2018–19 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team

The Bulldogs finished the season 21–11, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament to San Diego State. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.

On March 12, 2018, head coach Rodney Terry left Fresno State to become head coach at UTEP.{{cite news|url=https://www.theprospectordaily.com/2018/03/12/utep-hires-fresno-states-rodney-terry-as-their-new-basketball-coach/|title=UTEP hires Fresno State’s Rodney Terry as their new basketball coach|website=theprospectordaily.com|first=Adrian|last=Broaddus|date=March 12, 2018|accessdate=March 12, 2018}} He finished at Fresno State with a seven-year record of 126–108. On April 5, it was announced that the school had hired San Diego State assistant coach Justin Hutson as head coach.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/sd-sp-sdsu-basketball-justin-hutson-fresno-state-20180405-story.html|title=Fresno State hires SDSU basketball assistant Justin Hutson as head coach|last=Zeigler|first=Mark|work=sandiegouniontribune.com|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/college/mountain-west/fresno-state/bulldogs-basketball/article207998299.html|title=Fresno State hires San Diego State assistant as men's basketball coach|work=fresnobee|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en}}

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{{College Athlete Recruit Entry

| recruit = Assane Diouf

| position = #43 C

| hometown = Denver, CO

| highschool = East High School

| feet = 6

| inches = 11

| weight = 235

| 40 =

| scout stars = 3

| rivals stars = 3

| 247 stars = 3

| espn stars = 3

| espn grade = 78

| commitdate = 04/23/2018

}}

{{College Athlete Recruit Entry

| recruit = Aguir Agau

| position = SG

| hometown = Los Angeles, CA

| highschool = Middlebrooks Academy

| feet = 6

| inches = 6

| weight = 190

| 40 =

| scout stars = 0

| rivals stars = 3

| 247 stars = 3

| espn stars = 0

| espn grade = NR

| commitdate = 05/11/2018

}}

{{College Athlete Recruit End

| 40 =

| year = 2018

| rivals ref title = Fresno State Commit List for 2018

| scout ref title = Men's Basketball Recruiting

| espn ref title = ESPN – Fresno State Bulldogs Basketball Recruiting 2018

| rivals school = fresnostate

| scout s = 554

| espn schoolid = 204

| scout overall = –

| rivals overall = –

| accessdate = 2018-08-03

| bball = yes

}}

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{{CBB roster/Player|first=Chris|last=Seeley|num=1|pos=F|ft=6|in=8|lbs=215|class=Jr|rs=|home=Fresno, California|high_school=Utah|cur_rs=yes}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Johnny|last=McWilliams|num=3|pos=G|ft=6|in=6|lbs=200|class=JR|rs=|home=San Marcos, California|high_school=San Marcos HS}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Braxton|last=Huggins|num=4|pos=G|ft=6|in=4|lbs=195|class=Sr|rs=y|home=Bakersfield, California|high_school=New Mexico State}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Amrit|last=Dhaliwal|num=10|pos=G|ft=5|in=11|lbs=165|class=Fr|rs=|home=Modesto, California|high_school=Central Catholic HS}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Christian|last=Gray|num=11|pos=F|ft=6|in=6|lbs=240|class=Jr|rs=|home=Moreno Valley, California|high_school=Salt Lake CC}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Myles|last=Fitzgerald-Warren|num=12|pos=F|ft=6|in=3|lbs=180|class=So|rs=|home=Portland, Oregon|high_school=Madison HS}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Aguir|last=Agau|num=13|pos=G|ft=6|in=7|lbs=190|class=Fr|rs=|home=Omaha, Nebraska|high_school=Cathedral HS}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Sam|last=Bittner|num=20|pos=G|ft=6|in=6|lbs=210|class=Sr|rs=|home=Las Vegas, Nevada|high_school=[http://www.trinitylv.org/ Trinity International HS]|note=W}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Deshon|last=Taylor|link=y|num=21|pos=G|ft=6|in=2|lbs=185|class=Sr|rs=y|home=Riverside, California|high_school=UMKC}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Nate|last=Grimes|link=y|num=32|pos=F|ft=6|in=8|lbs=225|class=Jr|rs=y|home=Las Vegas, Nevada|high_school=[http://www.qeschools.org/ Quality Education HS]}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Assane|last=Diouf|num=34|pos=C|ft=7|in=1|lbs=275|class=Fr|rs=|home=Dakar, Senegal|high_school=[http://www.dmesportsacademy.com/ DME Academy]}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Lázaro|last=Rojas|num=35|pos=F/C|ft=6|in=11|lbs=235|class=So|rs=y|home=São José dos Campos, Brazil|high_school=[http://www.scoreatthetop.com/academy Score Academy HS]}}

{{CBB roster/Player|first=Noah|last=Blackwell|num=55|pos=G|ft=6|in=3|lbs=190|class=Jr|rs=y|home=Roseville, California|high_school=Long Beach State}}

{{CBB roster/Footer

|head_coach=

• Justin Hutson ({{college|California State University, Bakersfield}})

|asst_coach=

• Keith Brown ({{college|Pacific}})
• Tarvish Felton ({{college|Southern Utah}})
• Tim Shelton ({{college|San Diego State}})

|roster_url=http://gobulldogs.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

|accessdate=

}}

Source{{cite web | url = http://www.gobulldogs.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball| title = 2018–19 Schedule | accessdate = }}

{{CBB schedule start|time=|rank=|ranklink=2018-19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings|rankyear=2018|tv=|record=yes|attend=yes|gamehighs=yes}}

|-

!colspan=12 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Fresno State Bulldogs|border=0|color=white}}"| Exhibition

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Nov 2, 2018

| time = 7:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Humboldt State

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 78–50

| highscorer = Williams

| points = 15

| highrebounder = Tied

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Gray

| assists = 3

| attend = 4,795

| record =

}}

|-

!colspan=12 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Fresno State Bulldogs|border=0|color=white}}"| Non-conference regular season

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Nov 6, 2018

| time = 7:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Alaska Anchorange

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 91–63

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 23

| highrebounder = Gray

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 6

| attend = 4,614

| record = 1–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Nov 15, 2018

| time = 6:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| away = yes

| opponent = TCU

| opprank = 21

| site_stadium = Schollmaier Arena

| site_cityst = Fort Worth, TX

| tv = FSSW

| score = 69–77

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 18

| highrebounder = Bittner

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 8

| attend = 6,315

| record = 1–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Nov 22, 2018

| time = 1:30 pm

| nonconf = yes

| neutral = yes

| opponent = Northwestern

| site_stadium = Titan Gym

| site_cityst = Fullerton, CA

| gamename = Wooden Legacy quarterfinals

| tv = ESPNU

| score = 78–59

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 17

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 9

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 5

| attend =

| record = 2–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Nov 23, 2018

| time = 11:00 am

| nonconf = yes

| neutral = yes

| opponent = Miami (FL)

| site_stadium = Titan Gym

| site_cityst = Fullerton, CA

| gamename = Wooden Legacy semifinals

| tv = ESPN2

| score = 76–78

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 28

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 15

| highassister = Bittner

| assists = 6

| attend =  

| record = 2–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Nov 25, 2018

| time = 1:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| neutral = yes

| opponent = Hawaii

| site_stadium = Titan Gym

| site_cityst = Fullerton, CA

| gamename = Wooden Legacy 3rd place game

| tv = ESPNU

| score = 79–64

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 20

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 5

| attend =  

| record = 3–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Nov 28, 2018

| time = 7:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Pacific

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 81–78

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 22

| highrebounder = Rojas

| rebounds = 9

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 7

| overtime = OT

| attend = 5,494

| record = 4–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Dec 1, 2018

| time = 4:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Cal Poly

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 76–67

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 32

| highrebounder = Bittner

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 6

| attend = 4,724

| record = 5–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Dec 5, 2018

| time = 7:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Weber State

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 71–52

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 17

| highrebounder = Taylor

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 5

| attend = 4,597

| record = 6–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Dec 8, 2018

| time = 4:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Long Beach State

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 92–71

| highscorer = Blackwell

| points = 22

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 14

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 6

| attend = 5,945

| record = 7–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Dec 19, 2018

| time = 7:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = California

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| tv = Stadium

| score = 95–73

| highscorer = Williams

| points = 19

| highrebounder = Blackwell

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 9

| attend = 5,836

| record = 8–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Dec 22, 2018

| time = 4:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = UT Martin

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 93–53

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 20

| highrebounder = Williams

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 8

| attend = 4,988

| record = 9–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Dec 29, 2018

| time = 4:00 pm

| nonconf = yes

| opponent = Utah Valley

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 60–64

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 19

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 13

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 5

| attend = 5,217

| record = 9–3

}}

|-

!colspan=12 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Fresno State Bulldogs|border=0|color=white}}"| Mountain West regular season

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Jan 2, 2019

| time = 7:00 pm

| away = yes

| opponent = San Jose State

| site_stadium = Event Center Arena

| site_cityst = San Jose, CA

| score = 73–53

| highscorer = Grimes

| points = 19

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 12

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 6

| attend = 1,886

| record = 10–3

| conference = 1–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Jan 5, 2019

| time = 7:00 pm

| opponent = Colorado State

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| tv = ATTSNRM

| score = 78–67

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 21

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 10

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 7

| attend = 5,481

| record = 11–3

| conference = 2–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Jan 9, 2019

| time = 6:00 pm

| away = yes

| opponent = Utah State

| site_stadium = Smith Spectrum

| site_cityst = Logan, UT

| score = 78–77

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 33

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 6

| attend = 6,379

| record = 12–3

| conference = 3–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Jan 12, 2019

| time = 5:00 pm

| opponent = Nevada

| opprank = 10

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| tv = ESPNU

| score = 64–74

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 25

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 11

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 5

| attend = 9,586

| record = 12–4

| conference = 3–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Jan 19, 2019

| time = 2:30 pm

| away = yes

| opponent = Boise State

| site_stadium = Taco Bell Arena

| site_cityst = Boise, ID

| tv = ATTSNRM

| score = 63–53

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 15

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 4

| attend = 6,437

| record = 13–4

| conference = 4–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Jan 22, 2019

| time = 8:00 pm

| opponent = San Diego State

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| tv = ESPNU

| score = 66–62

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 20

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 16

| highassister = Huggins

| assists = 5

| attend = 5,792

| record = 14–4

| conference = 5–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Jan 26, 2019

| time = 1:00 pm

| away = yes

| opponent = Colorado State

| site_stadium = Moby Arena

| site_cityst = Fort Collins, CO

| tv = ATTSNRM

| score = 65–74

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 24

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 12

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 7

| attend = 2,877

| record = 14–5

| conference = 5–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Jan 30, 2019

| time = 6:00 pm

| away = yes

| opponent = Wyoming

| site_stadium = Arena-Auditorium

| site_cityst = Laramie, WY

| score = 75–62

| highscorer = Williams

| points = 24

| highrebounder = Bittner

| rebounds = 6

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 3

| attend = 3,606

| record = 15–5

| conference = 6–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Feb 2, 2019

| time = 7:00 pm

| opponent = New Mexico

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| tv = ESPNU

| score = 82–70

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 22

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 19

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 4

| attend = 7,657

| record = 16–5

| conference = 7–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Feb 5, 2019

| time = 7:30 pm

| opponent = Utah State

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| tv = ATTSNRM

| score = 81–82

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 26

| highrebounder = Huggins

| rebounds = 6

| highassister = Blackwell

| assists = 4

| attend = 5,091

| record = 16–6

| conference = 7–3

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Feb 9, 2019

| time = 2:00 pm

| away = yes

| opponent = UNLV

| site_stadium = Thomas & Mack Center

| site_cityst = Paradise, NV

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 83–65

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 31

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 11

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 3

| attend = 8,324

| record = 17–6

| conference = 8–3

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Feb 13, 2019

| time = 7:30 pm

| opponent = Boise State

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 65–63

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 26

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 15

| highassister = Huggins

| assists = 3

| attend = 5,548

| record = 18–6

| conference = 9–3

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Feb 16, 2019

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| away = yes

| opponent = New Mexico

| site_stadium = Dreamstyle Arena

| site_cityst = Albuquerque, NM

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 81–73

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 26

| highrebounder = Bittner

| rebounds = 6

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 5

| attend = 12,494

| record = 19–6

| conference = 10–3

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Feb 20, 2019

| time = 7:00 pm

| opponent = Air Force

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| tv = ATTSNRM

| score = 61–64

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 23

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 9

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 5

| attend = 5,190

| record = 19–7

| conference = 10–4

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Feb 23, 2019

| time = 5:00 pm

| away = yes

| opponent = Nevada

| opprank = 6

| site_stadium = Lawlor Events Center

| site_cityst = Reno, NV

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 68–74

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 30

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 11

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 8

| attend = 11,019

| record = 19–8

| conference = 10–5

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Feb 27, 2019

| time = 7:00 pm

| opponent = Wyoming

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 71–60

| highscorer = Huggins

| points = 30

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 14

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 5

| attend = 5,339

| record = 20–8

| conference = 11–5

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Mar 6, 2019

| time = 7:00 pm

| away = yes

| opponent = San Diego State

| site_stadium = Viejas Arena

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 76–74

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 25

| highrebounder = Gray

| rebounds = 7

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 5

| attend = 12,414

| record = 21–8

| conference = 12–5

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Mar 9, 2019

| time = 4:00 pm

| opponent = San Jose State

| site_stadium = Save Mart Center

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| score = 121–81

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 37

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 12

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 8

| attend = 7,615

| record = 22–8

| conference = 13–5

}}

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!colspan=12 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Fresno State Bulldogs|border=0|color=white}}"| 2019 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Mar 14, 2019

| time = 8:30 pm

| neutral = yes

| seed = 3

| opponent = Air Force

| oppseed = 6

| site_stadium = Thomas & Mack Center

| site_cityst = Paradise, NV

| gamename = Quarterfinals

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 76–50

| highscorer = Taylor

| points = 18

| highrebounder = Williams

| rebounds = 8

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 10

| attend = 7,518

| record = 23–8

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date = Mar 15, 2019

| time = 8:30 pm

| neutral = yes

| seed = 3

| opponent = Utah State

| oppseed = 2

| site_stadium = Thomas & Mack Center

| site_cityst = Paradise, NV

| gamename = Semifinals

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 60–85

| highscorer = Grimes

| points = 21

| highrebounder = Grimes

| rebounds = 6

| highassister = Taylor

| assists = 5

| attend = 8,764

| record = 23–9

}}

{{CBB schedule end|rank=| poll=AP Poll|timezone=Pacific Time}}

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