2019–20 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

2019–20 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
2019–20 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
Conference	Conference USA
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
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	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
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^[a] (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

^ 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

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

[4] 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]

[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.

[5] "Canceled: 2020 C-USA Basketball Championships". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

[6] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved January 15, 2020.

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