2018–19 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team
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Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
Record | 15–17 (11–7 MAAC) |
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Home arena | Koessler Athletic Center |
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Iona † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quinnipiac | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siena | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 14 | – | 21 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 MAAC tournament winner |
The 2018–19 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team represented Canisius College in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and were led by 3rd-year head coach Reggie Witherspoon. They finished the 2018–19 season 15–17 overall, 11–7 in MAAC play to finish in a four-way tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the 2019 MAAC tournament, they defeated No. 7 seed Manhattan in the quarterfinals 69–65OT before falling to No. 6 seed Monmouth 59–73 in the semifinals.[1]
Previous season
[edit]The Golden Griffins finished the 2017–18 season 21–11, 15–3 in MAAC play to finish in a share for the MAAC regular season title with Rider. It was their first conference regular season title since 1994. As the No. 2 seed at the MAAC tournament, they were upset by in the quarterfinals by No. 7 seed Quinnipiac. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Jacksonville State.
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-Conference Regular season | |||||||||||
November 13, 2018* 7:00 pm, Patriot League Network |
at Bucknell | W 82–73 | 1–0 |
Sojka Pavilion (2,237) Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | |||||||
November 17, 2018* 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Albany | L 66–75 | 1–1 |
Koessler Athletic Center (1,540) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
November 19, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at No. 14 Florida State AdvoCare Invitational campus game |
L 61–93 | 1–2 |
Donald L. Tucker Center (7,457) Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||
November 22, 2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. Villanova AdvoCare Invitational quarterfinals |
L 56–83 | 1–3 |
HP Field House (2,964) Lake Buena Vista, Florida | |||||||
November 23, 2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. Memphis AdvoCare Invitational |
L 63–71 | 1–4 |
HP Field House (2,672) Lake Buena Vista, Florida | |||||||
November 25, 2018* 10:30 am, ESPNU |
vs. UAB AdvoCare Invitational |
L 58–68 | 1–5 |
HP Field House (3,127) Lake Buena Vista, Florida | |||||||
November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at St. Bonaventure | L 55–70 | 1–6 |
Reilly Center (3,685) Olean, New York | |||||||
December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Robert Morris | W 68–62 | 2–6 |
Koessler Athletic Center (884) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
December 16, 2018* 2:00 pm, Phoenix All-Access |
at Elon | W 92–91 | 3–6 |
Schar Center (1,497) Elon, North Carolina | |||||||
December 20, 2018* 2:00 pm, Patriot League Network |
at Holy Cross | L 63–65 | 3–7 |
Hart Center (681) Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||||
December 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
No. 21 Buffalo | L 72–87 | 3–8 |
Koessler Athletic Center (2,196) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
MAAC regular season | |||||||||||
January 3, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Marist | W 75–72 | 4–8 (1–0) |
McCann Arena (1022) Poughkeepsie, New York | |||||||
January 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Siena | W 70–66 | 5–8 (2–0) |
Times Union Center (6,432) Albany, New York | |||||||
January 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Brown | L 90–97 | 5–9 |
Koessler Athletic Center (801) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
January 11, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Rider | L 73–82 | 5–10 (2–1) |
Koessler Athletic Center (873) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
January 13, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Iona | L 70–88 | 5–11 (2–2) |
Koessler Athletic Center (1,086) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
January 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Quinnipiac | W 65–63 | 6–11 (3–2) |
People's United Center (792) Hamden, Connecticut | |||||||
January 19, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Fairfield | W 73–69 | 7–11 (4–2) |
Alumni Hall (1,281) Fairfield, Connecticut | |||||||
January 24, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Monmouth | W 80–66 | 8–11 (5–2) |
Koessler Athletic Center (1,221) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
January 30, 2019 7:00 pm, MAAC.TV |
at Niagara Battle of the Bridge |
L 70–78 | 8–12 (5–3) |
Gallagher Center (1,660) Lewiston, New York | |||||||
February 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Quinnipiac | W 75–70 | 9–12 (6–3) |
Koessler Athletic Center (802) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
February 4, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Marist | L 71–78 OT | 9–13 (6–4) |
Koessler Athletic Center (943) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
February 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Rider | W 81–80 | 10–13 (7–4) |
Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, New Jersey | |||||||
February 10, 2019 1:00 pm, MAAC.TV |
at Saint Peter's | W 64–60 | 11–13 (8–4) |
Yanitelli Center (595) Jersey City, New Jersey | |||||||
February 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Fairfield | W 72–68 | 12–13 (9–4) |
Koessler Athletic Center (1,039) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
February 17, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Manhattan | L 65–70 | 12–14 (9–5) |
Koessler Athletic Center (1,058) Buffalo, New York | |||||||
February 22, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Monmouth | W 60–59 | 13–14 (10–5) |
OceanFirst Bank Center (2,625) West Long Branch, New Jersey | |||||||
February 24, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Iona | L 80–87 | 13–15 (10–6) |
Hynes Athletic Center (2,288) New Rochelle, New York | |||||||
February 27, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Niagara Battle of the Bridge |
L 84–86 | 13–16 (10–7) |
Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York | |||||||
March 1, 2019 9:00 pm, ESPNU |
Siena | W 68–62 | 14–16 (11–7) |
Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York | |||||||
MAAC tournament | |||||||||||
March 8, 2019 9:30 pm, ESPN3 |
(2) | vs. (7) Manhattan Quarterfinals |
W 69–65 OT | 15-16 |
Times Union Center Albany, New York | ||||||
March 10, 2019 8:30 pm, ESPNU |
(2) | vs. (6) Monmouth Semifinals |
L 59–73 | 15–17 |
Times Union Center (4,918) Albany, New York | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Quinn lifts Monmouth past Canisius 73-59 in MAAC tourney". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". GoGriffs.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.