# 2019–20 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team

The 2019–20 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by fourth-year head coach Anthony Stewart, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 9–20, 5–13 in OVC play to finish in a tie for 10th place. They failed to qualify for the OVC tournament.
On November 15, 2020, head coach Anthony Stewart suddenly died at age 50.

## Previous season

The Skyhawks finished the 2018–19 season 12–19, 6-12 in OVC play to finish in seventh place. In the OVC tournament, they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round, before falling to Jacksonville State in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||
| October 31, 2019* 7:00 pm | Earlham College | W 76–50 | | Skyhawk Arena (749) Martin, TN |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | St. Louis College of Pharmacy | W 106–48 | 1–0 | Skyhawk Arena (823) Martin, TN |
| November 9, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | ETSU | L 75–92 | 1–1 | Skyhawk Arena (1,386) Martin, TN |
| November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Western Illinois | W 98–91 | 2–1 | Western Hall (610) Macomb, IL |
| November 16, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Wichita State Cancún Challenge campus-site game | L 62–103 | 2–2 | Charles Koch Arena (10,123) Wichita, KS |
| November 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Northern Iowa Cancún Challenge campus-site game | L 67–87 | 2–3 | McLeod Center (3,128) Cedar Falls, IA |
| November 26, 2019* 11:30 am, FloHoops | vs. Gardner–Webb Cancún Challenge Mayan Division semifinals | L 64–81 | 2–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Convention Center (253) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 27, 2019* 11:30 am, FloHoops | vs. Boston University Cancún Challenge Mayan Division | W 76–73 | 3–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Convention Center (107) Cancún, Mexico |
| December 6, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Central Michigan | L 75–84 | 3–5 | McGuirk Arena (1,803) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| December 14, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | at UNC Asheville | L 72–91 | 3–6 | Kimmel Arena (1,395) Asheville, NC |
| December 18, 2019* 9:00 pm, ESPNU | vs. No. 10 Baylor The Battleground 2K19 | L 63–91 | 3–7 | Toyota Center Houston, TX |
| December 29, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Mount St. Joseph | W 92–72 | 4–7 | Skyhawk Arena (841) Martin, TN |
| Ohio Valley regular season |||||
| January 2, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Murray State | L 76–89 | 4–8 (0–1) | CFSB Center (3,314) Murray, KY |
| January 4, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Austin Peay | L 63–82 | 4–8 (0–2) | Dunn Center (1,028) Clarksville, TN |
| January 9, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | Tennessee State | W 87–74 | 5–9 (1–2) | Skyhawk Arena (1,945) Martin, TN |
| January 11, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Belmont | L 78–85 | 5–10 (1–3) | Skyhawk Arena (1,652) Martin, TN |
| January 16, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | Murray State | L 62–84 | 5–11 (1–4) | Skyhawk Arena (3,209) Martin, TN |
| January 18, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Austin Peay | L 81–92 | 5–12 (1–5) | Skyhawk Arena (1,392) Martin, TN |
| January 23, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Eastern Illinois | L 83–95 | 5–13 (1–6) | Lantz Arena (1,725) Charleston, IL |
| January 25, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | at SIU Edwardsville | W 79–76 | 6–13 (2–6) | Vadalabene Center (740) Edwardsville, IL |
| January 30, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Eastern Kentucky | L 86–99 | 6–14 (2–7) | McBrayer Arena (2,373) Richmond, KY |
| February 1, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Morehead State | L 77–85 | 6–15 (2–8) | Ellis Johnson Arena (2,078) Morehead, KY |
| February 6, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | Tennessee Tech | W 74–62 | 7–15 (3–8) | Skyhawk Arena (1,175) Martin, TN |
| February 8, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Jacksonville State | L 61–75 | 7–16 (3–9) | Skyhawk Arena (1,717) Martin, TN |
| February 13, 2020 7:15 pm, ESPN+ | at Southeast Missouri State | L 72–74 | 7–17 (3–10) | Show Me Center (1,076) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| February 15, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Eastern Illinois | W 80–79 $^{OT}$ | 8–17 (4–10) | Skyhawk Arena (1,013) Martin, TN |
| February 20, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Tennessee Tech | L 65–78 | 8–18 (4–11) | Eblen Center (1,685) Cookeville, TN |
| February 22, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Jacksonville State | L 58–72 | 8–19 (4–12) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,752) Jacksonville, AL |
| February 27, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | SIU Edwardsville | L 75–90 | 8–20 (4–13) | Skyhawk Arena (813) Martin, TN |
| February 29, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Southeast Missouri State | W 87–78 | 9–20 (5–13) | Skyhawk Arena (1,204) Martin, TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. |||||
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