2019–20 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team

2019–20 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball
2019–20 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
Record	14–18 (7–11 MAC)
Head coach	Keno Davis (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Chris Davis; Chris Tifft; DJ Mocini;
Home arena	McGuirk Arena
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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.

The 2019–20 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by eighth-year head coach Keno Davis, played their home games at McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 14–18, 7–11 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC tournament to Ohio.

Previous season

The Chippewas finished the 2018–19 season 23–12, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They defeated Western Michigan in the first round of the MAC tournament and Kent State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to 18th ranked Buffalo. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where were defeated by DePaul.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Larry Austin Jr.	0	G	6'2"	182	RS Senior	Springfield, IL	Graduated
Shawn Roundtree	2	G	6'0"	185	RS Senior	Edwardsville, IL	Graduated
Mikhail Myles	4	G	6'3"	195	RS Junior	Corunna, MI
Colten Webber-Mitchell	10	G	6'1"	180	Freshman	Lake Odessa, MI
Innocent Nwoko	11	C	6'11"	232	RS Sophomore	New Haven, MI	Transferred to Saginaw Valley State
Austin Ervin	25	F	6'5"	247	RS Junior	St. Johns, MI	Graduated; Became Assistant coach at Indiana University South Bend

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Travon Broadway Jr.	0	G	6'5"	182	Junior	Miami, FL	Junior college Transferred from Iowa Western Community College.
Devontae Lane	2	G	6'2"	215	Junior	Iowa City, IA	Junior college Transferred from Indian Hills Community College.
Deschon Winston	11	G	6'4"	175	Junior	Woodland Hills, CA	Junior college transferred from City College of San Francisco

Recruiting class of 2019

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Caleb Hodgson #49 C	Dansville, MI	Dansville High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Oct 10, 2018
Caleb Hodgson #49 C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
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: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 26, 2018.

Roster

2019–20 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Travon Broadway Jr.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Jr	Coral Springs Christian Academy Iowa Western Community College	Miami, FL
G	1	Corey Redman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Sr	Boyne City	Boyne City, MI
G	2	Devontae Lane	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Iowa City West Indian Hills Community College	Iowa City, IA
G	3	P. J. Mitchell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	RS Fr	Detroit Edison	Detroit, MI
F	5	Rob Montgomery	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Mount Zion Baptist Christian School Indian Hills CC	Montgomery Village, MD
G	11	Deschon Winston	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Birmingham City College of San Francisco	Woodland Hills, CA
F	12	Kevin Hamlet	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Jr	First Love Christian Academy Mineral Area College	Scarborough, ON
F	14	David DiLeo	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	Sr	New Hampton School	Iowa City, IA
G	15	Matty Smith	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	South Elgin	Elgin, IL
G	20	Kevin McKay	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	Sr	Warren De La Salle	Warren, MI
G	22	Matt Beachler	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	Jr	Lowell	Lowell, MI
G	23	Dallas Morgan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Sr	Metamora Moberly Area Community College	Peoria, IL
F	24	Romelo Burrell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Morgan Park John A. Logan College	Chicago, IL
G	30	Dylan Jergens	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Howardsville Christian	St. Johns, MI
F	31	Michael Kemp (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Unionville-Sebewaing	Mendon, MI
G	31	Preston Enloe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS So	Hebron Tarleton State	Plano, TX
F/C	34	Caleb Hodgson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	Fr	Dansville	Dansville, MI

Head coach

Keno Davis (Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Chris Davis (Michigan)
Chris Tifft (Nevada)
DJ Mocini (Dayton)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, CSN Digital		Michigan–Dearborn	W 102–62	1–0	23 – Morgan	9 – Montgomery	6 – Lane	McGuirk Arena (2,110) Mount Pleasant, MI
November 10, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Mississippi Valley State	W 134–78	2–0	30 – DiLeo	11 – Burrell	6 – Winston	McGuirk Arena (1,896) Mount Pleasant, MI
November 16, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Sam Houston State	W 84–77	3–0	17 – Tied	8 – Burrell	3 – Tied	McGuirk Arena (1,683) Mount Pleasant, MI
November 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, CSN Digital		Siena Heights	W 115–58	4–0	27 – Morgan	6 – Tied	7 – Broadway Jr.	McGuirk Arena (1,840) Mount Pleasant, MI
November 21, 2019* 8:00 pm, BTN+		at Minnesota	L 57–82	4–1	16 – McKay	8 – McKay	4 – McKay	Williams Arena (8,566) Minneapolis, MN
November 23, 2019* 2:00 pm, CSN Digital		Trinity (IL)	W 106–60	5–1	18 – McKay	9 – Lane	7 – Lane	McGuirk Arena (1,726) Mount Pleasant, MI
November 26, 2019* 8:00 pm, FS1		at DePaul	L 75–88	5–2	20 – Morgan	9 – Montgomery	3 – Tied	Wintrust Arena (4,097) Chicago, IL
November 30, 2019* 4:30 pm, ESPN+		Youngstown State	W 88–72	6–2	24 – McKay	11 – McKay	7 – Lane	McGuirk Arena (1,521) Mount Pleasant, MI
December 6, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UT Martin	W 84–75	7–2	17 – Lane	7 – DiLeo	5 – DiLeo	McGuirk Arena (1,803) Mount Pleasant, MI
December 8, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Valparaiso	L 55–77	7–3	16 – McKay	10 – McKay	3 – Tied	Athletics-Recreation Center (2,880) Valparaiso, IN
December 14, 2019* 2:00 pm, LHN		at Texas	L 76–87	7–4	21 – McKay	6 – McKay	5 – Lane	Frank Erwin Center (8,587) Austin, TX
December 17, 2019* 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row		at Robert Morris	L 79–83	7–5	23 – DiLeo	8 – DiLeo	6 – Lane	UPMC Events Center (689) Moon Township, PA
December 28, 2019* 12:00 pm, BTN		at Purdue	L 62–97	7–6	12 – DiLeo	6 – McKay	4 – Winston	Mackey Arena (14,804) West Lafayette, IN
MAC regular season
January 4, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Miami (OH)	W 93–82	8–6 (1–0)	23 – Morgan	10 – Montgomery	5 – Lane	McGuirk Arena (1,732) Mount Pleasant, MI
January 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Illinois	W 68–67	9–6 (2–0)	21 – McKay	8 – McKay	5 – Lane	McGuirk Arena (1,519) Mount Pleasant, MI
January 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kent State	L 73–79	9–7 (2–1)	16 – Montgomery	7 – Montgomery	4 – 3 tied	MAC Center (3,164) Kent, OH
January 14, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Toledo	W 74–67	10–7 (3–1)	22 – Morgan	11 – Montgomery	2 – Tied	Savage Arena (3,341) Toledo, OH
January 18, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Buffalo	L 67–86	10–8 (3–2)	17 – DiLeo	9 – DiLeo	4 – Winston	McGuirk Arena (2,121) Mount Pleasant, MI
January 28, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN3		Ball State	W 71–66	11–8 (4–2)	21 – Morgan	9 – McKay	3 – Lane	McGuirk Arena (2,371) Mount Pleasant, MI
January 28, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Miami (OH)						Millett Hall Oxford, OH
February 1, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Western Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	W 85–78	12–8 (5–2)	19 – McKay	12 – McKay	4 – Winston	University Arena (3,416) Kalamazoo, MI
February 4, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Bowling Green	W 92–82	13–8 (6–2)	29 – Morgan	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	McGuirk Arena (1,805) Mount Pleasant, MI
February 7, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at Buffalo	L 60–65	13–9 (6–3)	16 – DiLeo	8 – McKay	4 – Morgan	Alumni Arena (3,095) Buffalo, NY
February 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	L 70–73	13–10 (6–4)	24 – DiLeo	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	McGuirk Arena (1,929) Mount Pleasant, MI
February 15, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN3		Akron	L 67–80	13–11 (6–5)	17 – Broadway Jr.	8 – DiLeo	5 – Lane	McGuirk Arena (1,906) Mount Pleasant, MI
February 18, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Ohio	L 69–77	13–12 (6–6)	23 – McKay	12 – McKay	4 – McKay	Convocation Center (4,547) Athens, OH
February 22, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at Northern Illinois	L 81–82 ^OT	13–13 (6–7)	25 – DiLeo	10 – Montgomery	3 – Tied	Convocation Center (3,016) Dekalb, IL
February 25, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Toledo	L 81–93	13–14 (6–8)	19 – Tied	7 – McKay	5 – Lane	McGuirk Arena (1,840) Mount Pleasant, MI
February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Miami (OH)	L 56–76	13–15 (6–9)	11 – Montgomery	7 – Montgomery	2 – Morgan	Millett Hall (836) Oxford, OH
February 29, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at Eastern Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	L 63–67	13–16 (6–10)	16 – Morgan	16 – Montgomery	3 – Morgan	Convocation Center (1,840) Ypsilanti, MI
March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Ball State	L 68–85	13–17 (6–11)	19 – Tied	7 – DiLeo	5 – Lane	Worthen Arena (4,008) Muncie, IN
March 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Western Michigan Michigan MAC Trophy	W 85–68	14–17 (7–11)	20 – Morgan	8 – DiLeo	6 – Winston	McGuirk Arena (2,264) Mount Pleasant, MI
MAC tournament
March 9, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(9)	at (8) Ohio First round	L 65–85	14–18	18 – McKay	6 – Montgomery	3 – Tied	Convocation Center (3,312) Athens, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[1]

References

^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Central Michigan Chippewas.

[1] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Central Michigan Chippewas.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming Transfers

Recruiting class of 2019

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References