2018–19 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team represented California State University, Northridge in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Matadors, led by first-year head coach Mark Gottfried, competed at the Matadome. CSU Northridge was a member of the Big West Conference, and participated in their 18th consecutive season in that league. They finished the season 13–21, 7–9 in Big West play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament to UC Santa Barbara. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Utah Valley.

2018–19 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball
Las Vegas Classic Visitors Bracket champions
CBI, First round
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	13–21 (7–9 Big West)
Head coach	Mark Gottfried (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Mo Williams (1st season) Jim Harrick (1st season) Jeff Dunlap (1st season)
Home arena	Matadome (Capacity: 1,250)

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

Previous season

See also: 2017–18 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team

The Matadors finished 6–24 overall, and 3–13 in the conference. During the season, the Matadors participated in the Cancún Challenge under the Mayan division, which was held in Fresno, California, Fairfax, Virginia, and Cancún, Mexico. The Matadors finished in 4th place from losing to Southeast Missouri State and Binghamton. Prior to the tournament, CSU Northridge lost at Fresno State and at George Mason as friendly matches.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jalon Pipkins	0	G	6'4"	180	Freshman	Paris, TX	Pulled out of 2018 NBA draft did not return.
Michael Warren	1	G	6'5"	180	Senior	Washington, D.C.	Graduated.
Lyrik Shreiner	3	G	6'2"	210	RS-Sophomore	Hawthorne, CA	Transferred to DePaul Blue Demons
Tavrion Dawson	4	F	6'8"	202	Senior	Long Beach, CA	Graduated
Zeno Lake	10	F	6'8"	215	Junior	Compton, CA	Did not return.
Mason Johnson	13	G	6'2"	185	Freshman	Oxnard, CA	Walk-On. Did not make roster.
Jonathan Guevara	14	G	6'1"	165	Junior	Los Angeles, CA	Did not return.
Kobe Paras	21	G	6'6"	200	Sophomore	Manila, Philippines	Redshirt. Transferred to UP Fighting Maroons in the Philippines.
Carl Brown	13	G	6'2"	185	Junior	Louisville, KY	Did not return.
Reggie Theus Jr.	24	F	6'6"	217	Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated.
Anthony Swan	30	F	6'7"	196	Junior	Los Angeles, CA	Did not return.

Roster

2018–19 Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Rodney Henderson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Santiago Canyon College Carson, California G 2 Elijah Harkless 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Etiwanda High School Etiwanda, California G 3 Terrell Gomez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Inglewood High School Los Angeles, California G 10 Darius Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Pasadena High School Pasadena, California G 12 Alex Sokol 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Valley Christian High School San Jose, California F 14 Ron Artest III 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Hillcrest Prep (AZ) New York, New York G 15 Cameron Gottfried 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) GS NC State Raleigh, North Carolina F 23 Teddy Ochieng 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary High School Nyando, Kenya G 24 Avery Martínez 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary High School San José, Costa Rica F 25 Jared Pearre 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr McKinney North High School McKinney, Texas C 30 Michael Ou 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Menaul School Beijing, China G 32 Brendan Harrick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Esperanza High School Anaheim, California C 34 Mahamadou Kaba 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 273 lb (124 kg) Jr Balboa High School Conakry, Guinea F 35 Lamine Diane 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Findlay Prep Dakar, Senegal C 42 Blair Orr 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 252 lb (114 kg) RS Sr Winnipeg Camarillo, California	Head coach Mark Gottfried (Alabama) Assistant coach(es) Mo Williams (Alabama) Jim Harrick (Charleston) Jeff Dunlap (UCLA) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 14 September 2018

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2018* 7:00 pm, CSUN		Antelope Valley	W 88–77		30 – Diane	17 – Diane	7 – Brown	Matadome  Los Angeles, CA
November 1, 2018* 7:00 pm, CSUN		Cal State Los Angeles	W 89–87		23 – Diane	14 – Diane	8 – Harkless	Matadome (818) Los Angeles, CA
Non–conference regular season
November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, CSUN		New Mexico	L 84–87	0–1	34 – Diane	7 – Diane	6 – Harkless	Matadome (1,551) Los Angeles, CA
November 13, 2018* 6:00 pm, TheW tv		at Loyola Marymount	L 64–79	0–2	15 – Diane	8 – Diane	5 – Diane	Gersten Pavilion (862) Los Angeles, CA
November 17, 2018* 6:00 pm, CSUN		Portland	L 77–80	0–3	25 – Gomez	12 – Diane	7 – Gottfried	Matadome (886) Los Angeles, CA
November 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, CSUN		Tennessee State	W 80–77	1–3	28 – Diane	12 – Diane	4 – Tied	Matadome (858) Los Angeles, CA
November 27, 2018* 8:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	L 94–103	1–4	32 – Diane	18 – Diane	6 – Brown II	Beasley Coliseum (1,909) Pullman, WA
December 1, 2018* 7:00 pm, CSUN		Sacramento State	L 68–88	1–5	19 – Diane	7 – Diane	3 – Tied	Matadome (812) Los Angeles, CA
December 3, 2018* 7:00 pm, TheW TV		at Pepperdine	W 90–83	2–5	29 – Diane	12 – Diane	9 – Brown II	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,215) Malibu, CA
December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, CSUN		Cal State San Marcos	W 76–72	3–5	26 – Gomez	6 – Orr	7 – Brown II	Matadome (745) Los Angeles, CA
December 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, TheW TV		at San Diego Las Vegas Classic	L 68–82	3–6	19 – Diane	8 – Diane	10 – Brown II	Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,456) San Diego, CA
December 16, 2018* 3:00 pm, CSUN		Pacific	L 77–79	3–7	23 – Diane	8 – Diane	7 – Brown II	Matadome (565) Los Angeles, CA
December 19, 2018* 6:00 pm, WAC Digital		at New Mexico State Las Vegas Classic campus game	L 57–92	3–8	25 – Diane	10 – Diane	2 – Tied	Pan American Center (5,334) Las Cruces, NM
December 22, 2018* 11:00 am		vs. SIU Edwardsville Las Vegas Classic visitors semifinals	W 85–79	4–8	22 – Gomez	11 – Diane	4 – Tied	Orleans Arena  Las Vegas, NV
December 23, 2018* 1:30 pm		vs. Rider Las Vegas Classic visitors championship	W 81–80	5–8	24 – Diane	9 – Diane	2 – Tied	Orleans Arena (2,152) Las Vegas, NV
December 29, 2018* 7:00 pm, CSUN		Morgan State	W 94–86	6–8	29 – Gomez	15 – Diane	5 – Tied	Matadome (619) Los Angeles, CA
January 1, 2019* 12:00 pm		at San Diego State	L 60–65	6–9	23 – Diane	14 – Diane	8 – Brown II	Viejas Arena (9,971) San Diego, CA
January 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, CSUN		Yale	L 90–94 OT	6–10	35 – Diane	15 – Diane	4 – Tied	Matadome (1,138) Los Angeles, CA
Big West regular season
January 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at UC Riverside	W 84–83	7–10 (1–0)	32 – Gomez	8 – Diane	7 – Diane	SRC Arena (437) Riverside, CA
January 12, 2019 7:00 pm, Big West TV		at Cal Poly	W 78–74 OT	8–10 (2–0)	23 – Gomez	15 – Diane	11 – Brown	Mott Athletics Center (2,513) San Luis Obispo, CA
January 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Hawaii	L 79–84	8–11 (2–1)	30 – Gomez	16 – Diane	7 – Brown	Matadome (815) Los Angeles, CA
January 19, 2019 3:00 pm, CSUN		UC Irvine	L 68–74	8–12 (2–2)	21 – Diane	10 – Brown	6 – Brown	Matadome (947) Los Angeles, CA
January 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Long Beach State	W 86–71	9–12 (3–2)	21 – Gomez	9 – Pearre	7 – Brown	Matadome (985) Los Angeles, CA
January 30, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cal State Fullerton	L 71–78	9–13 (3–3)	39 – Diane	13 – Diane	5 – Brown	Titan Gym (934) Fullerton, CA
February 2, 2019 7:00 pm, CSUN		Cal Poly	W 83–65	10–13 (4–3)	22 – Diane	11 – Diane	8 – Brown	Matadome (1,393) Los Angeles, CA
February 6, 2019 7:00 pm, Big West TV		at UC Santa Barbara	L 64–70	10–14 (4–4)	28 – Diane	7 – Henderson	6 – Brown	The Thunderdome (1,334) Santa Barbara, CA
February 13, 2019 7:00 pm, Big West TV		at UC Davis	L 59–76	10–15 (4–5)	24 – Gomez	9 – Diane	4 – Brown	The Pavilion (1,687) Davis, CA
February 16, 2019 7:00 pm, CSUN		Cal State Fullerton	L 71–78	10–16 (4–6)	25 – Diane	17 – Diane	5 – Brown	Matadome (1,137) Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 2019 7:00 pm, Big West TV		at Long Beach State	L 78–80	10–17 (4–7)	19 – Brown	10 – Diane	5 – Brown	Walter Pyramid (1,848) Long Beach, CA
February 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UC Davis	W 81–76 OT	11–17 (5–7)	35 – Diane	11 – Diane	6 – Brown	Matadome (767) Los Angeles, CA
February 27, 2019 7:00 pm, CSUN		UC Riverside	W 70–68	12–17 (6–7)	24 – Gomez	12 – Diane	5 – Brown	Matadome (1,020) Los Angeles, CA
March 2, 2019 10:00 pm, Spectrum HI		at Hawaii	W 84–73	13–17 (7–7)	32 – Gomez	7 – Diane	3 – Gomez	Stan Sheriff Center (6,673) Honolulu, HI
March 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UC Santa Barbara	L 74–76	13–18 (7–8)	34 – Diane	13 – Diane	5 – Brown II	Matadome (1,993) Los Angeles, CA
March 9, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN3/KDOC-TV		at UC Irvine	L 74–86	13–19 (7–9)	33 – Diane	18 – Diane	4 – Brown	Bren Events Center (3,018) Irvine, CA
Big West tournament
March 14, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN3	(7)	vs. (2) UC Santa Barbara Quarterfinals	L 68–71	13–20	22 – Diane	17 – Diane	4 – Diane	Honda Center (3,656) Anaheim, CA
College Basketball Invitational
March 19, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Utah Valley First round	L 84–92	13–21	27 – Diane	7 – Diane	5 – Gottfried	UCCU Center (375) Orem, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.