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The 2019–20 Ohio University Bobcats men's basketball team represented
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for 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 Bobcats were led by first-year head coach
Jeff Boals Jeff Boals (born September 5, 1972) is the head coach of the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team. Boals spent seven years as an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team under the tutelage of Thad Matta. In his first head c ...
, who was a 1995 graduate of Ohio University. The team played their home games at the Convocation Center in
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as a member of the East Division of the
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. They finished the season 17–15, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East division. As the No. 8 seed in the MAC tournament, they defeated
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in the first round before the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Previous season

The
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finished the 2018–19 season 14–17, 6–12 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division. As the No. 10 seed in the MAC tournament, they were defeated in the first round by
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. On March 13, 2019, head coach Saul Phillips was fired. He finished his five-year tenure at Ohio with an 81–77 overall record. Five days later, the school named Ohio alum Jeff Boals, head coach at Stony Brook, as their new head coach.


Offseason


Coaching Staff Changes


Coaching Departures


Coaching Additions


Departures


Incoming transfers


Recruiting class

Walk-on in 2019-20


Roster


Preseason

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 31, 2019. Ohio was picked last in the MAC East.


Preseason rankings


East Division


West Division

MAC Tournament Champions: Bowling Green (6), Toledo (2), Buffalo (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1), NIU (1) Source


Schedule and results

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Statistics


Team statistics

:''Final 2019–20 statistics'' Source


Player statistics

Source


Awards and honors


Weekly Awards


All-MAC Awards

Source


See also

* 2019–20 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team


References

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Ohio Bobcats men's basketball The Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference competing in NCAA Division I, Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( ...
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Ohio Bobcats men's basketball The Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team is an intercollegiate varsity sports program of Ohio University. The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference competing in NCAA Division I, Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( ...