# 2019–20 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Presbyterian Blue Hose men's basketball team represented Presbyterian College in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Hose, led by first-year head coach Quinton Ferrell, played their home games at the Templeton Physical Education Center in Clinton, South Carolina, as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 10–22, 7–11 in Big South play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the Big South tournament to Charleston Southern.

## Previous season

The Blue Hose finished the 2018–19 season 20–16 overall, 9–7 in Big South play to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the Big South tournament, they defeated UNC Asheville in the first round, before falling to Radford in the quarterfinals. The Blue Hose received an invitation to the CIT, where they beat Seattle in the first round, Robert Morris in the second round, before falling to Marshall in the quarterfinals.
On March 28, 2019, it was announced that former head coach Dustin Kerns was named the new head coach at Appalachian State. On April 11, 2019, former assistant coach at College of Charleston and Presbyterian alum Quinton Ferrell was announced as Kerns' replacement.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 30, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Johnson & Wales (NC) | W 95–64 | | Templeton Center Clinton, SC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCN | | at Clemson | L 45–79 | 0–1 | Littlejohn Coliseum (5,713) Clemson, SC |
| November 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at VMI | W 80–77 $^{OT}$ | 1–1 | Cameron Hall (985) Lexington, VA |
| November 14, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Morehead State | L 55–77 | 1–2 | Templeton Center (498) Clinton, SC |
| November 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Notre Dame | L 53–63 | 1–3 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,752) South Bend, IN |
| November 22, 2019* 5:00 pm | | vs. Sacred Heart Bobcat Invitational | L 57–83 | 1–4 | People's United Center (890) Hamden, CT |
| November 23, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Quinnipiac Bobcat Invitational | W 73–64 | 1–5 | People's United Center (872) Hamden, CT |
| November 24, 2019* 1:00 pm | | vs. Albany Bobcat Invitational | W 65–60 | 1–6 | People's United Center (883) Hamden, CT |
| November 30, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Toccoa Falls | W 87–59 | 2–6 | Templeton Center (130) Clinton, SC |
| December 7, 2019* 2:00 pm | | at South Carolina State | L 68–80 | 2–7 | SHM Memorial Center (239) Orangeburg, SC |
| December 10, 2019* 3:00 pm | | at St. Francis Brooklyn | L 63–64 | 2–8 | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (264) Brooklyn Heights, NY |
| December 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Jacksonville | L 58–81 | 2–9 | Templeton Center (127) Clinton, SC |
| December 21, 2019* 12:00 pm, BTN | | at No. 14 Michigan | L 44–86 | 2–10 | Crisler Center (12,707) Ann Arbor, MI |
| December 29, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Kentucky Christian | W 81–56 | 3–10 | Templeton Center (175) Clinton, SC |
| Big South Conference regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UNC Asheville | W 79–77 | 4–10 (1–0) | Templeton Center (185) Clinton, SC |
| January 4, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Gardner–Webb | W 68–62 | 5–10 (2–0) | Paul Porter Arena (1,253) Boiling Springs, NC |
| January 11, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | High Point | W 77–62 | 6–10 (3–0) | Templeton Center (482) Clinton, SC |
| January 16, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Longwood | W 74–67 | 7–10 (4–0) | Willett Hall (1,408) Farmville, VA |
| January 18, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Radford | L 64–75 | 7–11 (4–1) | Templeton Center (665) Clinton, SC |
| January 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Campbell | W 85–79 | 8–11 (5–1) | Templeton Center (402) Clinton, SC |
| January 23, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Charleston Southern | L 66–74 | 8–12 (5–2) | CSU Field House (753) North Charleston, SC |
| January 25, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Winthrop | L 57–72 | 8–13 (5–3) | Winthrop Coliseum (3,011) Rock Hill, SC |
| January 30, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | USC Upstate | L 74–77 | 8–14 (5–4) | Templeton Center (889) Clinton, SC |
| February 1, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Hampton | L 81–87 $^{OT}$ | 8–15 (5–5) | Hampton Convocation Center (4,124) Hampton, VA |
| February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Gardner–Webb | W 65–61 | 9–15 (6–5) | Templeton Center (279) Clinton, SC |
| February 8, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Campbell | L 62–79 | 9–16 (6–6) | Gore Arena (1,993) Buies Creek, NC |
| February 13, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Radford | L 71–81 | 9–17 (6–7) | Dedmon Center (1,623) Radford, VA |
| February 15, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Winthrop | L 88–89 | 9–18 (6–8) | Templeton Center (841) Clinton, SC |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at High Point | L 70–82 | 9–19 (6–9) | Millis Athletic Convocation Center (1,051) High Point, NC |
| February 22, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at UNC Asheville | L 64–75 | 9–20 (6–10) | Kimmel Arena (2,578) Asheville, NC |
| February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Longwood | L 55–58 | 9–21 (6–11) | Templeton Center (281) Clinton, SC |
| February 29, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Charleston Southern | W 76–65 | 10–21 (7–11) | Templeton Center (415) Clinton, SC |
| Big South tournament ||||||
| March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (9) | at (8) Charleston Southern First round | L 64–81 | 10–22 | CSU Fieldhouse (691) North Charleston, SC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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