2019–20 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team
The 2019–20 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They split their home games between the Costello Athletic Center and the Tsongas Center, both of which are located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and were led by seventh-year head coach Pat Duquette. They finished the season 13–19, 7–9 in America East play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to Hartford.
2019–20 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball | |
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Conference | America East Conference |
2019–20 record | 13–19 (7–9 America East) |
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Home arena | Costello Athletic Center Tsongas Center |
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Vermont | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of March 11, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll NOTE: The 2020 America East Tournament was cancelled prior to the championship game due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Previous season
The River Hawks finished the 2018–19 season 15–17, 7–9 in conference play to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the America East Tournament, they were defeated by Hartford in the quarterfinals.[1]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+ |
at UMass | L 64–79 | 0–1 |
Mullins Center (2,563) Amherst, MA | |||||||
November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm |
at LIU | W 87–74 | 1–1 |
Steinberg Wellness Center (681) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
November 10, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPNU |
at No. 18 Ohio State | L 56–76 | 1–2 |
Value City Arena (11,632) Columbus, OH | |||||||
November 12, 2019* 7:00 pm |
UMass Boston | W 88–45 | 2–2 |
Costello Athletic Center (557) Lowell, MA | |||||||
November 15, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Jacksonville River Hawk Invitational |
L 78–80 | 2–3 |
Costello Athletic Center (1,166) Lowell, MA | |||||||
November 16, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Merrimack River Hawk Invitational |
L 58–60 | 2–4 |
Costello Athletic Center (696) Lowell, MA | |||||||
November 17, 2019* 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Dartmouth River Hawk Invitational |
L 75–80 | 2–5 |
Costello Athletic Center (534) Lowell, MA | |||||||
November 26, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Brown | W 75–63 | 3–5 |
Costello Athletic Center (501) Lowell, MA | |||||||
December 1, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Central Connecticut | W 73–71 | 4–5 |
Tsongas Center (779) Lowell, MA | |||||||
December 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Sacred Heart | L 86–89 | 4–6 |
Tsongas Center (554) Lowell, MA | |||||||
December 7, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
St. Francis Brooklyn | W 94–63 | 5–6 |
Costello Athletic Center (443) Lowell, MA | |||||||
December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at NJIT | W 72–66 | 6–6 |
Wellness and Events Center (355) Newark, NJ | |||||||
December 21, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Boston University | L 62–74 | 6–7 |
Tsongas Center (773) Lowell, MA | |||||||
December 27, 2019* 7:00 pm |
at Loyola (MD) | L 81–93 | 6–8 |
Reitz Arena (544) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
December 29, 2019* 2:00 pm, FS1 |
at No. 11 Michigan | L 60–86 | 6–9 |
Crisler Center (12,707) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
America East Conference regular season | |||||||||||
January 4, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at UMBC | W 86–73 OT | 7–9 (1–0) |
UMBC Event Center (1,219) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
January 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Hartford | L 68–80 | 7–10 (1–1) |
Tsongas Center (478) Lowell, MA | |||||||
January 11, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Binghamton | W 85–66 | 8–10 (2–1) |
Tsongas Center (1,420) Lowell, MA | |||||||
January 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Maine | L 98–104 OT | 8–11 (2–2) |
Cross Insurance Center (725) Bangor, ME | |||||||
January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Albany | L 75–101 | 8–12 (2–3) |
SEFCU Arena (2,055) Albany, NY | |||||||
January 25, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Vermont | L 62–92 | 8–13 (2–4) |
Patrick Gym (3,228) Burlington, VT | |||||||
January 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Stony Brook | L 76–84 | 8–14 (2–5) |
Tsongas Center (734) Lowell, MA | |||||||
February 1, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN+ |
New Hampshire | W 77–75 | 9–14 (3–5) |
Tsongas Center (2,323) Lowell, MA | |||||||
February 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Stony Brook | L 70–77 | 9–15 (3–6) |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,504) Stony Brook, NY | |||||||
February 8, 2020 4:00 pm, NESNPlus/ESPN3 |
UMBC | L 50–60 | 9–16 (3–7) |
Tsongas Center (1,259) Lowell, MA | |||||||
February 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Maine | W 71–63 | 10–16 (4–7) |
Tsongas Center (511) Lowell, MA | |||||||
February 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Hartford | W 74–67 | 11–16 (5–7) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (937) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Binghamton | L 84–86 | 11–17 (5–8) |
Binghamton University Events Center (1,645) Vestal, NY | |||||||
February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Albany | W 88–69 | 12–17 (6–8) |
Tsongas Center (819) Lowell, MA | |||||||
February 29, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Vermont | L 77–94 | 12–18 (6–9) |
Tsongas Center (2,821) Lowell, MA | |||||||
March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at New Hampshire | W 63–54 | 13–18 (7–9) |
Lundholm Gym (573) Durham, NH | |||||||
America East Tournament | |||||||||||
March 7, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(6) | at (3) Hartford Quarterfinals |
L 75–89 | 13–19 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,069) West Hartford, Connecticut | ||||||
Source[2]
References
- "Final Minute Decides River Hawks' 78-70 Quarterfinal Loss at Hartford". UMass Lowell Athletics. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". UMass Lowell Athletics. Retrieved September 15, 2019.