2019–20 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team represented Hofstra University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pride, led by seventh-year head coach Joe Mihalich, played their home games at Mack Sports Complex in Hempstead, New York as members of the Colonial Athletic Association, and won the regular season championship for the second year in a row.

2019–20 Hofstra Pride men's basketball
CAA regular season and tournament champions
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	26–8 (14–4 CAA)
Head coach	Joe Mihalich (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Farrelly Speedy Claxton Colin Curtin
Home arena	Mack Sports Complex
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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

After beating Northeastern 70–61 in the CAA championship game, the Pride won the CAA's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. However, they would not ultimately appear, as the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Pride finished the 2018–19 season 27–8, 15–3 in CAA play to claim the regular season CAA championship. They advanced to the championship game of the CAA tournament where they lost to Northeastern. As a regular season champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to NC State.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Matija Radović	1	F	6'7"	205	Sophomore	Belgrade, Serbia	Transferred to American International
Kenny Wormley	2	G	6'4"	180	Senior	Landover, MD	Graduated
Justin Wright-Foreman	3	G	6'2"	190	Senior	Queens, NY	Graduated/2019 NBA draft
Jacquil Taylor	23	F	6'10"	240	RS Senior	Cambridge, MA	Graduated
Dan Dwyer	30	F	6'8"	215	RS Senior	River Forest, IL	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Omar Silverio	2	G	6'4"	190	Sophomore	Bronx, NY	Transferred from Rhode Island. Silverio was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Caleb Burgess PG	Kernersville, NC	Moravian Preparatory School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Dec 16, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Jermaine Miranda SG	Puerto Rico	NBA Global Academy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	May 27, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
KVonn Cramer SF	Wilmington, DE	Mount Pleasant High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Nov 15, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:     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: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Zion Bethea SG	Wayne, NJ	DePaul Catholic High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A	Sep 10, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 77
David Green SF	Ocoee, FL	Ocoee High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jun 28, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 77
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 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Tareq Coburn 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr St. Bonaventure Rosedale, New York G 1 Caleb Burgess 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Moravian Prep Winston-Salem, North Carolina G 2 Omar Silverio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Rhode Island Bronx, NY G 3 Jermaine Miranda 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr NBA Academy Latin America Juncos, Puerto Rico G 4 Desure Buie 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) RS Sr Wings Academy Bronx, New York G 5 Eli Pemberton 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Cheshire Academy Middletown, Connecticut F/C 11 Hal Hughes 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Fr Sydney Grammar Sydney, Australia G 12 Carl Gibson Jr. (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Cherry Hill East Cherry Hill, New Jersey F/C 14 Kevin Schutte 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr CSE Zwolle Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands F 15 Stafford Trueheart 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Canisius High School Lancaster, New York G 20 Jalen Ray 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Hampton Hampton, Virginia F 23 Kvonn Cramer 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Mount Pleasant Wilmington, Delaware G 24 Connor Klementowicz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Gill St. Bernard's School Freehold, New Jersey F/C 32 Isaac Kante 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS So Georgia Brooklyn, New York	Head coach Joe Mihalich (La Salle) Assistant coach(es) Mike Farrelly (Saint Joseph's) Speedy Claxton (Hofstra) Colin Curtin (Niagara) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloSports		San Jose State	L 71–79	0–1	Mack Sports Complex (4,223) Hempstead, NY
November 9, 2019* 4:00 pm, FloSports		Monmouth	W 94–74	1–1	Mack Sports Complex (3,897) Hempstead, NY
November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm		at Bucknell	L 71–86	1–2	Sojka Pavilion (1,952) Lewisburg, PA
November 15, 2019* 5:00 pm, FloSports		NY Tech	W 111–69	2–2	Mack Sports Complex (2,072) Hempstead, NY
November 21, 2019* 11:00 pm, P12N		at UCLA	W 88–78	3–2	Pauley Pavilion (4,836) Los Angeles, CA
November 24, 2019* 8:00 pm		at Cal State Fullerton	W 79–57	4–2	Titan Gym (588) Fullerton, CA
November 27, 2019* 10:00 pm		at San Diego Boca Raton Classic non bracket game	L 69–79	4–3	Jenny Craig Pavilion (907) San Diego, CA
December 1, 2019* 3:00 pm		vs. Holy Cross Boca Raton Beach Classic Naismith semifinals	W 91–69	5–3	FAU Arena  Boca Raton, FL
December 2, 2019* 2:00 pm		vs. Canisius Boca Raton Beach Classic Naismith championship	W 64–57	6–3	FAU Arena  Boca Raton, FL
December 7, 2019* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		at St. Bonaventure	L 45–73	6–4	Reilly Center (5,480) Olean, NY
December 10, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloSports		Stony Brook	W 71–63	7–4	Mack Sports Complex (3,111) Hempstead, NY
December 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Princeton	W 87–72	8–4	Jadwin Gymnasium (1,196) Princeton, NJ
December 22, 2019* 12:00 pm, FloSports		Manhattan	W 63–51	9–4	Mack Sports Complex (2,257) Hempstead, NY
CAA regular season
December 28, 2019 4:00 pm, FloSports		at James Madison	W 82–76	10–4 (1–0)	JMU Convocation Center (1,987) Harrisonburg, VA
December 30, 2019 2:00 pm, FloSports		at Towson	W 75–67	11–4 (2–0)	SECU Arena (1,225) Towson, MD
January 2, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		William & Mary	L 61–88	11–5 (2–1)	Mack Sports Complex (1,725) Hempstead, NY
January 4, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		Elon	W 102–75	12–5 (3–1)	Mack Sports Complex (1,809) Hempstead, NY
January 9, 2020 8:00 pm, CBSSN		at Northeastern	W 74–72	13–5 (4–1)	Matthews Arena (1,202) Boston, MA
January 16, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		at UNC Wilmington	W 63–61	14–5 (5–1)	Trask Coliseum (2,816) Wilmington, NC
January 18, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		at College of Charleston	L 67–69	14–6 (5–2)	TD Arena (4,301) Charleston, SC
January 23, 2020 6:30 pm, CBSSN		Delaware	L 71–73	14–7 (5–3)	Mack Sports Complex (2,291) Hempstead, NY
January 25, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		Drexel	W 72–59	15–7 (6–3)	Mack Sports Complex (2,453) Hempstead, NY
January 30, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		at Elon	W 86–63	16–7 (7–3)	Schar Center (1,676) Elon, NC
February 1, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		at William & Mary	W 83–60	17–7 (8–3)	Kaplan Arena (5,325) Williamsburg, VA
February 8, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		Northeastern	W 75–71	18–7 (9–3)	Mack Sports Complex (3,835) Hempstead, NY
February 13, 2020 7:00 pm, CBSSN		College of Charleston	W 76–63	19–7 (10–3)	Mack Sports Complex (2,502) Hempstead, NY
February 15, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		UNC Wilmington	W 78–64	20–7 (11–3)	Mack Sports Complex (2,506) Hempstead, NY
February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		at Drexel	W 81–74	21–7 (12–3)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (852) Philadelphia, PA
February 22, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		at Delaware	W 78–62	22–7 (13–3)	Bob Carpenter Center (4,722) Newark, DE
February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, FloSports		Towson	L 65–76	22–8 (13–4)	Mack Sports Complex (3,194) Hempstead, NY
February 29, 2020 4:00 pm, FloSports		James Madison	W 97–81	23–8 (14–4)	Mack Sports Complex (3,843) Hempstead, NY
CAA tournament
March 8, 2020 12:00 pm, FloHoops	(1)	vs. (8) Drexel Quarterfinals	W 61–43	24–8	Entertainment and Sports Arena  Washington, D.C.
March 9, 2020 6:00 pm, CBSSN	(1)	vs. (5) Delaware Semifinals	W 75–61	25–8	Entertainment and Sports Arena  Washington, D.C.
March 10, 2020 7:00 pm, CBSSN	(1)	vs. (6) Northeastern Championship	W 70–61	26–8	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^[2][3]

References

1. "Hofstra vs. NC State - Game Recap - March 19, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
2. "2019–20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Hofstra University. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
3. "2019-20 Hofstra Pride Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-27.