2019–20 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers were led by second-year head coach Jeff Capel and played their home games at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019–20 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
Fort Myers Tip-off champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record16–17 (6–14 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPetersen Events Center
(Capacity: 12,508)
Seasons
2019–20 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Florida State 16 4   .800 26 5   .839
No. 16 Virginia 15 5   .750 23 7   .767
No. 14 Louisville 15 5   .750 24 7   .774
No. 11 Duke 15 5   .750 25 6   .806
Georgia Tech* 11 9   .550 17 14   .548
NC State 10 10   .500 20 12   .625
Syracuse 10 10   .500 18 14   .563
Notre Dame 10 10   .500 20 12   .625
Clemson 9 11   .450 16 15   .516
Miami (FL) 7 13   .350 15 16   .484
Boston College 7 13   .350 13 18   .419
Virginia Tech 7 13   .350 16 16   .500
Wake Forest 6 14   .300 13 18   .419
Pittsburgh 6 14   .300 16 17   .485
North Carolina 6 14   .300 14 19   .424
*Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations.
Note: The 2020 ACC tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The Panthers finished the season 16–17, and 6–14 in ACC play. They defeated to Wake Forest in the first round of the ACC tournament before losing to NC State in the second round. The tournament was cancelled before the Quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The NCAA tournament and NIT were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[2]

Previous season

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The Panthers finished the 2018–19 season 14–19 overall and 3–15 in ACC play, finishing fourteenth in the conference. The Panthers defeated Boston College in the first round of the ACC tournament but lost to Syracuse in the second round.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Shamiel Stevenson 0 G/F 6'6" 230 Sophomore Toronto, ON Mid season transferred to Nevada
Malik Ellison 3 G 6'6" 215 RS Junior Voorhees, NJ Graduate transferred to Hartford
Jared Wilson-Frame 4 G/F 6'5" 220 Senior Hartford, CT Graduated
Sidy N'Dir 11 G 6'2" 190 Graduate Student Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, France Graduated
Joe Mascaro 12 G 5'10" 170 Senior Pittsburgh, PA Graduated
Khameron Davis 13 G 6'4" 195 Sophomore Highlands Ranch, CO Transferred to Weber State
Peace Ilegomah 42 C 6'9" 235 Sophomore Benin City, Nigeria Mid season transferred to Evansville

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Eric Hamilton 0 F 6'9" 250 GS Senior Atlanta, GA Transferred from UNC Greensboro. Will be eligible to play immediately since Hamilton graduated from UNC Greensboro.
Ithiel Horton 3 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Vauxhall, NJ Transferred from Delaware. Under NCAA transfer rules, Hornton will have to sit out the 2019–20 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
Ryan Murphy 24 G 6'2" 185 Junior Calabasas, CA Junior college transferred from New Mexico Junior College Murphy graduated and will transfer elsewhere for the 2020–21 season; his final season of eligibility.

2019 recruiting class

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College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Abdoul Karim Coulibaly
C
Scotland, PA Scotland Performance Institute 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Feb 15, 2019 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
Gerald Drumgoole
SF
Rochester, NY La Lumiere School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Feb 11, 2019 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
Justin Champagnie
SF
Brooklyn, NY Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Feb 11, 2019 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 40
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

2020 recruiting class

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College recruiting information (2019)
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Noah Collier
SF
Mullica Hill, NJ Westtown School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sep 23, 2019 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
John Hugley IV
C
Lyndhurst, OH Brush High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Oct 18, 2019 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
Max Amadasun
C
Bronx, NY Our Savior Lutheran High School 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Oct 15, 2019 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPNN/A
Femi Odukale
G
Brooklyn, NY Springfield Commonwealth Academy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Apr 16, 2020 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPNN/A
William Jeffress Jr.
PF
Erie, PA McDowell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Apr 28, 2020 
Star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 20
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2019–20 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Eric Hamilton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) GS UNC Greensboro Atlanta, GA
G 1 Xavier Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Bishop O'Connell HS Woodbridge, VA
G 2 Trey McGowens 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Hargrave Military Academy Piedmont, SC
G 3 Ithiel Horton   6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Delaware Vauxhall, NJ
G/F 4 Gerald Drumgoole 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr La Lumiere School Rochester, NY
G 5 Au'Diese Toney 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Trinity Christian Academy Huntsville, AL
G/F 11 Justin Champagnie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Bishop Loughlin HS Brooklyn, NY
F 12 Abdoul Karim Coulibaly 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Scotland Campus Bamako, Mali
G 13 KJ Marshall (W) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Trinity Christian Academy Reading, PA
G 14 Curtis Aiken Jr. (W) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr North Allegheny Senior HS Wexford, PA
F 15 Kene Chukwuka   6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr New Mexico Junior College Stockholm, Sweden
F/C 21 Terrell Brown 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Tilton School Providence, RI
G 22 Anthony Starzynski (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Baldwin HS Pittsburgh, PA
F 23 Samson George 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Iona Minna, Nigeria
G 24 Ryan Murphy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr New Mexico Junior College Calabasas, CA
G 31 Onyebuchi Ezeakudo   (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Homestead HS Fort Wayne, IN
G 42 Chayce Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So The Kiski School Mount Laurel, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source:[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2019*
7:00 pm
Slippery Rock W 98–47 
 17  Johnson   8  Coulibaly   8  McGowens  Petersen Events Center 
Pittsburgh, PA
Regular season
November 6, 2019
8:00 pm, ESPNU
Florida State W 63–61  1–0
(1–0)
 13  Johnson   7  McGowens   5  McGowens  Petersen Events Center (9,016)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 9, 2019*
12:00 pm, ACCNX
Nicholls L 70–75  1–1
 28  Murphy   9  Toney   3  Tied  Petersen Events Center (7,956)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 12, 2019*
6:00 pm, ESPNU
at Robert Morris W 71–57  2–1
 25  McGowens   9  Brown   7  Johnson  UPMC Events Center (4,034)
Moon Township, PA
November 15, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPNU
West Virginia
Backyard Brawl
L 53–68  2–2
 13  McGowens   5  Champagnie   5  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (11,725)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 18, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCN
Monmouth
Fort Myers Tip-Off campus site game
W 63–50  3–2
 16  McGowens   10  Champagnie   9  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (6,753)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 21, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCNX
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
Fort Myers Tip-Off campus site game
W 66–41  4–2
 18  Champagnie   8  Hamilton   6  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (7,068)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 25, 2019*
6:00 pm, FS1
vs. Kansas State
Fort Myers Tip-Off semifinals
W 63–59  5–2
 13  Tied   12  Hamilton   1  Tied  Suncoast Credit Union Arena (3,013)
Fort Myers, FL
November 27, 2019*
8:30 pm, FS1
vs. Northwestern
Fort Myers Tip-Off championship
W 72–59  6–2
 21  Champagnie   12  Hamilton   8  Johnson  Suncoast Credit Union Arena (2,046)
Fort Myers, FL
December 3, 2019*
9:00 pm, ESPNU
Rutgers
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
W 71–60  7–2
 20  Johnson   8  Hamilton   8  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (7,894)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 6, 2019
9:00 pm, ACCN
at No. 1 Louisville L 46–64  7–3
(1–1)
 15  Johnson   7  Toney   3  McGowens  KFC Yum! Center (17,249)
Louisville, KY
December 16, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCN
Northern Illinois W 59–50  8–3
 18  McGowens   7  Tied   3  3 tied  Petersen Events Center (7,015)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 20, 2019*
7:00 pm, ACCN
Binghamton W 79–53  9–3
 14  Champagnie   10  Champagnie   6  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (7,226)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 30, 2019*
12:00 pm, ACCRSN/ATTSNPT
Canisius W 87–79  10–3
 21  Champagnie   6  Champagnie   8  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (8,035)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 4, 2020
12:00 pm, ACCNX
Wake Forest L 65–69  10–4
(1–2)
 18  Murphy   8  Tied   6  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (10,155)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 8, 2020
7:00 pm, ACCN
at North Carolina W 73–65  11–4
(2–2)
 24  McGowens   8  Champagnie   8  McGowens  Dean Smith Center (20,798)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 12, 2020
6:00 pm, ACCN
at Miami (FL) L 58–66  11–5
(2–3)
 18  McGowens   11  Champagnie   7  McGowens  Watsco Center (6,387)
Coral Gables, FL
January 14, 2020
7:00 pm, ACCN
No. 11 Louisville L 68–73 OT 11–6
(2–4)
 24  McGowens   11  Champaigne   5  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (9,221)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 18, 2020
12:00 pm, ESPN
North Carolina W 66–52  12–6
(3–4)
 20  Johnson   7  Toney   6  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (12,376)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 22, 2020
9:00 pm, ACCRSN/ATTSNPT
Boston College W 74–72  13–6
(4–4)
 17  Champaigne   10  Champaigne   10  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (7,230)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 25, 2020
12:00 pm, ACCN
at Syracuse L 61–69  13–7
(4–5)
 14  Champaigne   9  Champaigne   7  Johnson  Carrier Dome (23,711)
Syracuse, NY
January 28, 2020
9:00 pm, ESPN
at No. 9 Duke L 67–79  13–8
(4–6)
 27  Toney   7  Champagnie   6  McGowens  Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, NC
February 2, 2020
12:00 pm, ACCN
Miami (FL) W 62–57  14–8
(5–6)
 17  McGowens   10  Toney   6  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (9,759)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 5, 2020
6:30 pm, ACCN
at Notre Dame L 72–80  14–9
(5–7)
 20  Champagnie   11  Champagnie   5  McGowens  Edmund P. Joyce Center (6,534)
South Bend, IN
February 8, 2020
2:00 pm, ACCRSN/ATTSNPT
Georgia Tech W 73–64  15–9
(6–7)
 30  Champagnie   9  Champagnie   9  McGowens  Petersen Events Center (10,754)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 12, 2020
9:00 pm, ACCRSN/ATTSNPT
Clemson L 52–72  15–10
(6–8)
 11  Champagnie   6  Champagnie   5  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (7,530)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 15, 2020
6:00 pm, ACCN
at Virginia Tech L 57–67  15–11
(6–9)
 12  Tied   9  Champagnie   7  McGowens  Cassell Coliseum (9,275)
Blacksburg, VA
February 18, 2020
8:00 pm, ACCN
at No. 8 Florida State L 67–82  15–12
(6–10)
 15  Toney   7  Toney   7  Johnson  Donald L. Tucker Center (9,014)
Tallahassee, FL
February 22, 2020
12:00 pm, ESPN2
Virginia L 56–59  15–13
(6–11)
 16  Johnson   9  Brown   4  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (10,133)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 26, 2020
7:00 pm, ACCN
Syracuse L 49–72  15–14
(6–12)
 13  Champagnie   17  Champagnie   5  Johnson  Petersen Events Center (9,001)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 29, 2020
12:00 pm, ACCN
at NC State L 73–77  15–15
(6–13)
 24  Toney   9  Hamilton   5  McGowens  PNC Arena (15,818)
Raleigh, NC
March 4, 2020
9:00 pm, ACCRSN/ATTSNPT
at Georgia Tech L 57–73  15–16
(6–14)
 12  Hamilton   9  Hamilton   3  McGowens  McCamish Pavilion (4,746)
Atlanta, GA
ACC tournament
March 10, 2020
4:30 pm, ACCN
(13) vs. (12) Wake Forest
First round
W 81–72  16–16
 31  Champagnie   7  Coulibaly   8  Johnson  Greensboro Coliseum (13,310)
Greensboro, NC
March 11, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN
(13) vs. (5) NC State
Second round
L 58–73  16–17
 15  Johnson   9  Hamilton   3  McGowens  Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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  1. ^ "Statement from ACC on Men's Basketball Tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
  3. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved November 4, 2019.