2019–20 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team
The 2019–20 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Buccaneers, led by fifth-year head coach Steve Forbes, played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee, as members of the Southern Conference.They defeated VMI, Western Carolina and Wofford to become champions of the SoCon tournament.In the SoCon tournament, they defeated Chattanooga in the quarterfinals,[2] before losing to Wofford in the semifinals.[3] They received an invitation to the CIT, where they lost to Green Bay in the first round.
East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketballtournamentSouthern ConferenceSteve ForbesJason ShayBrooks SavageBJ McKieFreedom Hall Civic Center2018–192020–212019–20 Southern Conference men's basketball standingsFurmanUNC GreensboroMercerWestern CarolinaChattanoogaWoffordSamfordThe Citadel2020 SoCon tournamentEast Tennessee State University2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball seasonJohnson City, TennesseeSoCon tournamentNCAA tournamentCOVID-19 pandemicWake ForestBuccaneers2018–19 seasonGreen BayMemphis, TennesseeNashville, TennesseeWinston-Salem, North CarolinaSantiagoDominican RepublicPembroke Pines, FloridaReno, NevadaLexington, KentuckyGaithersburg, MarylandLouisville, KentuckyKnoxville, TennesseeLucas N'GuessanDe LierNetherlandsOwings, MarylandMeridian, MississippiSouthern ArkansasWestern IllinoisTennesseeSouth CarolinaWalk-onredshirtLimestoneJohnson City, TNNewberryUT MartinSkyhawk ArenaMartin, TNWinthropKansasMaui InvitationalAllen FieldhouseLawrence, KSDelaware StateSouthern UtahAppalachian StateLittle RockJack Stephens CenterLittle Rock, ARMcAlister Field HouseCharleston, SCNorth Dakota StateScheels CenterFargo, NDMilliganPete Maravich Assembly CenterBaton Rouge, LACleveland StateGreenville, SCGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, NCRamsey CenterCullowhee, NCMcKenzie ArenaChattanooga, TNHawkins ArenaMacon, GACameron HallLexington, VAPete Hanna CenterHomewood, ALJerry Richardson Indoor StadiumSpartanburg, SCHarrah's Cherokee CenterAsheville, NCAP PollEasternETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic CenterHead coachesStatistical leaders1988–891989–901990–911991–922002–032003–042008–092009–102010–112012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182021–222022–232023–242024–25