2019–20 UIC Flames men's basketball team

2019–20 UIC Flames men's basketball
2019–20 UIC Flames men's basketball
Conference	Horizon League
Record	18–17 (10–8 Horizon)
Head coach	Steve McClain (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Tony Harvey; Dee Brown; Rod Clark;
Home arena	Credit Union 1 Arena
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by fifth-year head coach Steve McClain, played their home games at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois as members of the Horizon League. The finished the season 18–17, 10–8 in Horizon League to play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Horizon League tournament, they defeated IUPUI, Youngstown State, and top-seeded Wright State to advance to the championship game. There they lost to Northern Kentucky.^[1]

2019–20 Horizon League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Wright State	15	–	3	.833	25	–	7	.781
Northern Kentucky †	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Green Bay	11	–	7	.611	17	–	16	.515
Youngstown State	10	–	8	.556	18	–	15	.545
UIC	10	–	8	.556	18	–	17	.514
Oakland	8	–	10	.444	14	–	19	.424
Cleveland State	7	–	11	.389	11	–	21	.344
Milwaukee	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
Detroit Mercy*	6	–	12	.333	8	–	23	.258
IUPUI	3	–	15	.167	7	–	25	.219
* Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations

† 2020 Horizon League Tournament winner

Shortly after the season, the school announced that head coach Steve McClain would not return as coach of the Flames.^[2] A couple of weeks later, the school named Texas assistant coach Luke Yaklich as the Flames' new coach.^[3]

Previous season edit

The Flames finished the 2018–19 season 16–16 overall, 10–8 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. In the Horizon League tournament, they were defeated by Green Bay in the quarterfinals.^[4]

Roster edit

2019–20 UIC Flames men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Brian Taylor	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Detroit, Michigan
G	1	Marcus Ottey	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Ajax, Ontario, Canada
F	2	Michael Diggins	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Las Vegas, Nevada
F	3	Jacob Wiley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Houston, Texas
G	4	Tarkus Ferguson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Belleville, Illinois
F	10	Deon Ejim	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Fr	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
F	13	Jordan Blount	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Cork, Ireland
G/F	20	Jamie Ahale	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Montrose, Australia
F	22	Rob Howard	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Gary, Indiana
F	23	Braelen Bridges	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	McDonough, Georgia
G	25	Godwin Boahen	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
F	35	Travell Washington	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	San Bernardino, California

Head coach

Steve McClain (Chadron State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 27, 2020

Schedule and results edit

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2019* 4:00 pm		Parkside	W 63–59		Credit Union 1 Arena (566) Chicago, IL
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Olivet Nazarene	W 75–72	1–0	Credit Union 1 Arena (2,003) Chicago, IL
November 8, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 14 Memphis	L 46–92	1–1	FedExForum (15,923) Memphis, TN
November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Ball State	L 48–67	1–2	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,906) Chicago, IL
November 16, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Bradley	L 56–65	1–3	Carver Arena (5,411) Peoria, IL
November 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Robert Morris	W 72–62	2–3	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,766) Chicago, IL
November 23, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Mercer Boca Raton Beach Classic	L 68–72	2–4	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,276) Chicago, IL
November 26, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Canisius Boca Raton Beach Classic	L 64–94	2–5	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,343) Chicago, IL
December 1, 2019* 5:00 pm		at Florida Atlantic Boca Raton Beach Classic Hall of Fame Bracket Semifinals	L 70–71	2–6	FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL
December 2, 2019* 4:00 pm		vs. San Diego Boca Raton Beach Classic Hall of Fame Bracket 3rd Place Game	W 89–83	3–6	FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL
December 7, 2019* 3:12 pm, ESPN3		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 62–49	4–6	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,594) Chicago, IL
December 14, 2019* 1:00 pm, FS1		at DePaul	L 65–86	4–7	Wintrust Arena (4,620) Chicago, IL
December 18, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Illinois State	L 66–67	4–8	Redbird Arena (3,563) Normal, IL
December 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UC Irvine	W 76–67	5–8	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,567) Chicago, IL
Horizon League regular season
December 28, 2019 3:12 pm, ESPN+		Cleveland State	W 71–66	6–8 (1–0)	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,489) Chicago, IL
December 30, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Youngstown State	L 64–70	6–9 (1–1)	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,210) Chicago, IL
January 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Green Bay	L 71–85	6–10 (1–2)	Resch Center (2,124) Ashwaubenon, WI
January 5, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Milwaukee	L 62–64	6–11 (1–3)	UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,012) Milwaukee, WI
January 10, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Northern Kentucky	L 52–68	6–12 (1–4)	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,858) Chicago, IL
January 12, 2020 3:12 pm, ESPN+		Wright State	W 76–72	7–12 (2–4)	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,277) Chicago, IL
January 18, 2020 11:00 am, ESPN3		at IUPUI	W 75–66	8–12 (3–4)	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,309) Indianapolis, IN
January 23, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Oakland	W 80–50	9–12 (4–4)	Athletics Center O'rena (3,091) Auburn Hills, MI
January 25, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Detroit Mercy	L 69–70	9–13 (4–5)	Calihan Hall (1,866) Detroit, MI
January 30, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Youngstown State	W 90–83 ^OT	10–13 (5–5)	Beeghly Center (1,596) Youngstown, OH
February 1, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cleveland State	W 64–62	11–13 (6–5)	Wolstein Center (1,170) Cleveland, OH
February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Milwaukee	L 57–74	11–14 (6–6)	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,995) Chicago, IL
February 8, 2020 3:12 pm, ESPN3		Green Bay	W 71–58	12–14 (7–6)	Credit Union 1 Arena (2,704) Chicago, IL
February 14, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN2		at Wright State	L 58–75	12–15 (7–7)	Nutter Center (4,261) Fairborn, OH
February 16, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Kentucky	W 73–43	13–15 (8–7)	BB&T Arena (3,545) Highland Heights, KY
February 22, 2020 3:12 pm, ESPN3		IUPUI	W 77–72	14–15 (9–7)	Credit Union 1 Arena (2,040) Chicago, IL
February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Detroit Mercy	W 84–67	15–15 (10–7)	Credit Union 1 Arena (2,529) Chicago, IL
February 29, 2020 3:12 pm, ESPN+		Oakland	L 66–68	15–16 (10–8)	Credit Union 1 Arena (2,237) Chicago, IL
Horizon League tournament
March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(4)	(9) IUPUI First round	W 93–59	16–16	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,426) Chicago, IL
March 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(4)	(5) Youngstown State Quarterfinals	W 67–61	17–16	Gentile Arena (642) Chicago, IL
March 9, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPNU	(4)	vs. (1) Wright State Semifinals	W 73–56	18–16	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,923) Indianapolis, IN
March 10, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN	(4)	vs. (2) Northern Kentucky Championship	L 62–71	18–17	Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,861) Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[5]

References edit

^ "UIC vs. Northern Kentucky - Game Recap - March 10, 2020 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ "UIC parts with McClain after 5 seasons". ESPN.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ "Sources: Texas assistant Luke Yaklich to be next UIC head coach". Horns247. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ "@UICFlamesMBB Falls Short in #HLMBB Quarterfinal at Green Bay". UIC Athletics. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". UIC Athletics. Retrieved October 20, 2019.

[1] "UIC vs. Northern Kentucky - Game Recap - March 10, 2020 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

[2] "UIC parts with McClain after 5 seasons". ESPN.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

[3] "Sources: Texas assistant Luke Yaklich to be next UIC head coach". Horns247. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

[4] "@UICFlamesMBB Falls Short in #HLMBB Quarterfinal at Green Bay". UIC Athletics. Retrieved October 20, 2019.

[5] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". UIC Athletics. Retrieved October 20, 2019.

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