2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
MAC West Division co-champions
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record18–13 (11–7 MAC)
Head coach
Associate head coachLamar Chapman
Assistant coaches
  • Brandon Watkins
  • Anthony Beane Sr.
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2019–20 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Akron 14 – 4   .778 24 – 7   .774
Bowling Green 12 – 6   .667 21 – 10   .677
Buffalo 11 – 7   .611 20 – 12   .625
Kent State 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
Ohio 8 – 10   .444 17 – 15   .531
Miami (OH) 5 – 13   .278 13 – 19   .406
West
Ball State 11 – 7   .611 18 – 13   .581
Northern Illinois 11 – 7   .611 18 – 13   .581
Toledo 8 – 10   .444 17 – 15   .531
Central Michigan 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
Western Michigan 6 – 12   .333 13 – 19   .406
Eastern Michigan 6 – 12   .333 16 – 16   .500
Note: The 2020 MAC tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represent Northern Illinois University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by 9th-year head coach Mark Montgomery, play their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2018–19 season 17–17 overall, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. As the No. 7 seed in the MAC tournament, they defeated Ohio in the first round,[1] upset Toledo in the quarterfinals,[2] before falling to Bowling Green in the semifinals.[3]

Roster

2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Chris Johnson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Thornton Fractional North
South Suburban College 		Chicago, Illinois
G 1 Trendon Hankerson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Novi Novi, Michigan
G 2 Gairges Daow 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Victory Rock Academy Melbourne, Australia
G/F 3 Justin Lee 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Collins Hill Lawrenceville, Georgia
F 4 Lacey James 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Sr Wayland Union
Rider 		Grand Rapids, Michigan
G 5 Zaire Mateen 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr South Shore
Laramie County CC 		Queens, New York
G 10 Eugene German 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr 21st Century Charter Gary, Indiana
F 11 Noah McCarty 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Sterling Newman Rock Falls, Illinois
G 21 Alize Travis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Eastvale Roosevelt
Pima CC 		Victorville, California
G 22 Rod Henry-Hayes 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Zion-Benton Township Zion, Illinois
G 23 Tyler Cochran 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, Illinois
G 24 Darius Beane 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Carbondale
Southern Illinois 		Carbondale, Illinois
F 25 Nathan Scott 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Neuqua Valley
Olney Central College 		Naperville, Illinois
F 32 Keenon Cole 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Streamwood Streamwood, Illinois
G 55 Daniel Filippone 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Antioch Community Antioch, Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 19, 2020

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 5, 2019*
7:00 pm 		Roosevelt W 85–50 
Convocation Center (422)
DeKalb, IL
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2019*
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		Northern Iowa L 54–64  0–1
 Convocation Center (1,003)
DeKalb, IL
November 12, 2019*
7:00 pm, Cyclones.TV 		at Iowa State L 52–70  0–2
 Hilton Coliseum (13,762)
Ames, IA
November 15, 2019*
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Coppin State
Collegiate Hoops Roadshow 		W 81–69  1–2
 Convocation Center (695)
DeKalb, IL
November 16, 2019*
3:00 pm 		Rockford
Collegiate Hoops Roadshow 		W 96–48  2–2
 Convocation Center (729)
DeKalb, IL
November 18, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Longwood
Collegiate Hoops Roadshow 		W 65–48  3–2
 Convocation Center (601)
DeKalb, IL
November 20, 2019*
7:30 pm 		at Western Illinois W 86–81  4–2
 Western Hall (684)
Macomb, IL
November 23, 2019*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at SIU Edwardsville
Collegiate Hoops Roadshow 		W 68–64  5–2
 Vadalabene Center (627)
Edwardsville, IL
November 25, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Oakland W 74–50  6–2
 Convocation Center (730)
DeKalb, IL
December 5, 2019*
9:00 pm, WCC Network 		at Saint Mary's L 49–61  6–3
 University Credit Union Pavilion (2,816)
Moraga, CA
December 7, 2019*
7:00 pm, BigWest.TV 		at UC Davis L 57–66  6–4
 The Pavilion (949)
Davis, CA
December 16, 2019*
6:00 pm, ACCN 		at Pittsburgh L 50–59  6–5
 Petersen Events Center (7,015)
Pittsburgh, PA
December 19, 2019*
7:30 pm, WAC DN 		at Chicago State W 75–60  7–5
 Jones Convocation Center (255)
Chicago, IL
December 21, 2019*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Green Bay L 84–85  7–6
 Convocation Center (1,123)
DeKalb, IL
MAC regular season
January 4, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Buffalo W 73–72  8–6
(1–0) 		Alumni Arena (3,069)
Buffalo, NY
January 7, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Central Michigan L 67–68  8–7
(1–1) 		McGuirk Arena (1,519)
Mount Pleasant, MI
January 11, 2020
3:30 pm, ESPN3 		Eastern Michigan W 71–68  9–7
(2–1) 		Convocation Center (1,074)
DeKalb, IL
January 14, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Akron L 49–72  9–8
(2–2) 		Convocation Center (884)
DeKalb, IL
January 18, 2020
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Bowling Green L 64–66  9–9
(2–3) 		Stroh Center (1,925)
Bowling Green, OH
January 21, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Kent State W 76–69  10–9
(3–3) 		MAC Center (2,211)
Kent, OH
January 25, 2020
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		Western Michigan W 58–52  11–9
(4–3) 		Convocation Center (1,030)
DeKalb, IL
January 28, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Ohio W 61–59  12–9
(5–3) 		Convocation Center (783)
DeKalb, IL
February 1, 2020
3:00 pm, CBSSN 		Miami (OH) W 70–55  13–9
(6–3) 		Convocation Center (1,492)
DeKalb, IL
February 4, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Toledo W 66–61  14–9
(7–3) 		Savage Arena (3,877)
Toledo, OH
February 7, 2020
6:00 pm, CBSSN 		Kent State W 57–54  15–9
(8–3) 		Convocation Center (1,385)
DeKalb, IL
February 11, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Ball State L 59–63  15–10
(8–4) 		Worthen Arena (4,288)
Muncie, IN
February 15, 2020
2:30 pm, ESPN3 		at Miami (OH) L 60–65  15–11
(8–5) 		Millett Hall (3,831)
Oxford, OH
February 22, 2020
3:30 pm, ESPN+ 		Central Michigan W 82–81 OT 16–11
(9–5) 		Convocation Center (3,016)
DeKalb, IL
February 25, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Eastern Michigan W 73–71  17–11
(10–5) 		Convocation Center (1,378)
Ypsilanti, MI
February 29, 2020
3:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Western Michigan L 69–72  17–12
(10–6) 		University Arena (2,488)
Kalamazoo, MI
March 3, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Toledo W 71–50  18–12
(11–6) 		Convocation Center (1,019)
DeKalb, IL
March 6, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3 		Ball State L 54–75  18–13
(11–7) 		Convocation Center (1,749)
DeKalb, IL
MAC tournament
March 12, 2020
1:30 pm, ESPN+ 		(4) vs. (12) Miami (OH)
Quarterfinals 		MAC Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 
Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Source[4]

References

  1. ^ "Huskies March On To Cleveland". NIU Athletics. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "No. 7 Northern Illinois Upsets No. 2 Toledo". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Northern Illinois bows out of MAC Tournament with 71-67 semifinal loss to Bowling Green". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". NIU Athletics. Retrieved January 19, 2020.