2019–20 Saint Louis Billikens Men's Basketball Team
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in the
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. Their head coach was
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in his fourth season at Saint Louis. The team played their home games at
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as a member of the
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. They finished the season 23–8, 12–6 in A-10 play to finish in fourth place. Their season ended when the A-10 tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the ongoing
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Previous season

The Billikens finished the 2018–19 season 23–13, 10–8 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the A-10 tournament, they defeated
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,
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, and Davidson to advance to the tournament championship game. There they defeated
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to win the tournament championship and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 13 seed In the East, they lost in the first round to
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.


Offseason


Departures


Incoming transfers


2019 recruiting class


Preseason


Roster

Source


Schedule and results

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References

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