2019–20 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2019–20
Team:Fresno State Bulldogs
Conference:Mountain West Conference
Short Conf:MW
Record:11–19
Conf Record:7–11
Hc Year:2nd
Asst Coach1:Keith Brown
Asst Coach2:Tarvish Felton
Asst Coach3:Tim Shelton
Stadium:Save Mart Center
(Capacity: 15,596)

The 2019–20 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Justin Hutson and played their home games at the Save Mart Center as members of the Mountain West Conference.[1] They finished the season 11–19, 7–11 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to Air Force.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the season 23–9, 13–5 in Mountain West play to finish in third place. They defeated Air Force in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament before losing in the semifinals to Utah State. Despite having 23 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Johnny McWilliams 3 G 6'6" 200 Junior Left the team for personal reasons
Braxton Huggins 4 G 6'4" 195 Senior Graduated
Amrit Dhaliwal 10 G 5'11" 165 Freshman Transferred
Myles Fitzgerald-Warren 12 F 6'3" 180 Sophomore Transferred to Collin College
Sam Bittner 20 G 6'6" 210 Senior Walk-on; graduated
21 G 6'2" 185 RS Senior Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college
Jordan Campbell 5 G 6'3" 195 RS Freshman Transferred from Oregon State in January during the 2018–19 season. Under NCAA transfer rules, Campbell has to sit out until January and will be eligible to start in January during the 2019–20 season. Campbell has three and a half years of remaining eligibility.
Mustafa Lawrence 12 G 6'0" 180 Junior Junior college transferred from Tallahassee CC
C. J. Hyder 14 G 6'3" 195 Junior Junior college transferred from Mt. San Jacinto College. Will join the team as a walk-on.
Alec Hickman 20 G 6'4" 180 Junior Junior college transferred from East LA College

2020 recruiting class

Schedule and results

Source[3] |-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Mountain West tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-20 MWC hoops: Fresno State confident it will replace stars. Geoff. Grammer. www.abqjournal.com. en-US. 2019-11-25.
  2. Web site: Bulldogs await postseason fate after loss in MW semifinals. Fresno State Athletics. en. 2019-11-25.
  3. Web site: 2019–20 Schedule .