# 2019–20 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by first-year head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, played their home games at the KSU Convocation Center in Kennesaw, Georgia as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). They finished the season 1–28, 0–16 in ASUN play, to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the ASUN tournament.

## Previous season

The Owls finished the 2018–19 season 6–26 overall, 3–13 in ASUN play, to finish in a tie for 8th place, and due to their tiebreaker over Stetson, they qualified for the conference tournament. In the ASUN tournament, they lost in the first round to top-seeded Lipscomb.
On February 21, 2019, head coach Al Skinner announced his resignation from Kennesaw State effective at the end of the season. On April 18, 2019, Amir Abdur-Rahim was announced as Skinner's replacement.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| November 5, 2019* 9:00 p.m. | at Creighton | L 55–81 | 0–1 | CHI Health Center Omaha (16,321) Omaha, NE |
| November 7, 2019* 8:00 p.m. | at Drake | L 55–86 | 0–2 | Knapp Center (2,780) Des Moines, IA |
| November 11, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | at Mercer | L 62–74 | 0–3 | Hawkins Arena (2,373) Macon, GA |
| November 18, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | Reinhardt Exhibition | W 69–54 | | KSU Convocation Center (1,556) Kennesaw, GA |
| November 22, 2019* 8:30 p.m. | vs. Monmouth ASUN/MAAC Challenge | L 40–71 | 0–4 | HP Field House (153) Lake Buena Vista, FL |
| November 23, 2019* 6:00 p.m. | vs. Iona ASUN/MAAC Challenge | L 52–75 | 0–5 | HP Field House (113) Lake Buena Vista, FL |
| December 2, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | at Elon | L 47–70 | 0–6 | Schar Center (1,402) Elon, NC |
| December 4, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | at UNC Greensboro | L 54–72 | 0–7 | Fleming Gymnasium (2,038) Greensboro, NC |
| December 7, 2019* 1:00 p.m. | FIU | L 81–84 | 0–8 | KSU Convocation Center (1,202) Kennesaw, GA |
| December 13, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | W 85–61 | 1–8 | KSU Convocation Center (953) Kennesaw, GA |
| December 16, 2019* 8:00 p.m. | at Murray State | L 38–74 | 1–9 | CFSB Center (3,016) Murray, KY |
| December 18, 2019* 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Belmont | L 44–83 | 1–10 | Curb Event Center (1,283) Nashville, TN |
| December 22, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | Wofford | L 70–83 | 1–11 | KSU Convocation Center (801) Kennesaw, GA |
| December 29, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Iowa | L 51–93 | 1–12 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (15,056) Iowa City, IA |
| Atlantic Sun Conference regular season |||||
| January 2, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | North Florida | L 57–76 | 1–13 (0–1) | KSU Convocation Center (816) Kennesaw, GA |
| January 4, 2020 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Stetson | L 54–57 | 1–14 (0–2) | KSU Convocation Center (1,086) Kennesaw, GA |
| January 9, 2020 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Lipscomb | L 73–85 | 1–15 (0–3) | Allen Arena (1,435) Nashville, TN |
| January 16, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Florida Gulf Coast | L 51–73 | 1–16 (0–4) | Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL |
| January 18, 2020 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at NJIT | L 48–66 | 1–17 (0–5) | Wellness and Events Center (767) Newark, NJ |
| January 23, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | North Alabama | L 58–78 | 1–18 (0–6) | KSU Convocation Center (984) Kennesaw, GA |
| January 25, 2020 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Jacksonville | L 64–83 | 1–19 (0–7) | KSU Convocation Center (1,973) Kennesaw, GA |
| January 30, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Liberty | L 45–83 | 1–20 (0–8) | Vines Center (3,988) Lynchburg, VA |
| February 1, 2020 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at North Florida | L 45–86 | 1–21 (0–9) | UNF Arena (1,683) Jacksonville, FL |
| February 8, 2020 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Lipscomb | L 66–72 | 1–22 (0–10) | KSU Convocation Center (1,677) Kennesaw, GA |
| February 13, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Florida Gulf Coast | L 58–70 | 1–23 (0–11) | KSU Convocation Center (1,059) Kennesaw, GA |
| February 15, 2020 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Stetson | L 42–59 | 1–24 (0–12) | Edmunds Center DeLand, FL |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at North Alabama | L 46–65 | 1−25 (0−13) | Flowers Hall (975) Florence, AL |
| February 22, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Jacksonville | L 55–69 | 1–26 (0–14) | Swisher Gymnasium (734) Jacksonville, FL |
| February 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Liberty | L 52–76 | 1–27 (0–15) | KSU Convocation Center (933) Kennesaw, GA |
| February 29, 2020 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | NJIT | L 55–76 | 1–28 (0–16) | KSU Convocation Center (1,006) Kennesaw, GA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||
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