2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

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.

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.

Previous season

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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

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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

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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

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  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.