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2019–20 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Season
The 2019–20 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2020 and concluded in March 2020. Akron won the regular season championship with a record of 14–4. Akron's Loren Cristian Jackson was named player of the year. The MAC tournament was cancelled due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA tournament and all of the national postseason tournaments were cancelled. Preseason awards The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 31, 2019. Preseason men's basketball coaches poll ''(First place votes in parentheses)'' East Division # Bowling Green 69 (9) # Buffalo 58 (3) # Kent State 43 # Miami 37 # Akron 33 # Ohio 12 West Division # Toledo 69 (11) # Northern Illinois 52 # Ball State 51 (1) # Central Michigan 41 # Western Michigan 23 # Eastern Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. It also organizes the Athletics (physical culture), athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Until the 1956–57 academic year, the NCAA was a single division for all schools. That year, the NCAA split into the NCAA University Division, University Division and the NCAA College Division, College Division. In August 1973, the current three-division system of NCAA Division I, Division I, NCAA Division II, Division II, and NCAA Division III, Division III was adopted by the NCAA membership in a special convention. Under NCAA rules, Division I and Division II schools can offer athletic scholarships to students. Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daeqwon Plowden
Daeqwon R. Plowden (born August 29, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Bowling Green Falcons. High school career Plowden is a native of Germantown, Philadelphia, and attended Mastery Charter North School. He was the school's first 1,000-point scorer and was a two-time all-state team selection. Plowden played primarily as a forward and center in high school; he credits his team's coaches, Terrence Cook and Gerald Johnson, for teaching him combined big man and guard skills. On November 9, 2016, Plowden signed his National Letter of Intent to play for the Bowling Green Falcons. ESPN ranked him as the 20th best player in Pennsylvania in his recruiting class. College basketball Plowden was named to the All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) second-team in 2020 and the third-team in 2021 and 2022. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler Cheese
Tyler Cheese (born November 13, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza of the Polish Basketball League. High school career Cheese played three years at Albany High School and led the team to the Class AAAA state tournament as a junior. He transferred to Combine Academy in North Carolina. As a senior, Cheese averaged 17.3 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game while shooting 41 percent from behind the three-point arc, earning All-State recognition. In April 2016, he signed with Florida SouthWestern over Florida and Chipola. College career In his freshman season at Florida SouthWestern State College, Cheese averaged 10.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and two assists per game, earning Second Team All-Suncoast Conference honors. As a sophomore, he averaged 15.1 points, a team-high 6.6 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game and was named to the First Team All-Suncoast. Cheese scored a career-high 40 points against IMG Academy and recorded the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Flowers (basketball)
Michael Flowers (born January 14, 1999) is an American basketball player for Antwerp Giants of the BNXT League. He previously played for the Western Michigan Broncos, South Alabama Jaguars and the Washington State Cougars. He was named second-team All-Pac-12 with Washington State in 2022. High school career Flowers played basketball for Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology in Southfield, Michigan. As a junior, he averaged 25 points, six rebounds and two steals per game. In his senior season, Flowers averaged 23 points, six assists and five rebounds per game. He was a two-time all-state selection in high school. College career As a freshman at Western Michigan, Flowers averaged 3.4 points per game. On December 15, 2018, he scored a sophomore season-high 31 points and seven rebounds in a 70–62 loss to Michigan. As a sophomore, Flowers averaged 15.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. On March 9, 2020, he scored a career-high 35 points in a 76–73 loss t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Knapke
Luke Andrew Knapke (born January 10, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Limburg United of the Pro Basketball League. He played college basketball for Toledo. High school career Knapke attended Marion Local High School. As a junior, he averaged 14.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game to help his team finish 20–5. Knapke was named to the first-team all-league, second-team all-district and honorable-mention all-state. As a senior, he earned Special Mention All-District IV honors. In July 2014, he committed to Toledo, the first school to offer him a scholarship, over offers from Akron, Wright State, Miami (OH), Kent State, Ball State and Northern Kentucky. College career Knapke redshirted his true freshman season to put on weight and learn from star center Nathan Boothe. As a redshirt freshman, he averaged 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game and earned MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete recognition. Knapke averaged 10.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game as a so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marreon Jackson
Marreon Jamar Jackson (born October 29, 1998) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Toledo Rockets and the Arizona State Sun Devils. High school career Jackson grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and initially played football before switching to basketball. He attended Garfield Heights High School alongside later Toledo teammate Willie Jackson. As a senior, Jackson averaged 23.2 points, seven assists and seven rebounds per game. He led Garfield Heights to a 22–5 record and the Division I regional championship, and he was named to the Cleveland.com First Team. Jackson committed to playing college basketball for Toledo in February 2016 over offers from Kent State, Cleveland State, Buffalo and Eastern Kentucky. College career Jackson began his college career with the Toledo Rockets. He averaged eight points per game as a freshman. He was named to the Mid-American Conference (MAC) All-Freshman Team. In April 2018, Jackson collapsed on the hardwoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene German
Eugene German (born December 2, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Northern Illinois Huskies and left as the program's all-time leading scorer and a conference champion. High school career German grew up in crime-ridden Gary, Indiana and played basketball from an early age under his father's guidance. At age 10, he was noticed by an Amateur Athletic Union coach at a church camp tournament and began playing around the state and country. German started high school at Andrean High School in Merrillville, Indiana but moved to Theodore Roosevelt High School in Gary, Indiana before playing a basketball game for Andrean. He did not play for Roosevelt either due to a left hip fracture. For his sophomore season, German transferred to 21st Century Charter School in Gary, averaging 17.4 points per game. As a junior, he averaged a state-high 32 points, six rebounds, three as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayvon Graves
Jayvon Donnell Graves (born December 29, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for BC Rytas, Rytas Vilnius of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga, Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for the Buffalo Bulls men's basketball, Buffalo Bulls. High school career Graves was born in Canton, Ohio but grew up in Malvern, Ohio. He began playing basketball at the age of six and was also a star player in baseball and football. He attended St. Vincent–St. Mary High School where he was coached by Dru Joyce II. As a senior, he helped St. Vincent-St. Mary to its first state title since 2011 and 25–5 record. He scored 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the title game. Graves averaged 21.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. He shared All-Ohio Player of the Year honors in Division II with Trotwood High School's Torrey Patton, and Graves was named cleveland.com Boys Basketball Player of the Year. In AAU play, he competed for the King James Shooting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nike Sibande
Nike Sibande (born 6 June 1999) is an American professional basketball player for Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Professional career On 22 August 2023, Sibande started his professional career after signing with Kataja BC in Finnish Korisliiga and the FIBA Europe Cup. He left Joensuu at the end of December 2023, when leading the league with an average of 22.6 points per game. Kataja received a financial compensation for the contract termination. After a short stint with Maroussi in Greece, he signed with Merkezefendi in Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi on 26 January 2024. In July 2024, he moved to Spain after signing with Bàsquet Girona in the Liga ACB for the 2024–25 season. On April 1, 2025, he signed with Darüşşafaka of the Basketbol Süper Ligi The Basketball Super League (; TBSL), also known as the Türkiye Sigorta Basketbol Süper Ligi for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional basketball division of the Turkish basketball league sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Turner (basketball)
Justin Rafael Turner (born March 12, 1998), nicknamed "Juice" or "JT", is an American professional basketball player for Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for the Bowling Green Falcons. Early life Turner was born and grew up in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Renaissance High School. As a senior, he averaged 21 points, seven rebounds, and five assists per game and was named first team All-City and second team All-State. He committed to the Bowling Green Falcons over several other Mid-American Conference schools. College career Turner played in four games as a true freshman before using a medical redshirt due to a season-ending injury. He was named to the Mid-American Conference (MAC) All-Freshman team and honorable mention all-conference after averaging 15.9 points per game as a redshirt freshman. Turner averaged 18.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game and was named first team All-MAC the following season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
