2018–19 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team represented California State University, Long Beach in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 49ers, led by twelfth-year head coach Dan Monson, competed in the Walter Pyramid. Long Beach State was a member of the Big West Conference, and participated in their 50th consecutive season in that league.

2018–19 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record15–19 (8–8 Big West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWalter Pyramid
(Capacity: 4,200)
Seasons
2018–19 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Irvine 15 1   .938 31 6   .838
UC Santa Barbara 10 6   .625 22 10   .688
Cal State Fullerton 10 6   .625 16 18   .471
Hawai'i 9 7   .563 18 13   .581
Long Beach State 8 8   .500 15 19   .441
UC Davis 7 9   .438 11 20   .355
Cal State Northridge 7 9   .438 13 21   .382
UC Riverside 4 12   .250 10 23   .303
Cal Poly 2 14   .125 6 23   .207
2019 Big West tournament winner

Before the season

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The 49ers finished the season 15–18 overall, and 9–7 in the conference. During the season, the 49ers participated in the AdvoCare Invitational, which was held in Morgantown, West Virginia and Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Long Beach State earned 6th place by defeating Oregon State and losing to Missouri as well as Nebraska. Prior to the tournament, Long Beach State lost in a friendly match at West Virginia. In the postseason, Long Beach State lost to Cal State Fullerton in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament in Anaheim, California.

Within a few days of the elimination, Dan Monson accepted a five-year contract extension (through the 2022–23 school year) as a result of his past success at Long Beach State. Monson was rehired for multiple reasons, ranging from running the program primarily on sport ethics to his "on the court" results. To this season, Monson led the program to a Big West winning record each season since 2010–11 and participated in the NCAA tournament once.[1]

Greg Floyd Jr. was a four-star recruit who turned down twenty-four other NCAA Division I schools for Long Beach State on September 7, 2016.[2] Floyd was the highest rated incoming 49er since Jacob Thomas and Shelton Boykin, who were both a part of the recruiting class of 2010.[3] On April 9, 2018, the Los Angeles Ballers announced that Floyd was ineligible [through the NCAA] to compete at Long Beach State due to scholastic probation at his former school. As a result, Floyd is currently an athlete for the Ballers, and the NCAA withdrew his commitment.[4]

By July 17, 2018, Long Beach State redesigned the court by emphasizing on the color black, removing The Beach motto for the main athletics logo, and installing darker wood. However, some of the former features of the previous court design still remain in a different fashion, such as the social media hashtags #GoBeach and #LBNation.[5]

Roster

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2018–19 Long Beach State 49ers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Ron Freeman   6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Jr Northwest Florida State College Los Angeles, California
G/F 2 Jordan Roberts 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Ridgeview High School Bakersfield, California
F 4 KJ Byers 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Panola College Charlotte, North Carolina
C 5 Mason Riggins 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Whitewright High School Whitewright, Texas
G 10 Bryan Alberts 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Sr Gonzaga Los Angeles, California
G 11 Jordan Griffin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Centennial High School Corona, California
F 12 Breyon Jackson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Cloud County Community College Washington, D.C.
G/F 13 Demetrius Mims 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, Maryland
G 14 Colin Slater 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Tulane New Orleans, Louisiana
G 15 Deishuan Booker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr College of Southern Idaho Las Vegas, Nevada
G 20 Breamon Richard 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Long Beach City College Los Angeles, California
G 23 Edon Maxhuni 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Helsinki Basketball Academy Hyvinkää, Finland
C 23 Temidayo Yussuf   6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 265 lb (120 kg) RS Sr St. Joseph Notre Dame High School Oakland, California
C 35 Milos Apic   6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Sandy Spring Friends School Novi Sad, Serbia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: 14 July 2018

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Schedule

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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
November 9, 2018*
8:00 pm, P12N
at No. 21 UCLA L 80–91  0–1
 31  Booker   6  Byers   4  Tied  Pauley Pavilion (7,920)
Los Angeles, CA
November 10, 2018*
4:00 pm
Menlo College
Homecoming
W 78–57  1–1
 19  Booker   8  Tied   3  Cobb  Walter Pyramid (3,888)
Long Beach, CA
November 12, 2018*
6:00 pm, P12N
at Arizona State
MGM Resorts Main Event
L 58–90  1–2
 9  Griffin   6  Riggins   5  Booker  Wells Fargo Arena (8,818)
Tempe, AZ
November 16, 2018*
8:01 pm, SECN
at No. 17 Mississippi State
MGM Resorts Main Event
L 51–79  1–3
 8  Tied   5  Tied   3  Booker  Humphrey Coliseum (8,106)
Starkville, MS
November 19, 2018*
1:00 pm
vs. Iona
MGM Resorts Main Event Middleweight semifinals
W 86-85  2-3
 18  Yussuf   10  Byers   7  Booker  Cox Pavilion 
Paradise, Nevada
November 21, 2018*
1:00 pm
vs. Utah Valley
MGM Resorts Main Event Middleweight championship
L 72-87  2-4
 29  Booker   6  Byers   74  Booker  Cox Pavilion 
Paradise, Nevada
November 25, 2018*
2:00 pm
Oregon State L 72–75  2–5
 15  Maxhuni   11  Yussuf   5  Booker  Walter Pyramid (2,082)
Long Beach, CA
November 28, 2018*
8:00 pm, P12N
at USC L 65-75  2-6
 13  Tied   7  Roberts   3  Alberts  Galen Center (2,031)
Los Angeles, CA
December 1, 2018*
7:00 pm
at San Diego L 70-74  2-7
 28  Yussuf   14  Byers   2  Tied  Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,419)
San Diego, CA
December 5, 2018*
7:00 pm
Southern Utah W 82-71  3-7
 21  Booker   13  Yussuf   4  Booker  Walter Pyramid (1,876)
Long Beach, CA
December 8, 2018*
at Fresno State L 71-92  3-8
 18  Alberts   6  Tied   3  Booker  Save Mart Center (5,945)
Fresno, CA
December 10, 2018*
at Pacific L 68-74  3-9
 14  Yussuf   10  Yussuf   3  Tied  Alex G. Spanos Center (1,247)
Stockton, CA
December 20, 2018*
Pepperdine W 67-66  4-9
 21  Yussuf   11  Yussuf   5  Ross  Walter Pyramid (1,617)
Long Beach, CA
December 22, 2018*
Colorado State W 64-61  5-9
 14  Booker   10  Riggins   3  Tied  Walter Pyramid (1,727)
Long Beach, CA
December 29, 2018*
7:30 pm, P12N
at Stanford L 86-93  5-10
 22  Alberts   8  Yussuf   8  Booker  Maples Pavilion (3,452)
Stanford, CA
January 5, 2019*
7:00 pm
Bethesda University W 124–52  6–10
 35  Alberts   12  Riggins   11  Booker  Walter Pyramid (1,867)
Long Beach, CA
Big West regular season
January 12, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN3
UC Davis W 82–77  7–10
(1–0)
 32  Booker   12  Riggins   2  Booker  Walter Pyramid (3,002)
Long Beach, CA
January 16, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UC Irvine W 80–70  8–10
(2–0)
 28  Booker   7  Alberts   6  Booker  Bren Events Center (1,530)
Irvine, CA
January 19, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Cal State Fullerton L 90–92 OT 8–11
(2–1)
 33  Booker   11  Byers   5  Booker  Walter Pyramid (2,312)
Long Beach, CA
January 23, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Cal State Northridge L 71–86  8–12
(2–2)
 20  Booker   7  Riggins   5  Booker  Matadome (985)
Los Angeles, CA
January 26, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UC Santa Barbara L 71–82  8–13
(2–3)
 25  Booker   9  Booker   7  Booker  Walter Pyramid (2,333)
Long Beach, CA
January 31, 2019
9:00 pm, Spectrum Sports HI
at Hawaii L 57–74  8–14
(2–4)
 18  Riggins   9  Byers   3  Booker  Stan Sheriff Center (5,293)
Honolulu, HI
February 2, 2019
7:00 p.m.
UC Irvine L 80–82  8–15
(2–5)
 29  Booker   10  Byers   5  Booker  Walter Pyramid (2,344)
Long Beach, CA
February 7, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Hawaii L 70–77  8–16
(2–6)
 18  Yussuf   10  Byers   4  Booker  Walter Pyramid (2,177)
Long Beach, CA
February 9, 2019
at Cal Poly W 76–68 OT 9–16
(3–6)
 23  Booker   12  Yussuf   4  Booker  Mott Athletics Center (1,970)
San Luis Obispo, CA
February 13, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Cal State Fullerton L 82–85  9–17
(3–7)
 22  Booker   8  Yussuf   5  Booker  Titan Gym (1,621)
Fullerton, CA
February 16, 2019
7:00 p.m.
at UC Davis L 73–77  9–18
(3–8)
 20  Booker   11  Riggins   3  Roberts  The Pavilion (1,882)
Davis, CA
February 20, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Cal State Northridge W 80–78  10–18
(4–8)
 20  Alberts   13  Cobb   4  Booker  Walter Pyramid (1,848)
Long Beach, CA
February 23, 2019
5:00 p.m.
at UC Riverside W 71–67 OT 11–18
(5–8)
 18  Roberts   9  Yussuf   5  Cobb  SRC Arena (459)
Riverside, CA
February 28, 2019
7:00 p.m.
at UC Santa Barbara W 69–64  12–18
(6–8)
 26  Booker   9  Riggins   4  Booker  The Thunderdome (3,118)
Santa Barbara, CA
March 2, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Cal Poly W 94–85  13–18
(7–8)
 31  Booker   10  Booker   5  Booker  Walter Pyramid (2,172)
Long Beach, CA
March 6, 2019
7:00 pm
UC Riverside W 70–57  14–18
(8–8)
 21  Booker   10  Yussuf   4  Booker  Walter Pyramid (2,038)
Long Beach, CA
Big West tournament
March 14, 2019
8:30 pm, ESPN3
(5) vs. (4) Hawaii
Quarterfinals
W 68–66  15–18
 18  Roberts   9  Roberts   3  Booker  Honda Center (3,656)
Anaheim, California
March 15, 2019
6:30 pm, ESPN3
(5) vs. (1) UC Irvine
Semifinals
L 67–75  15–19
 21  Booker   8  Yussuf   3  Booker  Honda Center (4,389)
Anaheim, California
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific.

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References

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  1. ^ "Dan Monson Signs Restructured Contract Extension with Beach Basketball". California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  2. ^ "ESPN Recruiting Profile of Greg Floyd Jr". ESPN. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "Long Beach State 49ers Recruiting Profile". ESPN. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  4. ^ "LaVar Ball's JBA league to feature 4-star recruit on LA Ballers". USA Today. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  5. ^ "Long Beach State Unveils New Court Design at Walter Pyramid". Athletics at California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "Official Men's Basketball Roster (2018–19)". California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  7. ^ "Men's Basketball Official Schedule (2018–19)". California State University, Long Beach. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.