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2019–20 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team

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2019–20 Hartford Hawks men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record18–15 (9–7 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tom Devitt
  • Yolonzo Moore II
  • Tim Brooks
Home arenaChase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion
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 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Hartford in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion in West Hartford, Connecticut and were led by tenth-year head coach John Gallagher. They finished the season 18–15, 9–7 in America East play to finish in third place. They defeated UMass Lowell and Stony Brook to advance to the championship game of the America East tournament vs Vermont. However, the championship game, and all postseason tournaments, were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

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The Hawks finished the 2018–19 season 18–15 overall, 10–6 in conference play to finish in fourth place. As the 4th seed in the 2019 America East men's basketball tournament, they beat 5th-seeded UMass Lowell in the quarterfinals 78–70,[1] then lost to 3rd-seeded UMBC in double overtime in the semifinals 85–90.[2]

Roster

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2019–20 Hartford Hawks men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Hunter Marks 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Wonthaggi Secondary College Phillip Island, Australia
G/F 1 Malik Ellison 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) GS Pittsburgh Voorhees, NJ
G 2 D.J. Mitchell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So St. Thomas More School Englewood Cliffs, NJ
G/F 3 Romain Boxus 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Snow College Donceel, Belgium
G 4 Moses Flowers 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Thayer Academy Dorchester, MA
G 5 Cameron McCravy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Combine Academy Charlotte, NC
F 10 Nikola Colovic 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS Jr Beovuk 72 Belgrade, Serbia
G 11 PJ Henry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Shadow Creek HS Houston, TX
F 12 Miroslav Stafl 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr DSK Basketball Nymburk Liberec, Czech Republic
G 20 Austin Williams 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Marist Roseland, NJ
G 21 Matt Hobbs 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr New England Anchorage, AK
G/F 22 Garrett Kingman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Tacoma CC Gig Harbor, WA
G 23 Michael Dunne 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Matawan Regional HS Matawan, NJ
G 25 Traci Carter 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) GS La Salle Philadelphia, PA
F/C 33 Key Sullivan 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 220 lb (100 kg) GS La Salle Tralee, Ireland
F 45 Petr Stepanyants 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Balboa HS Moscow, Russia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: November 7, 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
at Central Connecticut
Rivalry
W 74–59  1–0
William H. Detrick Gymnasium (2,115)
New Britain, CT
November 7, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Winthrop L 57–67  1–1
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,014)
West Hartford, CT
November 12, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Marist W 62–51  2–1
McCann Arena 
Poughkeepsie, NY
November 16, 2019*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Gordon W 86–79  3–1
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (660)
West Hartford, CT
November 18, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Oakland L 50–60  3–2
Athletics Center O'rena (2,987)
Auburn Hills, MI
November 21, 2019*
11:00 am, ESPN3
Emerson W 78–63  4–2
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (2,092)
West Hartford, CT
November 24, 2019*
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Merrimack L 58–62  4–3
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (599)
West Hartford, CT
November 27, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at SMU W 90–58  4–4
Moody Coliseum (3,874)
University Park, TX
November 30, 2019*
5:30 pm, ESPN+
at Texas State W 69–55  4–5
Strahan Arena (1,427)
San Marcos, TX
December 5, 2019*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
St. Francis Brooklyn L 78–84  4–6
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (577)
West Hartford, CT
December 8, 2019*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Sacred Heart L 62–79  4–7
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (845)
West Hartford, CT
December 14, 2019*
2:00 p.m.
Wagner W 71–63  5–7
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (698)
West Hartford, CT
December 22, 2019*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
Cornell W 80–76  6–7
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (662)
West Hartford, CT
December 29, 2019*
4:00 p.m., BTN
at Northwestern W 67–66  7–7
Welsh–Ryan Arena (5,304)
Evanston, IL
December 31, 2019*
12:00 p.m.
at Bowling Green L 68–81  7–8
Stroh Center (1,632)
Bowling Green, OH
America East Conference regular season
January 4, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
New Hampshire W 61–52  8–8
(1–0)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (770)
West Hartford, CT
January 8, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UMass Lowell L 68–80  9–8
(2–0)
Tsongas Center (478)
Lowell, MA
January 15, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
Stony Brook W 68–65  10–8
(3–0)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (846)
West Hartford, CT
January 18, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Vermont L 57–74  10–9
(3–1)
Patrick Gym (3,266)
Burlington, VT
January 22, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
UMBC L 60–69  10–10
(3–2)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,188)
West Hartford, CT
January 25, 2020
3:00 p.m., ESPN3
at Albany W 62–48  11–10
(4–2)
SEFCU Arena (2,402)
Albany, NY
January 29, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Binghamton W 73–57  12–10
(5–2)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (630)
West Hartford, CT
February 1, 2020
12:00 p.m., ESPN3
at Maine W 55–49  13–10
(6–2)
Cross Insurance Center (1,049)
Bangor, ME
February 5, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UMBC L 59–70  13–11
(6–3)
UMBC Event Center (1,365)
Catonsville, MD
February 8, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Vermont L 68–69  13–12
(6–4)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,734)
West Hartford, CT
February 12, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
Albany W 66–60  14–12
(7–4)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (951)
West Hartford, CT
February 15, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN+
UMass Lowell L 67–74  14–13
(7–5)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (937)
West Hartford, CT
February 20, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at New Hampshire L 63–67 OT 14–14
(7–6)
Lundholm Gym (530)
Durham, NH
February 22, 2020
4:00 p.m., ESPN3
at Binghamton W 75–74  15–14
(8–6)
Binghamton University Events Center (2,911)
Vestal, NY
February 26, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Stony Brook W 65–54  16–14
(9–6)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,468)
Stony Brook, NY
March 3, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Maine L 65–71  16–15
(9–7)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (859)
West Hartford, CT
America East tournament
March 7, 2020
5:00 pm, ESPN3
(3) (6) UMass Lowell
Quarterfinals
W 89–75  17–15
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,069)
West Hartford, CT
March 10, 2020
2:30 pm, ESPN+
(3) at (2) Stony Brook
Semifinals
W 64–58  18–15
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,861)
Stony Brook, NY
March 14, 2020
11:00 am, ESPN2
(3) at (1) Vermont
Championship
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Patrick Gym 
Burlington, VT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[3]

References

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  1. ^ "UMass Lowell vs. Hartford - Game Summary - March 9, 2019". ESPN.
  2. ^ "Hartford vs. UMBC - Game Summary - March 12, 2019". ESPN.
  3. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Hartford Hawks Athletics. Retrieved September 19, 2019.