2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play began in December 2018 and concluded in March 2019. The 2019 America East Conference tournament will be held from March 9–16, 2019. The Vermont Catamounts won their 3rd consecutive outright regular season championship, under the guidance of John Becker, who also received his third consecutive America East Coach of the Year Award, and fourth in total.

Coaching changes

 * Bob Walsh did not have his contract extended as head coach of Maine and was replaced by Richard Barron.

Coaches
Notes:
 * Year at school includes 2018–19 season.
 * Overall and America East records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2018–19 season.
 * NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.

Preseason poll
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 first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams
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America East Preseason Player of the Year: Anthony Lamb (Vermont)

Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 16 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.

Player of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, the America East Conference offices named one or two Players of the week and one or two Rookies of the week.

Statistics leaders
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Final standings
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All-Americans
To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.

America East Awards
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