2019–20 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team

2019–20 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	As of March 11, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll; NOTE: The 2020 Big Sky Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball
2019–20 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball
Big Sky regular season champions
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2019–20 record	23–8 (16–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Shantay Legans (3rd season);
Associate head coach	Nick Booker
Assistant coaches	David Riley; Bobby Suarez;
Home arena	Reese Court

The 2019–20 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Washington University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by third-year head coach Shantay Legans, played their home games at Reese Court in Cheney, Washington as members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 23–8, 16–4 in Big Sky play, which put them in first place. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Sky Tournament, they were slated to play Sacramento State in the quarterfinals, but the Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the rest of the NCAA postseason.

Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2018–19 season 16–18, 12–8 in Big Sky play to finish in third place. They defeated Montana State and Southern Utah to advance to the championship game of the Big Sky Tournament where they lost to Montana.

Roster

2019–20 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Tyler Kidd (W)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Sr	O'Dea HS Skagit Valley College	Seattle, Washington
G	1	Austin Fadal	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Hillcrest Prep	San Ramon, California
G/F	2	Steele Venters	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Ellensburg HS	Ellensburg, Washington
G	5	Casson Rouse (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Fr	Timberline HS	Lacey, Washington
G	10	Jacob Davison	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Jr	Cantwell-Sacred Heart HS	Long Beach, California
G	11	Jack Perry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Camberwell Grammar School	Melbourne, Australia
G	12	Steven Beo	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Jr	Richland HS BYU	Richland, Washington
F	14	Mason Peatling	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Beaconhills College HS	Melbourne, Australia
G/F	15	Tyler Robertson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Box Hill Senior Secondary	Melbourne, Australia
F	21	Adriel Linares	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Fr	Sunnybrook Christian HS	San Antonio, Texas
G	22	Elijah Jackson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Chief Sealth HS	West Seattle, Washington
F	23	Jordan Veening (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	Nooksack Valley HS	Sumas, Washington
G/F	24	Kim Aiken Jr.	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Fr	East Valley HS	Redlands, California
G	25	Michael Meadows	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS Fr	Campbell Hall HS	Hollywood, California
G/F	33	Jacob Groves	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Shadle Park HS	Spokane, Washington
F	35	Tanner Groves	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS So	Shadle Park HS	Spokane, Washington
F	44	Abdullahi Mohamed	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	West Seattle HS	Seattle, Washington
G	55	Ellis Magnuson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Borah HS	Boise, Idaho

Head coach

Shantay Legans (Fresno State)

Assistant coach(es)

Nick Booker (Davidson)
David Riley (Whitworth)
Bobby Suarez (Florida Gulf Coast)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 9, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 5, 2019* 6:00 pm		at Portland Bible	W 107–25	1–0	Reese Court (1,050) Cheney, WA
Nov 9, 2019* 7:00 pm, RTNW		at Seattle	W 74–66	2–0	Redhawk Center (999) Seattle, WA
Nov 13, 2019* 5:00 pm, FSMW		at Green Bay Gotham Classic	L 60–82	2–1	Chaifetz Arena (5,023) St. Louis, MO
Nov 20, 2019* 4:00 pm, ACCN		at Boston College Gotham Classic	L 68–72	2–2	Conte Forum (4,133) Chestnut Hill, MA
Nov 23, 2019* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at High Point Gotham Classic	W 83–59	3–2	Millis Center (874) High Point, NC
Nov 26, 2019* 6:00 pm		Belmont Gotham Classic	W 87–82	4–2	Reese Court (1,305) Cheney, WA
Dec 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 22 Washington	L 80–90	4–3	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,419) Seattle, WA
Dec 8, 2019* 3:30 pm		North Dakota Big Sky/Summit Challenge	W 98–82	5–3	Reese Court (1,353) Cheney, WA
Dec 13, 2019* 6:00 pm		Multnomah	W 146–89	6–3	Reese Court (1,200) Cheney, WA
Dec 17, 2019* 6:00 pm		Omaha Big Sky/Summit Challenge	W 97–56	7–3	Reese Court (1,054) Cheney, WA
Dec 21, 2019* 2:00 pm, RTNW		at No. 2 Gonzaga	L 77–112	7–4	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
Big Sky regular season
Dec 28, 2019 1:00 pm		at Weber State	W 79–77	8–4 (1–0)	Dee Events Center (4,423) Ogden, UT
Dec 30, 2019 6:00 pm		at Idaho State	L 69–75	8–5 (1–1)	Reed Gym (1,437) Pocatello, ID
Jan 4, 2020 2:00 pm		Portland State	W 71–69	9–5 (2–1)	Reese Court (1,321) Cheney, WA
Jan 9, 2020 6:00 pm, SWX		Montana	L 63–90	9–6 (2–2)	Reese Court (1,837) Cheney, WA
Jan 16, 2020 7:30 pm		at Idaho	W 78–75	10–6 (3–2)	Cowan Spectrum (1,110) Moscow, ID
Jan 18, 2020 3:00 pm		at Montana State	W 71–58	11–6 (4–2)	Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (3,713) Bozeman, MT
Jan 25, 2020 2:00 pm		Southern Utah	W 81–78 ^OT	12–6 (5–2)	Reese Court (1,561) Cheney, WA
Jan 27, 2020 6:00 pm, SWX		Northern Colorado	W 89–84 ^OT	13–6 (6–2)	Reese Court (1,481) Cheney, WA
Feb 1, 2020 7:00 pm		at Sacramento State	W 59–54	14–6 (7–2)	Hornets Nest (828) Sacramento, CA
Feb 3, 2020 5:00 pm		at Northern Arizona	W 77–66	15–6 (8–2)	Walkup Skydome (498) Flagstaff, AZ
Feb 6, 2020 6:00 pm		at Montana	L 82–92	15–7 (8–3)	Dahlberg Arena (3,879) Missoula, MT
Feb 8, 2020 2:00 pm, SWX		Montana State	W 74–49	16–7 (9–3)	Reese Court (1,529) Cheney, WA
Feb 13, 2020 7:45 pm, SWX		Idaho	L 71–74	16–8 (9–4)	Reese Court (1,576) Cheney, WA
Feb 15, 2020 7:00 pm, Eleven		at Portland State	W 89–81	17–8 (10–4)	Viking Pavilion (1,424) Portland, OR
Feb 20, 2020 6:00 pm		Sacramento State	W 77–76	18–8 (11–4)	Reese Court (1,823) Cheney, WA
Feb 22, 2020 2:00 pm, SWX		Northern Arizona	W 80–70	19–8 (12–4)	Reese Court (1,577) Cheney, WA
Feb 27, 2020 6:00 pm		at Southern Utah	W 69–51	20–8 (13–4)	America First Event Center (2,368) Cedar City, UT
Feb 29, 2020 6:00 pm		at Northern Colorado	W 68–64	21–8 (14–4)	Bank of Colorado Arena (2,582) Greeley, CO
Mar 5, 2020 6:00 pm		Idaho State	W 100–75	22–8 (15–4)	Reese Court (1,531) Cheney, WA
Mar 7, 2020 2:00 pm, Eleven		Weber State	W 78–69	23–8 (16–4)	Reese Court (1,922) Cheney, WA
Big Sky Tournament
Mar 12, 2020 11:00 am, Pluto TV/Eleven Sports	(1)	vs. (9) Sacramento State Quarterfinals	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic		CenturyLink Arena Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source[1]

References

"2019–20 Men's Basketball Schedule". EWU Athletics.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] "2019–20 Men's Basketball Schedule". EWU Athletics.

Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball
Venues	Eastern Washington Fieldhouse (1949–1975) Reese Court (1975–present)
Culture & lore	Swoop "Go, Eagles, Go"
People	Head coaches Retired jerseys NBA Draft selections
Seasons	1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

2019–20 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern Washington	16	–	4	.800	23	–	8	.742
Northern Colorado	15	–	5	.750	22	–	9	.710
Montana	14	–	6	.700	18	–	13	.581
Portland State	12	–	8	.600	18	–	14	.563
Northern Arizona	10	–	10	.500	16	–	14	.533
Montana State	10	–	10	.500	16	–	15	.516
Southern Utah	9	–	11	.450	17	–	15	.531
Sacramento State	8	–	12	.400	16	–	14	.533
Weber State	8	–	12	.400	12	–	20	.375
Idaho State	4	–	16	.200	8	–	22	.267
Idaho	4	–	16	.200	8	–	24	.250

As of March 11, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll NOTE: The 2020 Big Sky Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.