2019–20 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by 2nd-year head coach Dusty May, played their home games at FAU Arena in Boca Raton, Florida as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 17–15, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Old Dominion in the first round of the C-USA Tournament and were set to take on North Texas in the quarterfinals. However, the remainder of the tournament was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019–20 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
2019–20 record	17–15 (8–10 C-USA)
Head coach	Dusty May (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Akeem Miskdeen Kyle Church Todd Abernethy
Home arena	FAU Arena

2019–20 Conference USA men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North Texas	14	–	4		.778			20	–	11		.645
Western Kentucky	13	–	5		.722			20	–	10		.667
Louisiana Tech	13	–	5		.722			22	–	8		.733
Charlotte	10	–	8		.556			16	–	13		.552
FIU	9	–	9		.500			19	–	13		.594
Marshall	10	–	8		.556			17	–	15		.531
UAB	9	–	9		.500			19	–	13		.594
Old Dominion	9	–	9		.500			13	–	19		.406
Florida Atlantic	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
UTSA	7	–	11		.389			13	–	19		.406
UTEP	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Rice	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Southern Miss	5	–	13		.278			9	–	22		.290
Middle Tennessee	4	–	14		.222			8	–	23		.258
As of March 11, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll NOTE: The 2020 C-USA Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2018–19 season 17–16 overall, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a four-way tie for 9th place. In the C-USA tournament, they were defeated by Louisiana Tech in the first round.[1] They were invited to the CIT, where they lost to Charleston Southern in the first round.[2]

Roster

2019–20 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Cornelius Taylor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) GS Claxton HS Lincoln Memorial Claxton, Georgia F 1 Madiaw Niang 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So DME Academy Dakar, Senegal G 2 Everett Winchester 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Jr Gilman School Wright State Baltimore, Maryland F 3 Jaylen Sebree 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Christian County HS IMG Academy Hopkinsville, Kentucky G 4 D.J. Robertson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Athens Drive HS Raleigh, North Carolina G 5 Carrington McCaskill 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Renaissance HS Detroit, Michigan G 11 Michael Forrest 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Blanche Ely HS Lauderhill, Florida F/C 12 Aleksandar Zecevic 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr Scotland Performance Institute San Jacinto College Novi Sad, Serbia G 13 Kenan Blackshear 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Jones HS Orlando, Florida F 15 Jailyn Ingram 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Morgan County HS Madison, Georgia G 21 Alejandro Ralat 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Saint Andrew's School San Juan, Puerto Rico G 23 Richardson Maitre 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr West Oaks Academy Indian Hills CC Montreal, Canada F/C 25 Karlis Silins 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS So BK VEF Rīga Ole Miss Riga, Latvia F 32 Brant Ulmer 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Suwannee HS Live Oak, Florida F/C 35 Dardan Kapiti 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr The Rock School Prishtina, Kosovo	Head coach Dusty May (Indiana) Assistant coach(es) Akeem Miskdeen (Queens (NC)) Kyle Church (Charlotte) Todd Abernethy (Mississippi) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 15, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2019* 7:00 pm		Lynn	W 92–75		FAU Arena  Boca Raton, FL
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Flagler	W 92–81	1–0	FAU Arena (1,112) Boca Raton, FL
November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, Fox Sports Florida		at Miami (FL)	L 60–74	1–1	Watsco Center (5,168) Coral Gables, FL
November 11, 2019* 9:00 pm, SECN+		at Alabama	L 59–78	1–2	Coleman Coliseum (9,117) Tuscaloosa, AL
November 16, 2019* 4:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Palm Beach Atlantic	W 84–79	2–2	FAU Arena  Boca Raton, FL
November 20, 2019* 7:30 pm, ESPN+		at Florida Gulf Coast	L 70–72 ^OT	2–3	Alico Arena (3,076) Fort Myers, FL
November 29, 2019* 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Holy Cross Boca Raton Beach Classic	W 87–69	3–3	FAU Arena (1,036) Boca Raton, FL
December 1, 2019* 6:00 pm, CUSA.tv		UIC Boca Raton Beach Classic	W 71–70	4–3	FAU Arena  Boca Raton, FL
December 2, 2019* 8:00 pm, CUSA.tv		St. Bonaventure Boca Raton Beach Classic	L 64–71	4–4	FAU Arena (1,122) Boca Raton, FL
December 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Canisius Boca Raton Beach Classic	W 62–59	5–4	FAU Arena (987) Boca Raton, FL
December 14, 2019* 4:00 pm, CUSA.tv		High Point	W 81–64	6–4	FAU Arena (1,350) Boca Raton, FL
December 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Tampa	W 84–35	7–4	FAU Arena (627) Boca Raton, FL
December 22, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Mercer	W 65–50	8–4	Hawkins Arena (1,932) Macon, GA
December 29, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN3		at South Florida	L 58–60	8–5	Yuengling Center (2,707) Tampa, FL
Conference USA regular season
January 2, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UTSA	W 79–64	9–5 (1–0)	RoofClaim.com Arena[lower-alpha 1] (747) Boca Raton, FL
January 4, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		UTEP	W 59–56	10–5 (2–0)	RoofClaim.com Arena (830) Boca Raton, FL
January 9, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Rice	W 81–76	11–5 (3–0)	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,170) Houston, TX
January 11, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at North Texas	L 58–81	11–6 (3–1)	The Super Pit (2,305) Denton, TX
January 16, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Middle Tennessee	W 97–94	12–6 (4–1)	RoofClaim.com Arena (2,002) Boca Raton, FL
January 18, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		UAB	L 65–68	12–7 (4–2)	RoofClaim.com Arena (1,314) Boca Raton, FL
January 23, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Charlotte	L 68–70	12–8 (4–3)	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,752) Charlotte, NC
January 25, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Old Dominion	L 55–65	12–9 (4–4)	Chartway Arena (7,618) Norfolk, VA
January 30, 2020 7:00 pm, Stadium Facebook		Western Kentucky	W 69–65	13–9 (5–4)	RoofClaim.com Arena (1,253) Boca Raton, FL
February 1, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Marshall	W 91–73	14–9 (6–4)	RoofClaim.com Arena (1,514) Boca Raton, FL
February 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at FIU	L 50–69	14–10 (6–5)	Ocean Bank Convocation Center (2,734) Miami, FL
February 8, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		FIU	L 59–66	14–11 (6–6)	FAU Arena (1,943) Boca Raton, FL
February 13, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Miss	L 66–68	14–12 (6–7)	Reed Green Coliseum  Hattiesburg, MS
February 15, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Louisiana Tech	L 68–81	14–13 (6–8)	Thomas Assembly Center (4,186) Ruston, LA
February 22, 2020 7:00 pm, CUSA.tv		UAB	W 65–58	15–13 (7–8)	FAU Arena (914) Boca Raton, FL
February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UTSA	W 80–71	16–13 (8–8)	FAU Arena (1,164) Boca Raton, FL
March 1, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Old Dominion	L 80–85 ^OT	16–14 (8–9)	Chartway Arena (5,031) Norfolk, VA
March 4, 2020 7:00 pm, Stadium		at Marshall	L 82–94	16–15 (8–10)	Cam Henderson Center (5,426) Huntington, WV
Conference USA Tournament
March 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(9)	vs. (8) Old Dominion First round	W 66–56	17–15	Ford Center at The Star  Frisco, TX
March 12, 2020 6:00 pm, Stadium	(9)	vs. (1) North Texas Quarterfinals	C-USA Tournament Canceled[4]		Ford Center at The Star  Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source[5]

Notes

1. On December 20, the team's arena, formerly known as FAU Arena, was renamed RoofClaim.com Arena, after RoofClaim.com became the arena's sponsor.[3]

References

1. "Men's Basketball Drops Heartbreaker to Louisiana Tech 57-56". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
2. "Shuler carries Charleston Southern over FAU 68-66". FOX Sports. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
3. "FAU receives $5 million sponsorship from RoofClaim.com to rename FAU Arena". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
4. "Canceled: 2020 C-USA Basketball Championships". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
5. "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved January 15, 2020.