2018–19 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team

2018–19 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball
SWAC regular-season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Four
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record22–13 (17–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWilliam Nicks Building
2018–19 SWAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Prairie View A&M 17 1   .944 22 13   .629
Texas Southern 14 4   .778 24 14   .632
Jackson State 10 8   .556 13 19   .406
Grambling State 10 8   .556 17 17   .500
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 10 8   .556 13 19   .406
Alabama State 9 9   .500 12 19   .387
Southern 6 12   .333 7 25   .219
Alcorn State 6 12   .333 10 21   .323
Mississippi Valley State 4 14   .222 6 26   .188
Alabama A&M* 4 14   .222 5 27   .156
2019 SWAC tournament winner
*ineligible for postseason due to APR violations

The 2018–19 Prairie View A&M Panthers basketball team represented Prairie View A&M University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by third-year head coach Byron Smith, played their home games at the William Nicks Building in Prairie View, Texas as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 22–13, 17–1 in SWAC play, to finish in first place. In the SWAC tournament, they defeated Alcorn State, Grambling State and Texas Southern to win the SWAC championship. Therefore, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a 16th seed. However, they lost to fellow 16th seed Fairleigh Dickinson in the First Four.