2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team
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2019–20 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball | |
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MAC West Division co-champions | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
West Division | |
Record | 18–13 (11–7 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Lamar Chapman |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Previous season
[edit]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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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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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 | |||||||
Source[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Huskies March On To Cleveland". NIU Athletics. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "No. 7 Northern Illinois Upsets No. 2 Toledo". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "Northern Illinois bows out of MAC Tournament with 71-67 semifinal loss to Bowling Green". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
- ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". NIU Athletics. Retrieved January 19, 2020.