The Seawolves were led by second-year head coach Jeff Boals and played their home games at Island Federal Credit Union Arena in Stony Brook, New York as members of the America East Conference.

They defeated Albany in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament before losing in the semifinals to Vermont.

Freshman forward Elijah Olaniyi won the 2018 America East Rookie of the Year award, averaging 7.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in his debut season.

2 seed in the America East tournament, they defeated Binghamton before losing to Albany in the semifinals.

Sources: Sources: In a poll by the conference's nine head coaches (who were not allowed to pick their own team) at the America East media day, the Seawolves were picked to finish in fourth place in the America East.