The 2019–20 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented
Mississippi Valley State University
Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU, The Valley or Valley) is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Mississippi Valley State, Mississippi, adjacent to Itta Bena, Mississ ...
during the
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...
. The Delta Devils were led by first-year head coach
Lindsey Hunter
Lindsey Benson Hunter Jr. (born December 3, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1993 to 2010, spending most of his career with the Detroit Pistons. He ...
Itta Bena, Mississippi
Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,049 at the 2010 census. The town's name is derived from the Choctaw phrase ''iti bina'', meaning "forest camp". Itta Bena is part of the Greenwood, Mississipp ...
as members of the
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United St ...
(SWAC). They finished the season 3–27, 3–15 in SWAC play, to finish in a tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the SWAC tournament.
Previous season
The Delta Devils finished the 2018–19 season 6–26 overall, 4–14 in SWAC play, to finish in a tie for last place. On March 25, 2019, the school announced that head coach Andre Payne would not return as head coach after five seasons. On April 22, the school announced that former
NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...
player and coach Lindsey Hunter had been named head coach.
Regular season
On November 8,
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
defeated the Delta Devils 143–49 to set an NCAA record for widest margin of victory (94 points) over a Division I opponent.
Two players recently received "Delta Devil of the Day" awards. The recipients were: Richard "Big Tuna" Rivers, a 6' 11" center from Pennsylvania, and Caleb Hunter, a 5' 11" guard from Michigan.
The game against North American University is a non-countable game.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Sources:
Statistics
SWAC leaders
* Michael Green – scoring (17.6 points per game)