# 2019–20 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Wright State Raiders men's basketball team represented Wright State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Raiders, led by fourth-year head coach Scott Nagy, played their home games at the Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 25–7, 15–3 in Horizon League play to be regular season Horizon League champions. They lost in the semifinals of the Horizon League tournament to UIC. As regular season league champions who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. However, the NIT, and all other postseason tournament, were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Raiders finished the 2018–19 season 21–14 overall, 13–5 in Horizon League play, finishing as co-regular season champions, alongside Northern Kentucky. In the Horizon League tournament, they defeated IUPUI in the quarterfinals, Green Bay in the semifinals, before falling to Northern Kentucky in the championship game. As a regular season league champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the NIT, where they lost to Clemson in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Central State | W 96–77 | 1–0 | 21 – Holden | 7 – Holden | 5 – Gentry | Nutter Center (3,771) Fairborn, OH |
| November 9, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Miami (OH) | W 88–81 | 2–0 | 27 – Love | 16 – Love | 2 – Tied | Millett Hall (2,034) Oxford, OH |
| November 12, 2019* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Tennessee Tech | W 85–80 $^{OT}$ | 3-0 | 20 – Wampler | 14 – Holden | 6 – Hall | Eblen Center (1,255) Cookeville, TN |
| November 16, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Kent State | L 71–72 | 3-1 | 18 – Wampler | 9 – Love | 5 – Gentry | Nutter Center (4,216) Fairborn, OH |
| November 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Urbana Gulf Coast Showcase campus-site game | W 88–51 | 4–1 | 19 – Basile | 6 – Tied | 6 – Hall | Nutter Center (3,402) Fairborn, OH |
| November 25, 2019* 5:00 pm, FloSports | | vs. Weber State Gulf Coast Showcase first round | W 72–57 | 5–1 | 27 – Wampler | 12 – Love | 3 – Wampler | Hertz Arena (893) Estero, FL |
| November 26, 2019* 7:30 pm, FloSports | | vs. La Salle Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals | L 70–72 | 5–2 | 15 – Tied | 7 – Basile | 3 – Wampler | Hertz Arena (738) Estero, FL |
| November 27, 2019* 5:00 pm, FloSports | | vs. Miami (OH) Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd place game | W 71–66 | 6–2 | 17 – Tied | 12 – Basile | 3 – Hall | Hertz Arena (712) Estero, FL |
| December 3, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Western Kentucky | W 76–74 | 7–2 | 22 – Wampler | 10 – Basile | 4 – Hall | Nutter Center (3,178) Fairborn, OH |
| December 7, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Indiana State | L 77–84 $^{OT}$ | 7–3 | 15 – Calvin | 11 – Wampler | 5 – Wampler | Nutter Center (3,509) Fairborn, OH |
| December 12, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Southern | W 85–62 | 8–3 | 26 – Manns | 8 – Manns | 5 – Ash | Nutter Center (3,012) Fairborn, OH |
| December 17, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Mississippi Valley State | W 92–50 | 9–3 | 19 – Tied | 14 – Basile | 7 – Hall | Nutter Center (2,773) Fairborn, OH |
| December 21, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Toledo | W 79–72 | 10–3 | 27 – Holden | 17 – Holden | 3 – Love | Savage Arena (4,038) Toledo, OH |
| Horizon League regular season |||||||||
| December 28, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Green Bay | W 90–84 | 11–3 (1–0) | 22 – Love | 16 – Love | 4 – Tied | Nutter Center (4,089) Fairborn, OH |
| December 30, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Milwaukee | W 82–70 | 12–3 (2–0) | 17 – Wampler | 9 – Love | 8 – Hall | Nutter Center (3,470) Fairborn, OH |
| January 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Oakland | W 96–69 | 13–3 (3–0) | 21 – Wampler | 9 – Ash | 7 – Gentry | Athletics Center O'rena (3,393) Auburn Hills, MI |
| January 5, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Detroit Mercy | W 70–69 | 14–3 (4–0) | 23 – Love | 20 – Love | 3 – Tied | Calihan Hall (1,103) Detroit, MI |
| January 10, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at IUPUI | W 84–70 | 15–3 (5–0) | 26 – Wampler | 15 – Love | 7 – Holden | Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,142) Indianapolis, IN |
| January 12, 2020 3:15 pm, ESPN+ | | at UIC | L 72–76 | 15–4 (5–1) | 16 – Wampler | 11 – Love | 3 – Tied | Credit Union 1 Arena (1,277) Chicago, IL |
| January 16, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Cleveland State | W 75–62 | 16–4 (6–1) | 16 – Holden | 10 – Basile | 4 – Ash | Nutter Center (3,153) Fairborn, OH |
| January 18, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Youngstown State | W 79–72 | 17–4 (7–1) | 21 – Love | 13 – Holden | 4 – Gentry | Nutter Center (5,474) Fairborn, OH |
| January 24, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | Northern Kentucky | W 95–63 | 18–4 (8–1) | 20 – Holden | 13 – Holden | 6 – Wampler | Nutter Center (6,217) Fairborn, OH |
| January 31, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Milwaukee | W 65–61 | 19–4 (9–1) | 19 – Wampler | 13 – Love | 2 – Gentry | UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2,120) Milwaukee, WI |
| February 2, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Green Bay | L 89–92 | 19–5 (9–2) | 21 – Love | 11 – Ash | 7 – Gentry | Resch Center (1,990) Ashwaubenon, WI |
| February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Detroit Mercy | W 98–86 | 20–5 (10–2) | 25 – Wampler | 6 – Love | 6 – Holden | Nutter Center (4,344) Fairborn, OH |
| February 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Oakland | W 83–71 | 21–5 (11–2) | 20 – Wampler | 11 – Love | 6 – Gentry | Nutter Center (5,053) Fairborn, OH |
| February 14, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | | UIC | W 75–58 | 22–5 (12–2) | 24 – Love | 9 – Love | 3 – Calvin | Nutter Center (4,261) Fairborn, OH |
| February 16, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | IUPUI | W 106–66 | 23–5 (13–2) | 21 – Manns | 8 – Love | 5 – Tied | Nutter Center (6,003) Fairborn, OH |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Youngstown State | L 70–88 | 23–6 (13–3) | 17 – Love | 6 – Holden | 3 – Hall | Beeghly Center (2,148) Youngstown, OH |
| February 22, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cleveland State | W 81–74 $^{OT}$ | 24–6 (14–3) | 23 – Wampler | 9 – Love | 4 – Wampler | Wolstein Center (2,159) Cleveland, OH |
| February 28, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Northern Kentucky | W 64–62 | 25–6 (15–3) | 20 – Love | 14 – Love | 1 – Love | BB&T Arena (6,776) Highland Heights, KY |
| Horizon League tournament |||||||||
| March 9, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | (1) | vs. (4) UIC Semifinals | L 56–73 | 25–7 | 14 – Wampler | 9 – Love | 4 – Gentry | Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,923) Indianapolis, IN |
| NIT |||||||||
| | | | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||||||
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## Awards and honors

| Loudon Love | Horizon League Player of the Year |
| Loudon Love | First Team All Horizon League |
| Bill Wampler | Second Team All Horizon League |
| Cole Gentry | Third Team All Horizon League |
| Scott Nagy | Horizon League Coach of the Year |

## Statistics

| Number | Name | Games | Average | Points | Assists | Rebounds |
| 11 | Loudon Love | 27 | 15.9 | 429 | 39 | 261 |
| 1 | Bill Wampler | 31 | 15.6 | 483 | 51 | 140 |
| 2 | Tanner Holden | 32 | 11.8 | 378 | 51 | 207 |
| 31 | Cole Gentry | 32 | 10.8 | 346 | 87 | 87 |
| 00 | Jaylon Hall | 32 | 7.8 | 251 | 93 | 113 |
| 5 | Skyelar Potter | 9 | 6.4 | 58 | 8 | 28 |
| 21 | Grant Basile | 32 | 6.2 | 199 | 25 | 137 |
| 23 | James Manns | 25 | 5.7 | 142 | 4 | 44 |
| 10 | Trey Calvin | 32 | 4.8 | 153 | 32 | 67 |
| 3 | Jordan Ash | 32 | 4.0 | 129 | 52 | 91 |
| 20 | Andy Neff | 8 | 1.3 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | TJ Nagy | 8 | 0.3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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