2019–20 Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2019–20
Prev Year:2018–19
Next Year:2020–21
Team:Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
Conference:Western Athletic Conference
Short Conf:WAC
Record:14–16
Conf Record:9–7
Hc Year:4th
Asst Coach1:Jai Steadman
Asst Coach2:Kenya Crandell
Asst Coach3:Luke Mackay

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]

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| WAC tournament|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|Mar 12, 2020
8:00 pm, ESPN+| style="text-align:center"| (2)| vs. (7) Cal State Bakersfield
Quarterfinals| colspan=2 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] | style="text-align:center"|Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV|-Source[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. News:
    1. 4 Men's Basketball Pulls Off First WAC Tournament Victory
    . University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics. December 26, 2019. en.
  2. News: 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. December 26, 2019. en.
  3. News: UTRGV Defeats Grambling State to Advance in CIT. Western Athletic Conference. December 26, 2019. en.
  4. News: UTRGV Season Ends in CIT Second Round. Western Athletic Conference. December 26, 2019. en.
  5. Web site: WAC tournament cancelled due to coronavirus concerns.
  6. News: 2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics. December 26, 2019. en.
  7. News: 2019-20 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros Schedule. ESPN. December 26, 2019. en.