2019–20 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by 13th-year head coach Cliff Ellis, played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 16–17, 8–12 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They defeated UT Arlington in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament before losing in the second round to Appalachian State.

2019–20 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record16–17 (8–12 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Associate head coachBenny Moss
Assistant coaches
Home arenaHTC Center
Seasons
2019–20 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Little Rock155 .7502110 .677
South Alabama137 .6502011 .645
Texas State137 .6502111 .656
Georgia State128 .6001913 .594
Georgia Southern128 .6002013 .606
Appalachian State119 .5501815 .545
UT Arlington1010 .5001418 .438
Louisiana812 .4001419 .424
Arkansas State812 .4001616 .500
Coastal Carolina812 .4001617 .485
Louisiana–Monroe515 .250920 .310
Troy515 .250922 .290
Note: The 2020 Sun Belt Tournament was canceled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Chanticleers finished the 2018–19 season 17–17, 9–9 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for 6th place. They were defeated by Louisiana–Monroe in the second round of the Sun Belt tournament.[1] They were invited to the CBI, where they defeated Howard in the first round,[2] West Virginia in the quarterfinals,[3] before falling to DePaul in the semifinals.[4]

Roster

2019–20 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
G0Ebrima Dibba  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)200 lb (91 kg)SoBredäng, Sweden
G2Garrick Green6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg)JrBaton Rouge, Louisiana
G3DeVante' Jones6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)200 lb (91 kg)SoNew Orleans, Louisiana
G5Josh Peterson5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)165 lb (75 kg)SrWoodbridge, Virginia
G10Tyrell Gumbs-Frater6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg)SrRichmond Hill, Ontario
F11Tim Ceaser6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)200 lb (91 kg)FrMarion, Arkansas
F12Hosana Kitenge6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)265 lb (120 kg)FrCrawley, West Sussex, England
G14Malik LeGania6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)180 lb (82 kg)SoNew Orleans, Louisiana
F15Isaac Hippolyte6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)210 lb (95 kg)SoSpring Valley, New York
F20Ahmard Harvey6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)190 lb (86 kg)FrFreeport, Bahamas
G21Jalen Milner6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)175 lb (79 kg)FrMilledgeville, Georgia
C32Levi Cook6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)280 lb (127 kg)JrArnett, West Virginia
F33Tommy Burton6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg)SrMontgomery, Alabama
C44Essam Mostafa  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)270 lb (122 kg)FrCairo, Egypt
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: February 12, 2020

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
CampbellL 74–75 0–1
HTC Center (1,776)
Conway, SC
November 8, 2019*
7:30 pm
Hampden–SydneyW 102–66 1–1
HTC Center (1,261)
Conway, SC
November 12, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Northern KentuckyL 68–69 1–2
HTC Center (1,015)
Conway, SC
November 18, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Middle Tennessee
Myrtle Beach Invitational non-bracketed game
W 93–72 2–2
HTC Center (1,187)
Conway, SC
November 21, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPNews
Utah
Myrtle Beach Invitational quarterfinals
W 79–57 3–2
HTC Center (2,269)
Conway, SC
November 22, 2019*
5:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 24 Baylor
Myrtle Beach Invitational semifinals
L 65–77 3–3
HTC Center (2,361)
Conway, SC
November 24, 2019*
1:00 pm, ESPNews
Mississippi State
Myrtle Beach Invitational 3rd-place game
L 56–81 3–4
HTC Center (1,934)
Conway, SC
November 30, 2019*
6:00 pm
at Delaware StateW 92–77 4–4
Memorial Hall (191)
Dover, DE
December 4, 2019*
7:00 pm
GreensboroW 114–79 5–4
HTC Center (1,340)
Conway, SC
December 7, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at WinthropW 92–88 6–4
Winthrop Coliseum (2,734)
Rock Hill, SC
December 14, 2019*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
North Carolina CentralW 91–71 7–4
HTC Center (987)
Conway, SC
Sun Belt Conference regular season
December 19, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at TroyL 59–77 7–5
(0–1)
Trojan Arena (2,005)
Troy, AL
December 21, 2019
4:00 pm, ESPN+
at South AlabamaW 81–69 8–5
(1–1)
Mitchell Center (1,122)
Mobile, AL
January 2, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Georgia SouthernL 67–70 8–6
(1–2)
HTC Center (811)
Conway, SC
January 4, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Georgia StateW 74–72 9–6
(2–2)
HTC Center (937)
Conway, SC
January 6, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Louisiana–MonroeW 93–64 10–6
(3–2)
HTC Center (676)
Conway, SC
January 9, 2020
8:00 pm, ESPN+
at Texas StateL 66–78 10–7
(3–3)
Strahan Arena (1,153)
San Marcos, TX
January 11, 2020
3:00 pm, ESPN+
at UT ArlingtonW 82–77 11–7
(4–3)
College Park Center (1,416)
Arlington, TX
January 16, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Little RockL 55–71 11–8
(4–4)
HTC Center (1,521)
Conway, SC
January 18, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Arkansas StateL 75–80 11–9
(4–5)
HTC Center (1,313)
Conway, SC
January 25, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Appalachian StateL 58–78 11–10
(4–6)
HTC Center (1,091)
Conway, SC
January 30, 2020
7:30 pm, ESPN+
at Little RockL 79–96 11–11
(4–7)
Jack Stephens Center (1,562)
Little Rock, AR
February 1, 2020
5:00 pm, ESPN+
at Arkansas StateW 83–77 12–11
(5–7)
First National Bank Arena (1,697)
Jonesboro, AR
February 6, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Texas StateL 63–100 12–12
(5–8)
HTC Center (1,497)
Conway, SC
February 8, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN+
UT ArlingtonW 89–75 13–12
(6–8)
HTC Center (1,502)
Conway, SC
February 13, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Georgia SouthernL 69–79 13–13
(6–9)
Hanner Fieldhouse (1,177)
Statesboro, GA
February 15, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Georgia StateL 80–92 13–14
(6–10)
GSU Sports Arena (2,282)
Atlanta, GA
February 20, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
TroyW 90–60 14–14
(7–10)
HTC Center (1,111)
Conway, SC
February 22, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN+
South AlabamaL 71–74 14–15
(7–11)
HTC Center (1,127)
Conway, SC
February 29, 2020
4:30 pm, ESPN+
at Appalachian StateW 84–77 15–15
(8–11)
Holmes Center (3,027)
Boone, NC
March 3, 2020
8:00 pm, ESPN+
at LouisianaL 101–108 15–16
(8–12)
Cajundome (3,489)
Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt tournament
March 7, 2020
3:00 pm, ESPN+
(10) at (7) UT Arlington
First round
W 63–62 16–16
College Park Center (1,125)
Arlington, TX
March 9, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN+
(10) at (6) Appalachian State
Second round
L 65–70 16–17
Holmes Center (1,053)
Boone, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[5]

References