2020–21 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represents the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals are led by third-year head coach Carson Cunningham and play their home games at McDermott Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as members of the Southland Conference.

2020–21 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
2020–21 record	6–8 (3–4 Southland)
Head coach	Carson Cunningham (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Taylor Land (3rd season) Chris Artis (2nd season) Ryne Smith (2nd season)
Home arena	McDermott Center (Capacity: 2,000)

2020–21 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stephen F. Austin	7	–	1		.875			11	–	3		.786
Sam Houston State	7	–	1		.875			13	–	6		.684
Nicholls	7	–	1		.875			10	–	5		.667
Abilene Christian	6	–	1		.857			14	–	3		.824
Incarnate Word	4	–	4		.500			7	–	8		.467
Southeastern Louisiana	4	–	4		.500			6	–	11		.353
Northwestern State	4	–	4		.500			5	–	14		.263
New Orleans	3	–	5		.375			4	–	12		.250
Lamar	2	–	5		.286			4	–	12		.250
Houston Baptist	2	–	5		.286			3	–	12		.200
Central Arkansas	2	–	6		.250			3	–	13		.188
McNeese State	1	–	7		.125			7	–	10		.412
Texas A&M–CC	0	–	5		.000			3	–	11		.214
† 2021 SLC Tournament winner As of February 3, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2019–20 season 9–22, 6–14 in Soutland play play to finish in tenth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.

Roster

2020–21 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 1 Bradley Akhile 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Stephen F. Austin HS Gillette College Houston, Texas G 2 Keaston Willis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Sulphur Springs HS Sulphur Springs, Texas G 3 Drew Lutz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Penn HS Granger, Indiana G/F 4 Derek Van Vlerah 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Dublin Coffman HS Dublin, Ohio G 5 Brandon Swaby 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS So Northeast HS Fort Lauderdale, Florida F 12 Dakota Reber 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Wilsonville HS Milwaukie, Oregon G 13 Josh Morgan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Father Henry Carr Catholic Brampton, Ontario, Canada F 14 Logan Bracamonte 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Randolph HS Honolulu, Hawaii F 15 Marcus Larsson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 207 lb (94 kg) So Froya Basket Oslo, Norway F 21 Thomas Zevgaras 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 214 lb (97 kg) Fr Athinaiki Agogi & Paideia Karditsa, Greece F 23 Godsgift Ezedinma 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Midway HS Enugu, Nigeria G 25 Des Balentine 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) RS Sr Western HS Tyler JC Kokomo, Indiana F 43 Jacob Harvey 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Fr Somerset HS Western Texas CC Somerset, Texas	Head coach Carson Cunningham (Purdue) Assistant coach(es) Kenyon Spears (Lamar) Taylor Land (St. Edward's) Chris Artis (Valparaiso) Ryne Smith (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2020-12-09

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 27, 2020* 1:00 pm		Rice UIW Invitational	L 53–68	0–1	McDermott Center  San Antonio, TX
Nov 29, 2020* 1:00 pm		Our Lady of the Lake UIW Invitational	W 84–71	1–1	McDermott Center (176) San Antonio, TX
Dec 2, 2020* 7:00 pm		at Wyoming	L 83–94 ^OT	1–2	Arena-Auditorium (1,066) Laramie, WY
Dec 5, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Texas State	L 64–72	1–3	Strahan Arena (701) San Marcos, TX
Dec 29, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at No. 13 Texas Tech	L 51–79	1–4	United Supermarkets Arena (3,850) Lubbock, TX
Dec 31, 2020* 5:00 pm		McMurry	W 92–71	2–4	McDermott Center (176) San Antonio, TX
Jan 1, 2021* 1:00 pm		McMurry	W 81–54	3–4	McDermott Center (176) San Antonio, TX
Jan 6, 2021 6:30 pm		at Northwestern State	W 75–67	4–4 (1–0)	Prather Coliseum (439) Natchitoches, LA
Jan 9, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at New Orleans	L 64–86	4–5 (1–1)	Lakefront Arena (425) New Orleans, LA
Jan 13, 2021 7:00 pm		McNeese State	W 83–61	5–5 (2–1)	McDermott Center (176) San Antonio, TX
Jan 16, 2021 6:30 pm		Stephen F. Austin	L 65–83	5–6 (2–2)	McDermott Center (176) San Antonio, TX
Jan 23, 2021 2:00 pm		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 72–53	6–6 (3–2)	McDermott Center (176) San Antonio, TX
Jan 27, 2021 7:00 pm		Houston Baptist	L 57–73	6–7 (3–3)	McDermott Center (176) San Antonio, TX
Jan 30, 2021 6:30 pm		Abilene Christian	L 67–75	6–8 (3–4)	McDermott Center (176) San Antonio, TX
Feb 3, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Lamar			Montagne Center  Beaumont, TX
Feb 6, 2021 3:30 pm		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi			American Bank Center  Corpus Christi, TX
Feb 10, 2021 7:00 pm		Northwestern State			McDermott Center  San Antonio, TX
Feb 13, 2021 6:30 pm		New Orleans			McDermott Center  San Antonio, TX
Feb 17, 2021 6:30 pm		at McNeese State			Burton Coliseum  Lake Charles, LA
Feb 20, 2021 4:30 pm		at Stephen F. Austin			William R. Johnson Coliseum  Nacogdoches, TX
Feb 24, 2021 7:00 pm		Lamar			McDermott Center  San Antonio, TX
Mar 3, 2021 7:00 pm		at Houston Baptist			Sharp Gymnasium  Houston, TX
Mar 6, 2021 3:00 pm		at Abilene Christian			Teague Special Events Center  Abilene, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source: [1]

References

1. "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". UIW Athletics. Retrieved December 9, 2020.