The 2018–19 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fourth-year (seventh overall with DePaul) head coach Dave Leitao and played their home games at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19–17, 7–11 in Big East play to finish in a three-way tie for last place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost in the first round to St. John's. They received a bid to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Central Michigan, Longwood, and Coastal Carolina to advance to the championship series against South Florida. There, in a best-of-three series, they lost to South Florida two games to one.
Previous season The Blue Demons finished the 2017–18 season 11–20, 4–14 in Big East play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big East tournament to Marquette.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Justin Roberts 0 G 6'0" 170 Freshman Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Georgia State Austin Grandstaff 1 G 6'2" 185 RS Sophomore Rockwall, TX Transferred to Texas A&M–Commerce Brandon Cyrus 4 G 6'5" 190 Sophomore Toronto, ON Transferred to UC Santa Barbara Tre'Darius McCallum 10 F 6'7" 220 RS Senior Myrtle Beach, SC Graduated Tobias Dwimaah 22 F 6'5" 220 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated Peter Ryckbosch 30 F 6'10" 230 RS Senior Chicago, IL Graduated Joe Hanel 33 F 6'7" 218 Senior Savage, MN Graduated Marin Maric 34 C 6'11" 240 RS Senior Split, Croatia Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Lyrik Shreiner 0 G 6'3 190 Junior Phoenix, AZ Cal State Northridge Darious Hall 13 F 6'6 210 Sophomore Little Rock, AR Arkansas Femi Olujobi 25 F 6'8" 233 RS Senior Long Island, NY North Carolina A&T
2018 recruiting class
2019 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big East regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big East tournament
!colspan=9 style=| College Basketball Invitational
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