2019–20 Southern Jaguars basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:2019–20
Prev Year:2018–19
Next Year:2020–21
Team:Southern Jaguars
Conference:Southwestern Athletic Conference
Short Conf:SWAC
Record:17–15
Conf Record:13–5
Hc Year:2nd
Asst Coach1:Ryan Price
Asst Coach3:Jethro Hillman
Asst Coach4:Martiese Morones

The 2019–20 Southern Jaguars basketball team represented Southern University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by second-year head coach Sean Woods, played their home games at the F. G. Clark Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 13–5 in SWAC play to finish in second place. They defeated Alabama State in the quarterfinals of the SWAC tournament and were set to face Texas Southern in the semifinals until the tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The Jaguars finished the 2018–19 season 7–25 overall, 6–12 in SWAC play, to finish in a tie for 7th place. In the SWAC tournament, they were defeated by Texas Southern in the quarterfinals.[1]

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| SWAC regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| SWAC tournament|-|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|March 13, 2020
8:30 pm, ESPN3| style="text-align:center"| (2)| vs. (3) Texas Southern
Semifinals| colspan=2 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2] | style="text-align:center"|Bartow Arena
Birmingham, AL|-Source[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News:
    1. SWACMBB Quarterfinals Recaps: March 12
    . Southwestern Athletic Conference. December 8, 2019. en.
  2. Web site: SWAC Cancels Remainder of 2020 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments.
  3. News: Men's Basketball - Schedule. Southern University Jaguars. December 8, 2019. en.
  4. News: 2019-20 Southern Jaguars Schedule Stats. ESPN. December 8, 2019. en.