | |||||||
December 18, 2018* 6:00 pm, P12N |
at Oregon | L 64–71 | 3–10 |
Matthew Knight Arena (6,909) Eugene, Oregon | |||||||
December 21, 2018* 8:00 pm |
at Portland | L 39–54 | 3–11 |
Chiles Center (1,417) Portland, Oregon | |||||||
December 29, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Memphis | L 65–96 | 3–12 |
FedEx Forum (14,201) Memphis, Tennessee | |||||||
MEAC regular season | |||||||||||
January 5, 2019 4:00 pm |
at Howard | W 82–72 | 4–12 (1–0) |
Burr Gymnasium Washington, D.C. | |||||||
January 7, 2019 8:00 pm |
at Norfolk State | L 62–72 | 4–13 (1–1) |
Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall Norfolk, Virginia | |||||||
January 12, 2019 4:00 pm |
Savannah State | W 69–64 | 5–13 (2–1) |
Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||
January 19, 2019 4:00 pm |
Maryland Eastern Shore | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||||
January 21, 2019 4:00 pm |
Delaware State | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||||
January 26, 2019 4:00 pm |
at Coppin State | Physical Education Complex Baltimore, Maryland | |||||||||
January 28, 2019 7:30 pm |
at Morgan State | Talmadge L. Hill Field House Baltimore, Maryland | |||||||||
February 2, 2019 6:00 pm |
North Carolina A&T | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||||
February 4, 2019 7:30 pm |
North Carolina Central | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||||
February 9, 2019 4:00 pm |
Howard | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||||
February 11, 2019 7:30 pm |
Norfolk State | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||||
February 16, 2019 8:00 pm |
at Savannah State | Tiger Arena Savannah, Georgia | |||||||||
February 18, 2019 7:00 pm |
at South Carolina State | SHM Memorial Center Orangeburg, South Carolina | |||||||||
February 23, 2019 4:00 pm |
at Bethune–Cookman | Moore Gymnasium Daytona Beach, Florida | |||||||||
March 2, 2019 4:00 pm |
at North Carolina A&T | Corbett Sports Center Greensboro, North Carolina | |||||||||
March 7, 2019 7:30 pm |
Bethune–Cookman | Teaching Gym Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||||
Source[2]
References
- Sharrock, Rory (February 13, 2019). "FAMU men's basketball, men's indoor/outdoor track, golf ineligible for postseason play". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- "Florida A&M Rattlers Schedule - 2018-19". ESPN. Retrieved January 7, 2019.