2020–21 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2020–21
Prev Year:2019–20
Next Year:2021–22
Team:Georgia Southern Eagles
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Division:East Division
Short Conf:Sun Belt
Record:13–13
Conf Record:7–9
Hc Year:1st
Assoc Coach:Chris Shumate
Asst Coach2:Shawn Forrest
Asst Coach3:Tim MacAllister

The 2020–21 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Brian Burg, played their home games at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference. With the creation of divisions to cut down on travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they played in the East Division.

Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2019–20 season 20–13, 12–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They were the No. 5 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, where they defeated Louisiana and Georgia State. However, the tournament was later cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

On March 20, 2020, head coach Mark Byington resigned to become the head coach at James Madison.[1] He finished at Georgia Southern with a seven-year record of 131–97.

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Conference Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Sun Belt tournament|-Source[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JMU hires Mark Byington as men's basketball head coach.
  2. News: 2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule. Georgia Southern University Athletics. November 26, 2020. en.