2019–20 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team

2019–20 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball
2019–20 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	22–8 (13–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Eric Konkol (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Duffy Conroy; Talvin Hester; Desmond Haymon;
Home arena	Thomas Assembly Center
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fifth-year head coach Eric Konkol, played their home games at the Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana as members of Conference USA. They finished the season 22–8, 13–5 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place. They were set to be the No. 3 seed in the C-USA tournament. However, they C-USA Tournament was canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019–20 Conference USA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Texas	14	–	4	.778	20	–	11	.645
Western Kentucky	13	–	5	.722	20	–	10	.667
Louisiana Tech	13	–	5	.722	22	–	8	.733
Charlotte	10	–	8	.556	16	–	13	.552
FIU	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Marshall	10	–	8	.556	17	–	15	.531
UAB	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Old Dominion	9	–	9	.500	13	–	19	.406
Florida Atlantic	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
UTSA	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
UTEP	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Rice	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Southern Miss	5	–	13	.278	9	–	22	.290
Middle Tennessee	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258
Note: The 2020 C-USA Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2018–19 season 20–13 overall, 9–9 in C-USA play to finish in 8th place. In the C-USA tournament, they defeated Florida Atlantic in the first round,^[1] before falling to top-seeded Old Dominion in the quarterfinals.^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Anthony Duruji	4	F	6 ft 7 in	220 lbs	So	Germantown, Maryland	Transfer to Florida

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Andrew Gordon	33	F	6 ft 10 in	250 lbs	RS Jr	Clearwater, Florida	West Virginia

Recruiting class of 2019

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	Height	Weight
		N/A	N/A
	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
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.

Roster

2019–20 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Lane Hartley (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Bossier Parish CC	Chatham, Louisiana
G	1	Derric Jean	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Sr	McArthur HS	Miami, Florida
G	3	Amorie Archibald	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Trinity Christian Academy	Deltona, Florida
G	5	Kalob Ledoux	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	RS Jr	McNeese State	Port Barre, Louisiana
G	10	Xaiver Armstead	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	McLennan CC	Waco, Texas
G	11	JaColby Pemberton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Jr	Lancaster HS	Dallas, Texas
F	13	Stacey Thomas	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Fortbend Christian Home School	Houston, Texas
G	21	Exavian Christon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Hot Springs HS	Hot Springs, Arkansas
F	22	Isaiah Crawford	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	North Crowley HS	Fort Worth, Texas
F	23	Mubarak Muhammed	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sr	Bossier Parish CC	Suleja, Nigeria
G	24	Cobe Williams	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Kimball HS	Dallas, Texas
G	25	DaQuan Bracey	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	St. Frances Academy	Baltimore, Maryland
F	33	Andrew Gordon	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS Jr	West Virginia	Clearwater, Florida
F	35	Oliver Powell	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Rowlett HS	Rowlett, Texas
F	40	Kale Walters (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Lindale HS	Lindale, Texas

Head coach

Eric Konkol (UW–Eau Claire)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 13, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2019* 4:00 pm		No. 22 LSU Hoops 4 Disaster Relief	L 70–83		Thomas Assembly Center (6,832) Ruston, LA
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2019* 7:00 pm, KDF		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 82–49	1–0	American Bank Center (1,027) Corpus Christi, TX
November 12, 2019* 6:30 pm, CUSA.tv		Wiley	W 98–52	2–0	Thomas Assembly Center (1,528) Ruston, LA
November 16, 2019* 5:00 pm, FS2		at Creighton	L 72–82	2–1	CHI Health Center Omaha (16,919) Omaha, NE
November 19, 2019* 6:30 pm, CUSA.tv		Mississippi Valley State	W 76–43	3–1	Thomas Assembly Center (1,483) Ruston, LA
November 22, 2019* 6:30 pm, CUSA.tv		North Alabama	W 82–61	4–1	Thomas Assembly Center (1,622) Ruston, LA
November 25, 2019* 7:30 pm, BTN		at Indiana	L 75–88	4–2	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (11,930) Bloomington, IN
November 30, 2019* 8:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Samford	W 78–57	5–2	Thomas Assembly Center (2,033) Ruston, LA
December 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, SECN+		at Mississippi State	W 74–67	6–2	Humphrey Coliseum (6,375) Starkville, MS
December 8, 2019* 4:30 pm, ESPN+		at Sam Houston State	L 68–71	6–3	Bernard Johnson Coliseum (731) Huntsville, TX
December 14, 2019* 4:00 pm, CUSA.tv		Louisiana	W 77–59	7–3	Thomas Assembly Center (4,032) Ruston, LA
December 17, 2019* 6:30 pm, CUSA.tv		North Carolina Central	W 69–60	8–3	Thomas Assembly Center (2,156) Ruston, LA
December 21, 2019* 4:00 pm, CUSA.tv		SUNO	W 87–47	9–3	Thomas Assembly Center (1,530) Ruston, LA
Conference USA regular season
December 30, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Southern Miss	W 80–49	10–3 (1–0)	Reed Green Coliseum (3,005) Hattiesburg, MS
January 4, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Southern Miss	W 78–50	11–3 (2–0)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,341) Ruston, LA
January 9, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at UTSA	L 73–89	11–4 (2–1)	Convocation Center (922) San Antonio, TX
January 11, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at UTEP	W 64–61	12–4 (3–1)	Don Haskins Center (5,731) El Paso, TX
January 16, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Rice	W 72–56	13–4 (4–1)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,467) Ruston, LA
January 18, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		North Texas	L 50–51	13–5 (4–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (3,213) Ruston, LA
January 23, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+		at Middle Tennessee	W 80–73	14–5 (5–2)	Murphy Center (3,047) Murfreesboro, TN
January 25, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UAB	W 72–58	15–5 (6–2)	Bartow Arena (2,732) Birmingham, AL
January 30, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Charlotte	W 72–59	16–5 (7–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,930) Ruston, LA
February 1, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Old Dominion	W 76–73	17–5 (8–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (3,763) Ruston, LA
February 6, 2020 8:00 pm, CBSSN		at Western Kentucky	L 54–65	17–6 (8–3)	E. A. Diddle Arena (5,769) Bowling Green, KY
February 8, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Marshall	L 79–83 ^OT	17–7 (8–4)	Cam Henderson Center (6,531) Huntington, WV
February 13, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+		FIU	W 60–57	18–7 (9–4)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,951) Ruston, LA
February 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Florida Atlantic	W 81–68	19–7 (10–4)	Thomas Assembly Center (4,186) Ruston, LA
February 22, 2020 3:00 pm, Stadium		at North Texas	W 73–71	20–7 (11–4)	The Super Pit (4,277) Denton, TX
February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, CBSSN		at Western Kentucky	L 91–95 ^OT	20–8 (11–5)	E. A. Diddle Arena (5,030) Bowling Green, KY
March 4, 2020 6:30 pm, C-USA.tv		FIU	W 76–73	21–8 (12–5)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,631) Ruston, LA
March 7, 2020 6:00 pm, C-USA.tv		Charlotte	W 66–43	22–8 (13–5)	Thomas Assembly Center (3,359) Ruston, LA
Conference USA tournament
March 12, 2020 9:00 pm, Facebook	(3)	vs. (6) Marshall Quarterfinals	C-USA Tournament Canceled^[3]		Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source^[4]

References

^ "Bulldogs Survive and Advance to Quarterfinals". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
^ "MBB: Quarterfinals Coverage". Conference USA. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
^ "Canceled: 2020 C-USA Basketball Championships". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2020.

[1] "Bulldogs Survive and Advance to Quarterfinals". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2020.

[2] "MBB: Quarterfinals Coverage". Conference USA. Retrieved January 13, 2020.

[3] "Canceled: 2020 C-USA Basketball Championships". conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

[4] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". LA Tech Athletics. Retrieved January 13, 2020.

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