# 2019–20 California Baptist Lancers men's basketball team

The 2019–20 California Baptist Lancers men's basketball team represented California Baptist University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lancers, led by seventh-year head coach Rick Croy, played their home games at the CBU Events Center in Riverside, California as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 10–6 in WAC play to finish in second place.
The season marked CBU's second year of a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I. As a result, the Lancers were not eligible for NCAA postseason play and could not participate in the WAC tournament. They were eligible to play in the CIT or CBI, if invited. However, all postseason play was cancelled due to they COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Lancers finished the 2018–19 season 16–15, 7–9 in WAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They were ineligible to participate in the WAC tournament due to their transition from Division II to Division I. They received an invite to the College Basketball Invitational, where they lost to Loyola Marymount in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Jackson State | W 93–70 | 1–0 | CBU Events Center (4,976) Riverside, CA |
| November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Cal Lutheran | W 112–56 | 2–0 | CBU Events Center (5,050) Riverside, CA |
| November 12, 2019* 5:00 pm, LHN | at Texas | L 54–67 | 2–1 | Frank Erwin Center (8,157) Austin, TX |
| November 15, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N | at California | L 62–82 | 2–2 | Haas Pavilion (4,115) Berkeley, CA |
| November 22, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloHoops | Central Arkansas 2K Empire Classic | W 104–98 $^{OT}$ | 3–2 | CBU Events Center (2,628) Riverside, CA |
| November 23, 2019* 7:00 pm, FloHoops | Georgia State 2K Empire Classic | L 60–69 | 3–3 | CBU Events Center (1,946) Riverside, CA |
| November 27, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | South Dakota Summit League/WAC Challenge | L 83–84 | 3–4 | CBU Events Center (1,760) Riverside, CA |
| December 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+/RiversideTV | UC Riverside | W 79–67 | 4–4 | CBU Events Center (4,067) Riverside, CA |
| December 7, 2019* 7:00 pm | at UC Irvine | W 68–60 | 5–4 | Bren Events Center (1,938) Irvine, CA |
| December 14, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Bethune–Cookman | W 87–68 | 6–4 | CBU Events Center Riverside, CA |
| December 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Southern | W 78–61 | 7–4 | CBU Events Center (1,874) Riverside, CA |
| December 22, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Mississippi Valley State | W 103–66 | 8–4 | CBU Events Center (2,003) Riverside, CA |
| December 28, 2019* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Ottawa (AZ) | W 92–75 | 9–4 | CBU Events Center (1,833) Riverside, CA |
| January 2, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | W 76–67 | 10–4 (1–0) | CBU Events Center (2,493) Riverside, CA |
| January 4, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | New Mexico State | L 71–86 | 10–5 (1–1) | CBU Events Center (4,754) Riverside, CA |
| January 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Cal State Bakersfield | W 83–75 | 11–5 (2–1) | Icardo Center (1,988) Bakersfield, CA |
| January 11, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Grand Canyon | W 61–57 | 12–5 (3–1) | GCU Arena (7,054) Phoenix, AZ |
| January 17, 2020* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Bethesda | W 96–62 | 13–5 | CBU Events Center (3,039) Riverside, CA |
| January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Chicago State | W 85–53 | 14–5 (4–1) | CBU Events Center (3,461) Riverside, CA |
| January 25, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Kansas City | L 57–67 | 14–6 (4–2) | CBU Events Center (4,047) Riverside, CA |
| January 29, 2020 6:00 pm, WAC DN | at Utah Valley | W 65–61 | 15–6 (5–2) | UCCU Center (3,367) Orem, UT |
| February 1, 2020 1:00 pm, WAC DN | at Seattle | W 72–65 | 16–6 (6–2) | Redhawk Center (880) Seattle, WA |
| February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Cal State Bakersfield | W 74–69 | 17–6 (7–2) | CBU Events Center (3,325) Riverside, CA |
| February 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Grand Canyon | L 98–103 | 17–7 (7–3) | CBU Events Center (5,050) Riverside, CA |
| February 13, 2020* 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Westcliff | W 107–45 | 18–7 | CBU Events Center (1,610) Riverside, CA |
| February 19, 2020 5:00 pm, WAC DN | at Kansas City | L 63–69 | 18–8 (7–4) | Swinney Recreation Center (1,211) Kansas City, MO |
| February 22, 2020 10:00 am, WAC DN | at Chicago State | W 95–53 | 19–8 (8–4) | Jones Convocation Center (368) Chicago, IL |
| February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Utah Valley | W 73–66 | 20–8 (9–4) | CBU Events Center (2,834) Riverside, CA |
| February 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+/RiversideTV | Seattle | W 88–87 $^{OT}$ | 21–8 (10–4) | CBU Events Center (5,058) Riverside, CA |
| March 5, 2020 6:00 pm, WAC DN | at New Mexico State | L 50–83 | 21–9 (10–5) | Pan American Center (7,015) Las Cruces, NM |
| March 7, 2020 5:00 pm, WAC DN | at Texas–Rio Grande Valley | L 76–79 | 21–10 (10–6) | UTRGV Fieldhouse (1,523) Edinburg, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific. |||||
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