2019–20 Elon Phoenix men's basketball team

2019–20 Elon Phoenix men's basketball
2019–20 Elon Phoenix men's basketball
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	13–21 (7–11 CAA)
Head coach	Mike Schrage (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Jonathan Holmes; Mark Adams; Allen Payne;
Home arena	Schar Center
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Elon Phoenix men's basketball team were an American basketball team who represented Elon University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by first-year head coach Mike Schrage, played as sixth-year members of the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at the Schar Center.

2019–20 CAA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Hofstra†	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
William & Mary	13	–	5	.722	21	–	11	.656
Towson	12	–	6	.667	19	–	13	.594
Delaware	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Charleston	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
Northeastern	9	–	9	.500	17	–	16	.515
Elon	7	–	11	.389	13	–	21	.382
Drexel	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
UNC Wilmington	5	–	13	.278	10	–	22	.313
James Madison	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300

† 2020 CAA tournament winner

Previous season

The Phoenix finished the 2018–19 season 11–20, 7–11 in CAA play to finish in a two-way tie for sixth place. They lost in the first round of the CAA tournament to UNC Wilmington.

Following the season, head coach Matt Matheny was fired and former Ohio State assistant coach Mike Schrage was hired.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Karolis Kundrotas	10	F	6'11"	240	Senior	Kaunas, Lithuania	Graduated
Maxwell Chester (W)	11	G	6'1"	185	Junior	Atlanta, Georgia	Left team
Nathan Priddy	12	G	6'2"	185	Sophomore	Argyle, Texas	Left team
Dainan Swoope	13	G	6'0"	180	Senior	Overland Park, Kansas	Transferred to Sam Houston State
Sheldon Eberhardt	20	G	6'5"	190	Senior	Pforzheim, Germany	Graduated
Steven Santa Ana	22	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Charlotte, North Carolina	Graduated
Tyler Seibring	41	G	6'9"	225	Senior	Normal, Illinois	Graduated

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Hunter McIntosh PG	Snellville, GA	Greater Atlanta Christian School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Apr 23, 2019
Hunter McIntosh PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Zac Ervin SG	Gate City, VA	Gate City High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Apr 29, 2019
Zac Ervin SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Hunter Woods G	Pasadena, CA	John Muir High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	May 13, 2019
Hunter Woods G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Elon". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 25, 2019. "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 25, 2019.

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Marcus Sheffield II	4	G/F	6'4"	180	Graduate	Alpharetta, GA	Transferred from Stanford. Will be immediately eligible to play as he graduated from Stanford.
Jerald Gillens-Butler	13	G/F	6'4"	230	Junior	Orlando, FL	Transferred from Butler. Under NCAA rules, Gillens-Butler will redshirt for the 2019–20 season and have two years of eligibility remaining.

Roster

2019–20 Elon Phoenix men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Hunter McIntosh	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Greater Atlanta Christian School	Snellville, GA
F	1	Chuck Hannah	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Northfield Mount Hermon School	Boston, MA
G	3	Seth Fuller	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Jr	Dublin Coffman HS	Dublin, OH
G	4	Marcus Sheffield II	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	GS	Stanford	Alpharetta, GA
F	5	Federico Poser	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	I.I.S.S. Marco Fanno School	Mareno di Piave, Italy
G	10	Kris Wooten	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Arendell Parrott Academy	Kinston, NC
G/F	13	Jerald Gillens-Butler	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Butler	Orlando, FL
G/F	14	Zac Ervin	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Gate City High School	Gate City, VA
G	15	Christian Scott	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	St. Andrew's Episcopal School	New Orleans, LA
G	21	Andy Pack	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Northern Guilford HS	Summerfield, NC
G	23	Ben Daugherty (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	La Jolla Country Day School	Chagrin Falls, OH
G/F	25	Hunter Woods	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	Fr	John Muir HS	Pasadena, CA
G	30	John Stubbs (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Woodlands HS	Houston
F	33	Simon Wright	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Hopkins HS	Minneapolis, MN
F/C	41	Duje Radja	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Kimball Union Academy	Split, Croatia

Head coach

Mike Schrage (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Jonathan Holmes (North Carolina)
Mark Adams (St. John Fisher)
Allen Payne (Auburn)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 25, 2019

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2019* 5:00 pm		at Gardner–Webb	L 68–71		Paul Porter Arena Boiling Springs, NC
October 30, 2019* 7:00 pm		Indiana University of Pennsylvania	W 79–71 ^OT		Schar Center (740) Elon, NC
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:30 pm, FloSports		Mars Hill	W 90–84	1–0	Schar Center (1,456) Elon, NC
November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloSports		Milligan	W 95–54	2–0	Schar Center (1,541) Elon, NC
November 11, 2019* 7:30 pm, ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 41–64	2–1	McCamish Pavilion (4,624) Atlanta, GA
November 15, 2019* 7:00 pm, BTN		at Michigan Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game	L 50–70	2–2	Crisler Center (12,707) Ann Arbor, MI
November 20, 2019* 8:30 pm, ACCRSN		at No. 5 North Carolina Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game	L 61–75	2–3	Dean Smith Center (20,251) Chapel Hill
November 23, 2019* 4:00 pm, FloSports		Manhattan	L 64–69	2–4	Schar Center (1,137) Elon, NC
November 26, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloSports		Furman Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game	L 61–97	2–5	Schar Center (1,264) Elon, NC
November 28, 2019* Noon, FloSports		UT Arlington Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game	L 67–77	2–6	Schar Center (875) Elon, NC
December 2, 2019 7:00 pm, FloSports		Kennesaw State	W 70–46	3–6	Schar Center (1,402) Elon, NC
December 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at High Point	L 66–70 ^OT	3–7	Millis Athletic Convocation Center (1,831) High Point, NC
December 14, 2019* 1:30 pm, FloSports		North Carolina Wesleyan	W 91–60	4–7	Schar Center (1,027) Elon, NC
December 17, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Campbell	L 46–60	4–8	Pope Convocation Center (1,178) Buies Creek, NC
December 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Winthrop	L 80–85	4–9	Winthrop Coliseum (2,139) Rock Hill, SC
CAA regular season
December 30, 2019 7:00 pm, CBSSN		William & Mary	L 73–74	4–10 (0–1)	Schar Center (1,923) Elon, NC
January 2, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		at Northeastern	L 68–77	4–11 (0–2)	Matthews Arena (631) Boston, MA
January 4, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		at Hofstra	L 75–102	4–12 (0–3)	Mack Sports Complex (1,809) Hempstead, NY
January 9, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		College of Charleston	L 65–73	4–13 (0–4)	Schar Center (2,017) Elon, NC
January 11, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		UNC Wilmington	W 80–63	5–13 (1–4)	Schar Center (2,068) Elon, NC
January 16, 2020 2:00 pm, FloSports		at Drexel	L 41–63	5–14 (1–5)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,007) Philadelphia, PA
January 18, 2020 2:00 pm, FloSports		at Delaware	L 78–79	5–15 (1–6)	Bob Carpenter Center (1,881) Newark, DE
January 23, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		Towson	L 61–72	5–16 (1–7)	Schar Center (1,732) Elon, NC
January 25, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		James Madison	W 82–73	6–16 (2–7)	Schar Center (1,896) Elon, NC
January 30, 2019 7:00 pm, FloSports		Hofstra	L 63–86	6–17 (2–8)	Schar Center (1,676) Elon, NC
February 1, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		Northeastern	W 74–69	7–17 (3–8)	Schar Center (2,023) Elon, NC
February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		at UNC Wilmington	W 62–56	8–17 (4–8)	Trask Coliseum (2,417) Wilmington, NC
February 8, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		at College of Charleston	W 72–65	9–17 (5–8)	TD Arena (5,108) Charleston, SC
February 13, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		Delaware	L 75–81	9–18 (5–9)	Schar Center (1,712) Elon, NC
February 15, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		Drexel	L 70–75	10–18 (6–9)	Schar Center (2,673) Elon, NC
February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		James Madison	W 70–62	11–18 (7–9)	JMU Convocation Center (2,078) Harrisonburg, VA
February 22, 2020 2:00 pm, FloSports		at Towson	L 71–84	11–19 (7–10)	SECU Arena (2,511) Towson, MD
February 29, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		at William & Mary	L 79–86	11–20 (7–11)	Kaplan Arena (5,180) Williamsburg, VA
CAA tournament
March 7, 2020 6:30 pm, FloSports	(7)	vs. (10) James Madison First round	W 63–61	12–20	Entertainment and Sports Arena Washington, D.C.
March 8, 2020 6:00 pm, FloSports	(7)	vs. (2) William & Mary Quarterfinals	W 68–63	13–20	Entertainment and Sports Arena Washington, D.C.
March 9, 2020 8:30 pm, CBSSN	(7)	vs. (6) Northeastern Semifinals	L 60–68	13–21	Entertainment and Sports Arena Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[1]

References

^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule".

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