2019–20 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team
The 2019–20 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Hartford in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion in West Hartford, Connecticut and were led by tenth-year head coach John Gallagher. They finished the season 18–15, 9–7 in America East play to finish in third place. They defeated UMass Lowell and Stony Brook to advance to the championship game of the America East Tournament vs Vermont. However, the championship game, and all postseason tournaments, were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Conference | America East Conference |
2019–20 record | 18–15 (9–7 America East) |
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Home arena | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion |
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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 Hawks finished the 2018–19 season 18–15 overall, 10–6 in conference play to finish in fourth place. As the 4th seed in the 2019 America East Men's Basketball Tournament, they beat 5th-seeded UMass Lowell in the quarterfinals 78–70,[1] then lost to 3rd-seeded UMBC in double overtime in the semifinals 85–90.[2]
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 |
at Central Connecticut Rivalry |
W 74–59 | 1–0 |
William H. Detrick Gymnasium (2,115) New Britain, CT | |||||||
November 7, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Winthrop | L 57–67 | 1–1 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,014) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
November 12, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Marist | W 62–51 | 2–1 |
McCann Arena Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
November 16, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Gordon | W 86–79 | 3–1 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (660) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
November 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Oakland | L 50–60 | 3–2 |
Athletics Center O'rena (2,987) Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||
November 21, 2019* 11:00 am, ESPN3 |
Emerson | W 78–63 | 4–2 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (2,092) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
November 24, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Merrimack | L 58–62 | 4–3 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (599) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
November 27, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at SMU | W 90–58 | 4–4 |
Moody Coliseum (3,874) University Park, TX | |||||||
November 30, 2019* 5:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Texas State | W 69–55 | 4–5 |
Strahan Arena (1,427) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
December 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
St. Francis Brooklyn | L 78–84 | 4–6 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (577) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
December 8, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Sacred Heart | L 62–79 | 4–7 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (845) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
December 14, 2019* 2:00 p.m. |
Wagner | W 71–63 | 5–7 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (698) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
December 22, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Cornell | W 80–76 | 6–7 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (662) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
December 29, 2019* 4:00 p.m., BTN |
at Northwestern | W 67–66 | 7–7 |
Welsh–Ryan Arena (5,304) Evanston, IL | |||||||
December 31, 2019* 12:00 p.m. |
at Bowling Green | L 68–81 | 7–8 |
Stroh Center (1,632) Bowling Green, OH | |||||||
America East Conference regular season | |||||||||||
January 4, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
New Hampshire | W 61–52 | 8–8 (1–0) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (770) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
January 8, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UMass Lowell | L 68–80 | 9–8 (2–0) |
Tsongas Center (478) Lowell, MA | |||||||
January 15, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Stony Brook | W 68–65 | 10–8 (3–0) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (846) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
January 18, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Vermont | L 57–74 | 10–9 (3–1) |
Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT | |||||||
January 22, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
UMBC | L 60–69 | 10–10 (3–2) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,188) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
January 25, 2020 3:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
at Albany | W 62–48 | 11–10 (4–2) |
SEFCU Arena (2,402) Albany, NY | |||||||
January 29, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Binghamton | W 73–57 | 12–10 (5–2) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (630) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
February 1, 2020 12:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
at Maine | W 55–49 | 13–10 (6–2) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,049) Bangor, ME | |||||||
February 5, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UMBC | L 59–70 | 13–11 (6–3) |
UMBC Event Center (1,365) Catonsville, MD | |||||||
February 8, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Vermont | L 68–69 | 13–12 (6–4) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,734) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
February 12, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Albany | W 66–60 | 14–12 (7–4) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (951) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
February 15, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
UMass Lowell | L 67–74 | 14–13 (7–5) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (937) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
February 20, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at New Hampshire | L 63–67 OT | 14–14 (7–6) |
Lundholm Gym (530) Durham, NH | |||||||
February 22, 2020 4:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
at Binghamton | W 75–74 | 15–14 (8–6) |
Binghamton University Events Center (2,911) Vestal, NY | |||||||
February 26, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Stony Brook | W 65–54 | 16–14 (9–6) |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,468) Stony Brook, NY | |||||||
March 3, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Maine | L 65–71 | 16–15 (9–7) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (859) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
America East Tournament | |||||||||||
March 7, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(3) | (6) UMass Lowell Quarterfinals |
W 89–75 | 17–15 |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,069) West Hartford, CT | ||||||
March 10, 2020 2:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(3) | at (2) Stony Brook Semifinals |
W 64–58 | 18–15 |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,861) Stony Brook, NY | ||||||
March 14, 2020 11:00 am, ESPN2 |
(3) | at (1) Vermont Championship |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Patrick Gym Burlington, VT | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.All times are in Eastern. |
Source[3]
References
- "UMass Lowell vs. Hartford - Game Summary - March 9, 2019". ESPN.
- "Hartford vs. UMBC - Game Summary - March 12, 2019". ESPN.
- "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Hartford Hawks Athletics. Retrieved September 19, 2019.