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2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

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2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record20–13 (10–6 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bryan Weber
  • Dan Rickard
  • Randal Holt
Home arenaIsland Federal Credit Union Arena
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 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Island Federal Credit Union Arena in Stony Brook, New York and were led by first-year head coach Geno Ford,[1] who took over for former head coach Jeff Boals, who left the school to accept the head coaching position at Ohio.[2] They are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 10–6 in America East play to finish in second place. They defeated Albany in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament before losing in the semifinals to Hartford.

Previous season

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The Seawolves finished the 2018–19 season 24–9 overall, 12–4 in conference play to finish in second place. In the America East tournament, they were upset in the quarterfinals by Binghamton.[3] They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational, where they lost to South Florida in the first round.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Jaron Cornish 0 G 5'11" 178 Senior Abaco, Bahamas Graduated
Jules Moor 1 G 6'5" 202 Freshman Houston, TX Transferred to Texas State
Corry Long 5 G 6'2" 180 Sophomore Cincinnati, OH Transferred to Southern New Hampshire
Akwasi Yeboah 15 G/F 6'6" 235 R-Junior Chigwell, England Transferred to Rutgers
Nick Aubry 42 F 6'7" 240 Freshman Port Jefferson, NY Walk-on

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Frankie Policelli 0 F 6'7" 211 Sophomore New Hartford, NY Transferred from Dayton
Mouhamadou Gueye 5 F 6'9" 210 Junior Staten Island, NY Junior college transferred from Monroe College

Note: Policelli was deemed ineligible for the 2019–20 season due to NCAA transfer regulations.[4]

2019 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tyler Stephenson-Moore
SG
Port Washington, NY Long Island Lutheran 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Dec 18, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Tavin Pierre Philippe
SG
Freeport, NY Baldwin High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Apr 30, 2019 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

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2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Frankie Policelli (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Dayton New Hartford, NY
G 1 Makale Foreman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Chattanooga Kingsport, TN
G 2 Miles Latimer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Paul VI Catholic HS Fairfax, VA
G/F 3 Elijah Olaniyi 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Newark East Side HS Newark, NJ
C 4 Jeff Otchere 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 243 lb (110 kg) So Garden City CC Bronx, NY
F 5 Mouhamadou Gueye 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Monroe College Staten Island, NY
G 10 Jordan McKenzie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Hargrave Military Academy Concord, NC
G 11 Hassan Ceesay 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 189 lb (86 kg) So Newark East Side HS Newark, NJ
F 12 Quari Alleyne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Jr Ossining High School Ossining, NY
G 14 Tyler Stephenson-Moore 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Fr Long Island Lutheran HS Port Washington, NY
G 15 Tavin Pierre Philippe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Fr Baldwin HS Freeport, NY
C 21 Alex Christie 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) So The MacDuffie School Oakville, Ontario
G/F 23 Andrew Garcia 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 228 lb (103 kg) RS Jr The Master's School (CT) Harlem, NY
G 24 Lenny Kadisha 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Jr Monroe College Corona, NY
F 35 Anthony Ochefu 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Westtown School West Chester, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: September 14, 2019

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019*
7:00 pm, SNY
Yale L 69–74 OT 0–1
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,183)
Stony Brook, NY
November 9, 2019*
2:30 pm, YES/FSN
at No. 12 Seton Hall L 57–74  0–2
Walsh Gymnasium (1,655)
South Orange, NJ
November 11, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Farmingdale State W 91–44  1–2
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,049)
Stony Brook, NY
November 15, 2019*
8:30 pm, Team1Sports
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Islander Invitational
W 68–63  2–2
American Bank Center (1,078)
Corpus Christi, TX
November 16, 2019*
5:00 pm, Team1Sports
vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley
Islander Invitational
W 69–58  3–2
American Bank Center (457)
Corpus Christi, TX
November 17, 2019*
2:00 pm, Team1Sports
vs. North Dakota State
Islander Invitational
W 64–57  4–2
American Bank Center (468)
Corpus Christi, TX
November 23, 2019*
3:00 pm
at Wagner W 87–84 OT 5–2
Spiro Sports Center (1,266)
Staten Island, NY
November 27, 2019*
7:00 pm, FloSports
at Delaware L 61–75  5–3
Bob Carpenter Center (1,771)
Newark, DE
December 2, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Manhattan W 65–47  6–3
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,083)
Stony Brook, NY
December 7, 2019*
7:00 pm, SNY
Brown W 79–63  7–3
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,943)
Stony Brook, NY
December 10, 2019*
7:00 pm, FloSports
at Hofstra L 63–71  7–4
Mack Sports Complex (3,111)
Hempstead, NY
December 14, 2019*
8:00 pm, FS1
at Providence L 78–82  7–5
Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,861)
Providence, RI
December 18, 2019*
6:30 pm, ACCN
at No. 9 Virginia L 44–56  7–6
John Paul Jones Arena (13,665)
Charlottesville, VA
December 21, 2019*
2:00 pm, Stadium
at American W 77–74  8–6
Bender Arena (1,119)
Washington, D.C.
December 29, 2019*
12:00 pm, ESPN3
Norfolk State W 81–65  9–6
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,488)
Stony Brook, NY
America East Conference regular season
January 5, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at Maine W 73–52  10–6
(1–0)
Cross Insurance Center (798)
Bangor, ME
January 8, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Vermont W 81–77  11–6
(2–0)
Patrick Gym (2,847)
Burlington, VT
January 11, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
New Hampshire W 73–48  12–6
(3–0)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,422)
Stony Brook, NY
January 15, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Hartford L 65–68  12–7
(3–1)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (846)
West Hartford, CT
January 18, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany W 70–62  13–7
(4–1)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,763)
Stony Brook, NY
January 22, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Binghamton L 79–83  13–8
(4–2)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,261)
Stony Brook, NY
January 29, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at UMass Lowell W 84–76  14–8
(5–2)
Tsongas Center (734)
Lowell, MA
February 1, 2020
7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN+
UMBC W 74–63  15–8
(6–2)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009)
Stony Brook, NY
February 5, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
UMass Lowell W 77–70  16–8
(7–2)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,504)
Stony Brook, NY
February 8, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Hampshire L 64–81  16–9
(7–3)
Lundholm Gym (599)
Durham, NH
February 12, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Binghamton W 75–70  17–9
(8–3)
Binghamton University Events Center (4,238)
Vestal, NY
February 20, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPNU
Vermont L 54–63  17–10
(8–4)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009)
Stony Brook, NY
February 22, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine W 54–46  18–10
(9–4)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,928)
Stony Brook, NY
February 26, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Hartford L 54–65  18–11
(9–5)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,468)
Stony Brook, NY
February 29, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany W 52–49  19–11
(10–5)
SEFCU Arena (2,564)
Albany, NY
March 3, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at UMBC L 67–75  19–12
(10–6)
UMBC Event Center (1,636)
Baltimore, MD
America East tournament
March 7, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN3
(2) (7) Albany
Quarterfinals
W 76–73  20–12
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,166)
Stony Brook, NY
March 10, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+
(2) (3) Hartford
Semifinals
L 58–64  20–13
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,861)
Stony Brook, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[5]

See also

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2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "Ford Introduced as New Stony Brook Men's Basketball Head Coach". Stony Brook Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Boals leaving Stony Brook for alma mater Ohio". ESPN. March 17, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Stony Brook suffers first-round KO to Binghamton". Newsday. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
  4. ^ Tam, Ethan (October 27, 2019). "Frankie Policelli, Dayton transfer, ruled ineligible for 2019-20 season". The Statesman. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  5. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2019.