2018 – 19 Hampton Pirates men 's basketball team represents Hampton University during the 2018 – 19 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Pirates , led by tenth-year head coach Edward Joyner , play their home games at the Hampton Convocation Center in Hampton , Virginia as first-year members of the Big South Conference . They finished the season 19 – 16 , 12 – 4 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for the MEAC Regular season championship . After tiebreakers , they received the No. 1 seed in the MEAC Tournament where they Florida A&M and North Carolina A&T to advance to the championship game where they lost to North Carolina Central . As a regular season conference champion , and No. 1 seed in their conference tournament , who failed to win their conference tournament , they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Notre Dame
MEAC Tournament
2018 MEAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2018–19 Hampton Pirates men's basketball team