# 2020–21 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team

The 2020–21 North Florida Ospreys men's basketball team represented the University of North Florida in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ospreys, led by 12th-year head coach Matthew Driscoll, played their home games at the UNF Arena in Jacksonville, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 8-15, 6-6 in ASUN Play to finish in 4th place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament to North Alabama.

## Previous season

The Ospreys finished the 2019–20 season 21–12, 13–3 in ASUN play to finish as ASUN regular season co-champions, alongside Liberty. After tiebreakers, they received the #2 seed in the ASUN tournament, where they defeated the #7 seed Jacksonville in the quarterfinals, 91–88, before falling to the #3 seed Lipscomb, in the semifinals, 71–73.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 25, 2020* 5:30 pm | | vs. Eastern Kentucky Wolfpack Invitational | L 67–80 | 0–1 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC |
| November 27, 2020* 8:00 pm, ACCRSN | | at NC State Wolfpack Invitational | L 51–86 | 0–2 | Reynolds Coliseum (25) Raleigh, NC |
| November 29, 2020* 6:00 pm, ACCRSN | | at Miami (FL) | L 59–77 | 0–3 | Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL |
| December 2, 2020* 8:00 pm, ACCN | | at No. 22 Florida State | L 58–86 | 0–4 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,720) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 5, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at High Point | L 74–85 | 0–5 | Millis Athletic Convocation Center (10) High Point, NC |
| December 7, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Florida Atlantic | L 77–79 | 0–6 | UNF Arena (656) Jacksonville, FL |
| December 10, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at East Carolina | L 67–73 | 0–7 | Williams Arena (50) Greenville, NC |
| December 12, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | FIU | W 80–77 | 1–7 | UNF Arena (536) Jacksonville, FL |
| December 16, 2020* 7:00 pm, SECN | | at Florida | Postponed | Postponed | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| December 19, 2020* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Flagler | L 66–73 | 1–8 | UNF Arena (1,351) Jacksonville, FL |
| December 21, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Edward Waters | W 98–71 | 2–8 | UNF Arena (542) Jacksonville, FL |
| Atlantic Sun Conference regular season ||||||
| January 1, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stetson Postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests | | | Edmunds Center DeLand, FL |
| January 2, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stetson Postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests | | | Edmunds Center DeLand, FL |
| January 8, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Jacksonville | L 65–66 | 2–9 (0–1) | Swisher Gymnasium (180) Jacksonville, FL |
| January 9, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Jacksonville | W 70–68 | 3–9 (1–1) | Swisher Gymnasium (180) Jacksonville, FL |
| January 15, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Lipscomb | L 72–84 | 3–10 (1–2) | Allen Arena (759) Nashville, TN |
| January 16, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Lipscomb | W 72–67 | 4–10 (2–2) | Allen Arena (735) Nashville, TN |
| January 22, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Kennesaw State | W 69–54 | 5–10 (3–2) | UNF Arena (787) Jacksonville, FL |
| January 23, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Kennesaw State | W 68–65 | 6–10 (4–2) | UNF Arena (703) Jacksonville, FL |
| January 29, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | North Alabama | L 78–82 | 6–11 (4–3) | UNF Arena (807) Jacksonville, FL |
| January 30, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | North Alabama | W 82–72 | 7–11 (5–3) | UNF Arena (714) Jacksonville, FL |
| February 5, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Liberty | Postponed | Postponed | Liberty Arena Lynchburg, VA |
| February 6, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Liberty | Postponed | Postponed | Liberty Arena Lynchburg, VA |
| February 12, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Liberty | L 61–73 | 7–12 (5–4) | Liberty Arena (250) Lynchburg, VA |
| February 13, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Liberty | L 60–80 | 7–13 (5–5) | Liberty Arena (250) Lynchburg, VA |
| February 19, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Bellarmine | Canceled | Canceled | UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL |
| February 20, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Bellarmine | Canceled | Canceled | UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL |
| February 26, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stetson | W 79–74 | 8–13 (6–5) | Edmunds Center DeLand, FL |
| February 27, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stetson | L 68–85 | 8–14 (6–6) | Edmunds Center DeLand, FL |
| Atlantic Sun tournament ||||||
| March 4, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | (4) | vs. (5) North Alabama Quarterfinals | L 60–68 | 8–15 | Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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