# 2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball team represented Stony Brook University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Island Federal Credit Union Arena in Stony Brook, New York and were led by first-year head coach Geno Ford, who took over for former head coach Jeff Boals, who left the school to accept the head coaching position at Ohio. They are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 10–6 in America East play to finish in second place. They defeated Albany in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament before losing in the semifinals to Hartford.

## Previous season

The Seawolves finished the 2018–19 season 24–9 overall, 12–4 in conference play to finish in second place. In the America East tournament, they were upset in the quarterfinals by Binghamton. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational, where they lost to South Florida in the first round.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Jaron Cornish | 0 | G | 5'11" | 178 | Senior | Abaco, Bahamas | Graduated |
| Jules Moor | 1 | G | 6'5" | 202 | Freshman | Houston, TX | Transferred to Texas State |
| Corry Long | 5 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Sophomore | Cincinnati, OH | Transferred to Southern New Hampshire |
| Akwasi Yeboah | 15 | G/F | 6'6" | 235 | R-Junior | Chigwell, England | Transferred to Rutgers |
| Nick Aubry | 42 | F | 6'7" | 240 | Freshman | Port Jefferson, NY | Walk-on |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Frankie Policelli | 0 | F | 6'7" | 211 | Sophomore | New Hartford, NY | Transferred from Dayton |
| Mouhamadou Gueye | 5 | F | 6'9" | 210 | Junior | Staten Island, NY | Junior college transferred from Monroe College |
Note: Policelli was deemed ineligible for the 2019–20 season due to NCAA transfer regulations.

### 2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Tyler Stephenson-Moore SG | Port Washington, NY | Long Island Lutheran | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Dec 18, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Tavin Pierre Philippe SG | Freeport, NY | Baldwin High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Apr 30, 2019 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, SNY | | Yale | L 69–74 $^{OT}$ | 0–1 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,183) Stony Brook, NY |
| November 9, 2019* 2:30 pm, YES/FSN | | at No. 12 Seton Hall | L 57–74 | 0–2 | Walsh Gymnasium (1,655) South Orange, NJ |
| November 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Farmingdale State | W 91–44 | 1–2 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,049) Stony Brook, NY |
| November 15, 2019* 8:30 pm, Team1Sports | | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islander Invitational | W 68–63 | 2–2 | American Bank Center (1,078) Corpus Christi, TX |
| November 16, 2019* 5:00 pm, Team1Sports | | vs. Texas–Rio Grande Valley Islander Invitational | W 69–58 | 3–2 | American Bank Center (457) Corpus Christi, TX |
| November 17, 2019* 2:00 pm, Team1Sports | | vs. North Dakota State Islander Invitational | W 64–57 | 4–2 | American Bank Center (468) Corpus Christi, TX |
| November 23, 2019* 3:00 pm | | at Wagner | W 87–84 $^{OT}$ | 5–2 | Spiro Sports Center (1,266) Staten Island, NY |
| November 27, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloSports | | at Delaware | L 61–75 | 5–3 | Bob Carpenter Center (1,771) Newark, DE |
| December 2, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Manhattan | W 65–47 | 6–3 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,083) Stony Brook, NY |
| December 7, 2019* 7:00 pm, SNY | | Brown | W 79–63 | 7–3 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,943) Stony Brook, NY |
| December 10, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloSports | | at Hofstra | L 63–71 | 7–4 | Mack Sports Complex (3,111) Hempstead, NY |
| December 14, 2019* 8:00 pm, FS1 | | at Providence | L 78–82 | 7–5 | Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,861) Providence, RI |
| December 18, 2019* 6:30 pm, ACCN | | at No. 9 Virginia | L 44–56 | 7–6 | John Paul Jones Arena (13,665) Charlottesville, VA |
| December 21, 2019* 2:00 pm, Stadium | | at American | W 77–74 | 8–6 | Bender Arena (1,119) Washington, D.C. |
| December 29, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Norfolk State | W 81–65 | 9–6 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,488) Stony Brook, NY |
| America East Conference regular season ||||||
| January 5, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maine | W 73–52 | 10–6 (1–0) | Cross Insurance Center (798) Bangor, ME |
| January 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Vermont | W 81–77 | 11–6 (2–0) | Patrick Gym (2,847) Burlington, VT |
| January 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | New Hampshire | W 73–48 | 12–6 (3–0) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,422) Stony Brook, NY |
| January 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Hartford | L 65–68 | 12–7 (3–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (846) West Hartford, CT |
| January 18, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Albany | W 70–62 | 13–7 (4–1) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,763) Stony Brook, NY |
| January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Binghamton | L 79–83 | 13–8 (4–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,261) Stony Brook, NY |
| January 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMass Lowell | W 84–76 | 14–8 (5–2) | Tsongas Center (734) Lowell, MA |
| February 1, 2020 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN+ | | UMBC | W 74–63 | 15–8 (6–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMass Lowell | W 77–70 | 16–8 (7–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,504) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | L 64–81 | 16–9 (7–3) | Lundholm Gym (599) Durham, NH |
| February 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Binghamton | W 75–70 | 17–9 (8–3) | Binghamton University Events Center (4,238) Vestal, NY |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | Vermont | L 54–63 | 17–10 (8–4) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maine | W 54–46 | 18–10 (9–4) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,928) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Hartford | L 54–65 | 18–11 (9–5) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,468) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Albany | W 52–49 | 19–11 (10–5) | SEFCU Arena (2,564) Albany, NY |
| March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMBC | L 67–75 | 19–12 (10–6) | UMBC Event Center (1,636) Baltimore, MD |
| America East tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | (7) Albany Quarterfinals | W 76–73 | 20–12 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,166) Stony Brook, NY |
| March 10, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (2) | (3) Hartford Semifinals | L 58–64 | 20–13 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,861) Stony Brook, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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