2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Island Federal Credit Union Arena in Stony Brook, New York and were led by first-year head coach Geno Ford,^[1] who took over for former head coach Jeff Boals, who left the school to accept the head coaching position at Ohio.^[2] They are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 10–6 in America East play to finish in second place. They defeated Albany in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament before losing in the semifinals to Hartford.

2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	20–13 (10–6 America East)
Head coach	Geno Ford (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Bryan Weber Dan Rickard Randal Holt
Home arena	Island Federal Credit Union Arena
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 America East Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont	14	–	2		.875			26	–	7		.788
Stony Brook	10	–	6		.625			20	–	13		.606
Hartford	9	–	7		.563			18	–	15		.545
UMBC	8	–	8		.500			16	–	17		.485
New Hampshire	8	–	8		.500			15	–	15		.500
UMass Lowell	7	–	9		.438			13	–	19		.406
Albany	7	–	9		.438			14	–	18		.438
Maine	5	–	11		.313			9	–	22		.290
Binghamton	4	–	12		.250			10	–	19		.345
Note: The 2020 America East tournament was cancelled prior to the championship game due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Seawolves finished the 2018–19 season 24–9 overall, 12–4 in conference play to finish in second place. In the America East tournament, they were upset in the quarterfinals by Binghamton.^[3] They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational, where they lost to South Florida in the first round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jaron Cornish	0	G	5'11"	178	Senior	Abaco, Bahamas	Graduated
Jules Moor	1	G	6'5"	202	Freshman	Houston, TX	Transferred to Texas State
Corry Long	5	G	6'2"	180	Sophomore	Cincinnati, OH	Transferred to Southern New Hampshire
Akwasi Yeboah	15	G/F	6'6"	235	R-Junior	Chigwell, England	Transferred to Rutgers
Nick Aubry	42	F	6'7"	240	Freshman	Port Jefferson, NY	Walk-on

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Frankie Policelli	0	F	6'7"	211	Sophomore	New Hartford, NY	Transferred from Dayton
Mouhamadou Gueye	5	F	6'9"	210	Junior	Staten Island, NY	Junior college transferred from Monroe College

Note: Policelli was deemed ineligible for the 2019–20 season due to NCAA transfer regulations.^[4]

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyler Stephenson-Moore SG	Port Washington, NY	Long Island Lutheran	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Dec 18, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Tavin Pierre Philippe SG	Freeport, NY	Baldwin High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Apr 30, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports: 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: "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Frankie Policelli (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Dayton New Hartford, NY G 1 Makale Foreman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Chattanooga Kingsport, TN G 2 Miles Latimer 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Paul VI Catholic HS Fairfax, VA G/F 3 Elijah Olaniyi 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Newark East Side HS Newark, NJ C 4 Jeff Otchere 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 243 lb (110 kg) So Garden City CC Bronx, NY F 5 Mouhamadou Gueye 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Monroe College Staten Island, NY G 10 Jordan McKenzie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Hargrave Military Academy Concord, NC G 11 Hassan Ceesay 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 189 lb (86 kg) So Newark East Side HS Newark, NJ F 12 Quari Alleyne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Jr Ossining High School Ossining, NY G 14 Tyler Stephenson-Moore 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Fr Long Island Lutheran HS Port Washington, NY G 15 Tavin Pierre Philippe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Fr Baldwin HS Freeport, NY C 21 Alex Christie 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) So The MacDuffie School Oakville, Ontario G/F 23 Andrew Garcia 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 228 lb (103 kg) RS Jr The Master's School (CT) Harlem, NY G 24 Lenny Kadisha 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Jr Monroe College Corona, NY F 35 Anthony Ochefu 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Westtown School West Chester, PA	Head coach Geno Ford (Ohio) Assistant coach(es) Bryan Weber (Akron) Dan Rickard (Stony Brook) Randal Holt (Kent State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: September 14, 2019

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, SNY		Yale	L 69–74 ^OT	0–1	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,183) Stony Brook, NY
November 9, 2019* 2:30 pm, YES/FSN		at No. 12 Seton Hall	L 57–74	0–2	Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) South Orange, NJ
November 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Farmingdale State	W 91–44	1–2	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,049) Stony Brook, NY
November 15, 2019* 8:30 pm, Team1Sports		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islander Invitational	W 68–63	2–2	American Bank Center (1,078) Corpus Christi, TX
November 16, 2019* 5:00 pm, Team1Sports		vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley Islander Invitational	W 69–58	3–2	American Bank Center (457) Corpus Christi, TX
November 17, 2019* 2:00 pm, Team1Sports		vs. North Dakota State Islander Invitational	W 64–57	4–2	American Bank Center (468) Corpus Christi, TX
November 23, 2019* 3:00 pm		at Wagner	W 87–84 ^OT	5–2	Spiro Sports Center (1,266) Staten Island, NY
November 27, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloSports		at Delaware	L 61–75	5–3	Bob Carpenter Center (1,771) Newark, DE
December 2, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Manhattan	W 65–47	6–3	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,083) Stony Brook, NY
December 7, 2019* 7:00 pm, SNY		Brown	W 79–63	7–3	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,943) Stony Brook, NY
December 10, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloSports		at Hofstra	L 63–71	7–4	Mack Sports Complex (3,111) Hempstead, NY
December 14, 2019* 8:00 pm, FS1		at Providence	L 78–82	7–5	Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,861) Providence, RI
December 18, 2019* 6:30 pm, ACCN		at No. 9 Virginia	L 44–56	7–6	John Paul Jones Arena (13,665) Charlottesville, VA
December 21, 2019* 2:00 pm, Stadium		at American	W 77–74	8–6	Bender Arena (1,119) Washington, D.C.
December 29, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN3		Norfolk State	W 81–65	9–6	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,488) Stony Brook, NY
America East Conference regular season
January 5, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Maine	W 73–52	10–6 (1–0)	Cross Insurance Center (798) Bangor, ME
January 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Vermont	W 81–77	11–6 (2–0)	Patrick Gym (2,847) Burlington, VT
January 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		New Hampshire	W 73–48	12–6 (3–0)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,422) Stony Brook, NY
January 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Hartford	L 65–68	12–7 (3–1)	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (846) West Hartford, CT
January 18, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Albany	W 70–62	13–7 (4–1)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,763) Stony Brook, NY
January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Binghamton	L 79–83	13–8 (4–2)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,261) Stony Brook, NY
January 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UMass Lowell	W 84–76	14–8 (5–2)	Tsongas Center (734) Lowell, MA
February 1, 2020 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN+		UMBC	W 74–63	15–8 (6–2)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY
February 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UMass Lowell	W 77–70	16–8 (7–2)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,504) Stony Brook, NY
February 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at New Hampshire	L 64–81	16–9 (7–3)	Lundholm Gym (599) Durham, NH
February 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Binghamton	W 75–70	17–9 (8–3)	Binghamton University Events Center (4,238) Vestal, NY
February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Vermont	L 54–63	17–10 (8–4)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY
February 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Maine	W 54–46	18–10 (9–4)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,928) Stony Brook, NY
February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Hartford	L 54–65	18–11 (9–5)	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,468) Stony Brook, NY
February 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	W 52–49	19–11 (10–5)	SEFCU Arena (2,564) Albany, NY
March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UMBC	L 67–75	19–12 (10–6)	UMBC Event Center (1,636) Baltimore, MD
America East tournament
March 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(2)	(7) Albany Quarterfinals	W 76–73	20–12	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,166) Stony Brook, NY
March 10, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(2)	(3) Hartford Semifinals	L 58–64	20–13	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,861) Stony Brook, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[5]

See also

2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball team

References

1. "Ford Introduced as New Stony Brook Men's Basketball Head Coach". Stony Brook Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
2. "Boals leaving Stony Brook for alma mater Ohio". ESPN. March 17, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
3. "Stony Brook suffers first-round KO to Binghamton". Newsday. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
4. Tam, Ethan (October 27, 2019). "Frankie Policelli, Dayton transfer, ruled ineligible for 2019-20 season". The Statesman. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
5. "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Stony Brook University Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2019.