# 2019–20 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team

The 2019–20 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They split their home games between the Costello Athletic Center and the Tsongas Center, both of which are located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and were led by seventh-year head coach Pat Duquette. They finished the season 13–19, 7–9 in America East play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament to Hartford.

## Previous season

The River Hawks finished the 2018–19 season 15–17, 7–9 in conference play to finish in a tie for fifth place. In the America East tournament, they were defeated by Hartford in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+ | | at UMass | L 64–79 | 0–1 | Mullins Center (2,563) Amherst, MA |
| November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm | | at LIU | W 87–74 | 1–1 | Steinberg Wellness Center (681) Brooklyn, NY |
| November 10, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 18 Ohio State | L 56–76 | 1–2 | Value City Arena (11,632) Columbus, OH |
| November 12, 2019* 7:00 pm | | UMass Boston | W 88–45 | 2–2 | Costello Athletic Center (557) Lowell, MA |
| November 15, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Jacksonville River Hawk Invitational | L 78–80 | 2–3 | Costello Athletic Center (1,166) Lowell, MA |
| November 16, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Merrimack River Hawk Invitational | L 58–60 | 2–4 | Costello Athletic Center (696) Lowell, MA |
| November 17, 2019* 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | Dartmouth River Hawk Invitational | L 75–80 | 2–5 | Costello Athletic Center (534) Lowell, MA |
| November 26, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brown | W 75–63 | 3–5 | Costello Athletic Center (501) Lowell, MA |
| December 1, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Central Connecticut | W 73–71 | 4–5 | Tsongas Center (779) Lowell, MA |
| December 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Sacred Heart | L 86–89 | 4–6 | Tsongas Center (554) Lowell, MA |
| December 7, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | St. Francis Brooklyn | W 94–63 | 5–6 | Costello Athletic Center (443) Lowell, MA |
| December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at NJIT | W 72–66 | 6–6 | Wellness and Events Center (355) Newark, NJ |
| December 21, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Boston University | L 62–74 | 6–7 | Tsongas Center (773) Lowell, MA |
| December 27, 2019* 7:00 pm | | at Loyola (MD) | L 81–93 | 6–8 | Reitz Arena (544) Baltimore, MD |
| December 29, 2019* 2:00 pm, FS1 | | at No. 11 Michigan | L 60–86 | 6–9 | Crisler Center (12,707) Ann Arbor, MI |
| America East Conference regular season ||||||
| January 4, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMBC | W 86–73 $^{OT}$ | 7–9 (1–0) | UMBC Event Center (1,219) Baltimore, MD |
| January 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Hartford | L 68–80 | 7–10 (1–1) | Tsongas Center (478) Lowell, MA |
| January 11, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Binghamton | W 85–66 | 8–10 (2–1) | Tsongas Center (1,420) Lowell, MA |
| January 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Maine | L 98–104 $^{OT}$ | 8–11 (2–2) | Cross Insurance Center (725) Bangor, ME |
| January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Albany | L 75–101 | 8–12 (2–3) | SEFCU Arena (2,055) Albany, NY |
| January 25, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Vermont | L 62–92 | 8–13 (2–4) | Patrick Gym (3,228) Burlington, VT |
| January 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Stony Brook | L 76–84 | 8–14 (2–5) | Tsongas Center (734) Lowell, MA |
| February 1, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | New Hampshire | W 77–75 | 9–14 (3–5) | Tsongas Center (2,323) Lowell, MA |
| February 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stony Brook | L 70–77 | 9–15 (3–6) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,504) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 8, 2020 4:00 pm, NESNPlus/ESPN3 | | UMBC | L 50–60 | 9–16 (3–7) | Tsongas Center (1,259) Lowell, MA |
| February 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Maine | W 71–63 | 10–16 (4–7) | Tsongas Center (511) Lowell, MA |
| February 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Hartford | W 74–67 | 11–16 (5–7) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (937) West Hartford, CT |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Binghamton | L 84–86 | 11–17 (5–8) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,645) Vestal, NY |
| February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Albany | W 88–69 | 12–17 (6–8) | Tsongas Center (819) Lowell, MA |
| February 29, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Vermont | L 77–94 | 12–18 (6–9) | Tsongas Center (2,821) Lowell, MA |
| March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at New Hampshire | W 63–54 | 13–18 (7–9) | Lundholm Gym (573) Durham, NH |
| America East tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | (6) | at (3) Hartford Quarterfinals | L 75–89 | 13–19 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,069) West Hartford, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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