| 2019–20 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 14–16 (9–7 WAC) |
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| Home arena | UTRGV Fieldhouse |
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| New Mexico State | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Baptist* | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 5 | – | 10 | .333 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 4 | – | 25 | .138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period Note: The 2020 WAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2019–20 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team represented the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Vaqueros, led by fourth-year head coach Lew Hill, played their home games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg, Texas as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 9–7 in WAC play to finish in third place. They were set to be the No. 2 seed in the WAC tournament, however, the tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previous season
The Vaqueros finished the 2018–19 season 20–17, 9–7 in WAC play to finish in 4th place. In the WAC tournament, they defeated Cal State Bakersfield in the quarterfinals,[1] before falling to top-seeded New Mexico State in the semifinals.[2] They received an invitation to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, where they defeated Grambling State in the first round,[3] before losing to Texas Southern in the second round.[4]
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at South Dakota State | L 57–70 | 0–1 |
Frost Arena (1,704) Brookings, SD | |||||||
| November 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Howard Payne | W 93–42 | 1–1 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (976) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| November 15, 2019* 5:00 pm, Team1Sports |
vs. North Dakota State Islander Invitational |
L 70–76 | 1–2 |
American Bank Center (209) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
| November 16, 2019* 4:00 pm, Team1Sports |
vs. Stony Brook Islander Invitational |
L 58–69 | 1–3 |
American Bank Center (457) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
| November 17, 2019* 4:00 pm |
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi South Texas Showdown |
L 55–63 | 1–4 |
American Bank Center (978) Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||
| November 25, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Texas A&M International | W 79–52 | 2–4 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,005) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| November 30, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi South Texas Showdown |
L 52–55 | 2–5 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,760) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| December 3, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Sam Houston State | W 90–86 2OT | 3–5 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,196) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| December 6, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Mid-America Christian | W 92–50 | 4–5 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (718) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| December 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, FS1 |
at Creighton | L 58–89 | 4–6 |
CHI Health Center Omaha (16,346) Omaha, NE | |||||||
| December 15, 2019* 12:30 pm |
at Omaha Summit League/WAC Challenge |
L 82–92 | 4–7 |
Baxter Arena (2,840) Omaha, NE | |||||||
| December 21, 2019* 1:00 pm, FSSW+ |
at No. 24 Texas Tech | L 58–68 | 4–8 |
United Supermarkets Arena (13,516) Lubbock, TX | |||||||
| December 30, 2019* 6:00 pm, FSOK |
at Oklahoma | L 72–91 | 4–9 |
Lloyd Noble Center (6,755) Norman, OK | |||||||
| January 2, 2020 9:00 pm, WAC DN |
at California Baptist | L 67–76 | 4–10 (0–1) |
CBU Events Center (2,493) Riverside, CA | |||||||
| January 9, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Kansas City | W 76–64 | 5–10 (1–1) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (708) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| January 11, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Chicago State | W 87–63 | 6–10 (1–2) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,085) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| January 16, 2020 9:00 pm, WAC DN |
at Seattle | L 74–91 | 6–1 (2–2) |
Redhawk Center (862) Seattle, WA | |||||||
| January 18, 2020 3:00 pm, WAC DN |
at Utah Valley | L 70–72 | 6–12 (2–3) |
UCCU Center Orem, UT | |||||||
| January 25, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
New Mexico State | L 62–67 | 6–13 (2–4) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,618) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| January 30, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Grand Canyon | L 79–87 | 6–14 (2–5) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,165) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| February 1, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Cal State Bakersfield | W 70–59 | 7–14 (3–5) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,065) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
at Kansas City | W 73–60 | 8–14 (4–5) |
Swinney Recreation Center (1,097) Kansas City, MO | |||||||
| February 8, 2020 12:00 pm, WAC DN |
at Chicago State | W 75–64 | 9–14 (5–5) |
Jones Convocation Center (378) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| February 13, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Utah Valley | W 80–72 | 10–14 (6–5) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,218) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| February 15, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
Seattle | W 79–72 | 11–14 (7–5) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,667) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| February 18, 2020* 12:00 pm, WAC DN |
Texas–Permian Basin | W 93–80 | 12–14 |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,012) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| February 22, 2020 8:00 pm, WAC DN |
at New Mexico State | L 62–78 | 12–15 (7–6) |
Pan American Center (11,680) Las Cruces, NM | |||||||
| February 27, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Cal State Bakersfield | L 59–79 | 12–16 (7–7) |
Icardo Center (2,134) Bakersfield, CA | |||||||
| February 29, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
at Grand Canyon | W 88–80 | 13–16 (8–7) |
GCU Arena (7,002) Phoenix, AZ | |||||||
| March 7, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN |
California Baptist | W 79–76 OT | 14–16 (9–7) |
UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,523) Edinburg, TX | |||||||
| WAC tournament | |||||||||||
| Mar 12, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(2) | vs. (7) Cal State Bakersfield Quarterfinals |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] | Orleans Arena Paradise, NV | |||||||
References
- ^ "#4 Men's Basketball Pulls Off First WAC Tournament Victory". University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ "Comeback Falls Short as #4 Men's Basketball Falls to #1 New Mexico State in WAC Tournament semifinals". University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ "UTRGV Defeats Grambling State to Advance in CIT". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ "UTRGV Season Ends in CIT Second Round". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ "WAC tournament cancelled due to coronavirus concerns".
- ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ "2019-20 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
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