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2019–20 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team

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2019–20 Maine Black Bears men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record9–22 (5–11 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCross Insurance Center
Seasons
2019–20 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 14 2   .875 26 7   .788
Stony Brook 10 6   .625 20 13   .606
Hartford 9 7   .563 18 15   .545
UMBC 8 8   .500 16 17   .485
New Hampshire 8 8   .500 15 15   .500
UMass Lowell 7 9   .438 13 19   .406
Albany 7 9   .438 14 18   .438
Maine 5 11   .313 9 22   .290
Binghamton 4 12   .250 10 19   .345
Note: The 2020 America East tournament was cancelled prior to the championship game due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2019–20 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine and were led by second-year head coach Richard Barron. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 5–11 in America East play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament to Vermont.

Previous season

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The Black Bears finished the 2018–19 season 5–27 overall, 3–13 in conference play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the 8th seed in the 2019 America East men's basketball tournament, they were defeated by top-seeded Vermont 73–57 in the quarterfinals.[1]

Roster

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2019–20 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Andrew Fleming 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Sr Oxford Hills HS Norway, ME
G 1 Mykhailo Yagodin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr South Plains College Odesa, Ukraine
G 2 Ja'Shonté Wright-McLeish 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Montreal, Canada
F 3 Vilgot Larsson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Hill College Stockholm, Sweden
F 4 Ata Turgut 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr TED Ankara Kolejliler Ankara, Turkey
F 5 Nedeljko Prijovic 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Texas State Belgrade, Serbia
F 10 Stephane Ingo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Gould Academy Mississauga, Ontario
G 11 Agah KizilKaya 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Fr Sakarya Ugur Okullari Copenhagen, Denmark
F 12 Veljko Radakovic 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Lee Academy Novi Sad, Serbia
F 13 Miks Antoms 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Jr Lee Academy Riga, Latvia
G 15 Taylor Schildroth 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr George Stevens Academy Blue Hill, ME
G 21 Precious Okoh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Fr Bradford Christian Academy Brockton, MA
F 22 Solomon Iluyomade 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Laramie County CC London, England
G 25 Sergio El Darwich 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Western Texas College Dekwaneh, Lebanon
G 44 Peter Stumer 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Alviks Basketbollklubb Södertälje, Sweden
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: February 27, 2019

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2019*
1:00 pm
Husson W 76–50  -
Cross Insurance Center (562)
Bangor, ME
November 3, 2019*
12:00 pm
McGill W 70–63  -
Cross Insurance Center (320)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Merrimack W 84–64  1–0
Cross Insurance Center (1,089)
Bangor, ME
November 10, 2019*
2:00 pm
at Harvard L 46–67  1–1
Lavietes Pavilion (1,234)
Allston, MA
November 16, 2019*
10:00 pm
at Portland L 62–71  1–2
Chiles Center (1,721)
Portland, OR
November 19, 2019*
11:00 pm, P12N
at No. 25 Washington L 53–72  1–3
Alaska Airlines Arena (8,072)
Seattle, WA
November 24, 2019*
3:00 pm
Maine Maritime Academy W 90–50  2–3
Portland Exposition Building (1,440)
Portland, ME
November 27, 2019*
4:00 pm, ACCN
at No. 7 Virginia L 26–46  2–4
John Paul Jones Arena (14,109)
Charlottesville, VA
November 30, 2019*
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at UConn L 40–64  2–5
XL Center (7,129)
Hartford, CT
December 4, 2019*
7:00 pm
at Northeastern L 63–78  2–6
Matthews Arena (628)
Boston, MA
December 7, 2019*
1:00 pm
at Central Connecticut W 66–64  3–6
William H. Detrick Gymnasium (1,107)
New Britain, CT
December 11, 2019*
7:00 pm
Dartmouth L 44–77  3–7
Cross Insurance Center (748)
Bangor, ME
December 15, 2019*
1:00 pm
Quinnipiac L 61–81  3–8
Cross Insurance Center (988)
Bangor, ME
December 20, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at UMass L 53–74  3–9
Mullins Center (2,194)
Amherst, MA
December 29, 2019*
10:00 pm
at Hawaii L 51–91  3–10
Stan Sheriff Center (5,036)
Honolulu, HI
January 2, 2020*
5:00 pm, ESPN+
Columbia W 75–72 OT 4–10
Cross Insurance Center (682)
Bangor, ME
America East Conference regular season
January 5, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN3
Stony Brook L 52–73  4–11
(0–1)
Cross Insurance Center (798)
Bangor, ME
January 8, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at New Hampshire L 51–57  4–12
(0–2)
Lundholm Gym (323)
Durham, NH
January 11, 2020
3:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany L 70–76  4–13
(0–3)
SEFCU Arena (1,885)
Albany, NY
January 15, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
UMass Lowell W 104–98  5–13
(1–3)
Cross Insurance Center (725)
Bangor, ME
January 19, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Binghamton W 86–63  6–13
(2–3)
Cross Insurance Center (800)
Bangor, ME
January 22, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Vermont L 57–59  6–14
(2–4)
Cross Insurance Center (929)
Bangor, ME
January 25, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBC L 53–63  6–15
(2–5)
UMBC Event Center (1,064)
Catonsville, MD
February 1, 2020
12:00 pm, ESPN3
Hartford L 49–55  6–16
(2–6)
Cross Insurance Center (1,049)
Bangor, ME
February 5, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Vermont L 52–77  6–17
(2–7)
Patrick Gym (2,901)
Burlington, VT
February 8, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Binghamton W 82–75  7–17
(3–7)
Binghamton University Events Center (2,386)
Vestal, NY
February 12, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at UMass Lowell L 63–71  7–18
(3–8)
Tsongas Center (511)
Lowell, MA
February 16, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN+
Albany L 60–66  7–19
(3–9)
Cross Insurance Center (1,149)
Bangor, ME
February 22, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook L 46–54  7–20
(3–10)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,928)
Stony Brook, NY
February 26, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
New Hampshire L 70–77  7–21
(3–11)
Cross Insurance Center (842)
Bangor, ME
February 29, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN+
UMBC W 74–48  8–21
(4–11)
Cross Insurance Center (912)
Bangor, ME
March 3, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Hartford W 71–65  9–21
(5–11)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (859)
West Hartford, CT
America East tournament
March 7, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
(8) at (1) Vermont
Quarterfinals
L 50–61  9–22
Patrick Gym (3,266)
Burlington, VT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Maine vs. Vermont - Game Summary - March 9, 2019 - ESPN".
  2. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule - University of Maine Athletics". University of Maine Athletics. Retrieved September 13, 2019.