Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2019–20 |
Prev Year: | 2018–19 |
Next Year: | 2020–21 |
Team: | UIC Flames |
Conference: | Horizon League |
Short Conf: | Horizon |
Record: | 18–17 |
Conf Record: | 10–8 |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach3: | Rod Clark |
The 2019–20 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by fifth-year head coach Steve McClain, played their home games at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois as members of the Horizon League. The finished the season 18–17, 10–8 in Horizon League to play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Horizon League tournament, they defeated IUPUI, Youngstown State, and top-seeded Wright State to advance to the championship game. There they lost to Northern Kentucky.[1]
Shortly after the season, the school announced that head coach Steve McClain would not return as coach of the Flames.[2] A couple of weeks later, the school named Texas assistant coach Luke Yaklich as the Flames' new coach.[3]
The Flames finished the 2018–19 season 16–16 overall, 10–8 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. In the Horizon League tournament, they were defeated by Green Bay in the quarterfinals.[4]
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