2019–20 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team

2019–20 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball
2019–20 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball
Emerald Coast Classic visitors bracket champions
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	20–13 (10–8 SoCon)
Head coach	Lamont Paris (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Tanner Bronson; Eddie Shannon; David McKinley;
Home arena	McKenzie Arena

The 2019–20 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mocs, led by third-year head coach Lamont Paris, played their home games at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as members of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 10–8 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated UNC Greensboro in the quarterfinals of the SoCon tournament before losing in the semifinals to Wofford.

2019–20 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East Tennessee State †	16	–	2	.889	30	–	4	.882
Furman	15	–	3	.833	25	–	7	.781
UNC Greensboro	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Mercer	11	–	7	.611	17	–	15	.531
Western Carolina	10	–	8	.556	19	–	12	.613
Chattanooga	10	–	8	.556	20	–	13	.606
Wofford	8	–	10	.444	19	–	16	.543
Samford	4	–	14	.222	10	–	23	.303
VMI	3	–	15	.167	9	–	24	.273
The Citadel	0	–	18	.000	6	–	24	.200

† 2020 SoCon Tournament winner

Previous season

The Mocs finished the 2018–19 season 12–20 overall, 7–11 in SoCon play to finish in fifth place. In the SoCon tournament, they were defeated by East Tennessee State in the first round.[1]

Roster

2019–20 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	A.J. Caldwell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	RS So	Sarasota, Florida
G/F	1	Jonathan Scott	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Monument, Colorado
G	2	Jamaal Walker	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Chattanooga, Tennessee
G	3	David Jean-Baptiste	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	RS Jr	Miami, Florida
G	4	Maurice Commander	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	So	Chicago, Illinois
F	5	Jaden Frazier	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Pulaski, Virginia
G	10	Alex Tostado	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Guadalajara, Mexico
F	11	Rod Johnson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Jr	Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
G	12	Ashton Smith	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	Memphis, Tennessee
G/F	14	Grant Ledford	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Knoxville, Tennessee
F	15	Ramon Vila	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	RS Jr	Barcelona, Spain
G	23	Trey Doomes	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Acworth, Georgia
F	24	Prosper Obidiebube	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Lagos, Nigeria
C	25	Justin Brown	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS So	Chicago, Illinois
G/F	32	Matt Ryan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	GS	Cortlandt Manor, New York
F	33	Stefan Kenić	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Belgrade, Serbia
G		Malachi Smith	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Belleville, Illinois

Head coach

Lamont Paris (Wooster)

Assistant coach(es)

Tanner Bronson (Wisconsin)
Eddie Shannon (Florida)
David McKinley (Ohio)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 30, 2019

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2019* 2:00 pm		Covenant	W 86–54		McKenzie Arena (2,206) Chattanooga, TN
Regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Kentucky	L 68–79	0–1	McBrayer Arena (2,858) Richmond, KY
November 9, 2019* 4:30 pm		Tennessee State	W 59–57	1–1	McKenzie Arena (2,694) Chattanooga, TN
November 12, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Troy	W 74–68	2–1	Trojan Arena (1,917) Troy, AL
November 15, 2019* 7:00 pm, SoCon Digital Net		South Alabama	W 90–72	3–1	McKenzie Arena (2,589) Chattanooga, TN
November 20, 2019* 6:30 pm, Fox Sports South		at Florida State Emerald Coast Classic campus site game	L 53–89	3–2	Donald L. Tucker Center (7,572) Tallahassee, FL
November 25, 2019* 7:00 pm, SEC Network		at No. 17 Tennessee Emerald Coast Classic campus-site game	L 46–58	3–3	Thompson–Boling Arena (18,556) Knoxville, TN
November 29, 2019* 2:30 pm		vs. Alabama State Emerald Coast Classic visitors bracket semifinals	W 74–56	4–3	The Arena at NWSFC (230) Niceville, FL
November 30, 2019* 2:10 pm		vs. Jacksonville State Emerald Coast Classic visitors bracket finals	W 74–56	5–3	The Arena at NWSFC (215) Niceville, FL
December 3, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Western Carolina	L 77–87	5–4 (0–1)	Ramsey Center (2,021) Cullowhee, NC
December 8, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		Tennessee Wesleyan	W 99–51	6–4	McKenzie Arena (2,223) Chattanooga, TN
December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCN		at Virginia Tech	L 58–63	6–5	Cassell Coliseum (8,348) Blacksburg, VA
December 15, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Troy	W 84–80	7–5	McKenzie Arena (2,261) Chattanooga, TN
December 21, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at UNC Asheville	W 68–64	8–5	Kimmel Arena (1,449) Asheville, NC
December 29, 2019* 1:30 pm, ESPN3		Cumberland	W 72–42	9–5	McKenzie Arena (2,350) Chattanooga, TN
January 4, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN3		at Mercer	W 70–61	10–5 (1–1)	Hawkins Arena (3,326) Macon, GA
January 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Furman	L 66–73	10–6 (1–2)	McKenzie Arena (2,815) Chattanooga, TN
January 11, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Samford	W 105–67	11–6 (2–2)	McKenzie Arena (2,872) Chattanooga, TN
January 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Wofford	W 72–59	12–6 (3–2)	McKenzie Arena (2,705) Chattanooga, TN
January 18, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UNC Greensboro	L 52–72	12–7 (3–3)	Greensboro Coliseum (5,016) Greensboro, NC
January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		The Citadel	W 92–69	13–7 (4–3)	McKenzie Arena (2,477) Chattanooga, TN
January 25, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at East Tennessee State	L 64–75	13–8 (4–4)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (6,086) Johnson City, TN
January 29, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+		at Samford	W 92–84	14–8 (5–4)	Pete Hanna Center (703) Homewood, AL
February 1, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Western Carolina	L 61–64	14–9 (5–5)	McKenzie Arena (3,188) Chattanooga, TN
February 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		East Tennessee State	L 64–80	14–10 (5–6)	McKenzie Arena (2,823) Chattanooga, TN
February 8, 2020 7:00 pm, Nexstar/ESPN+		at Wofford	W 84–77	15–10 (6–6)	Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (1,920) Spartanburg, SC
February 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		VMI	W 86–67	16–10 (7–6)	McKenzie Arena (2,605) Chattanooga, TN
February 15, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Furman	L 53–58	16–11 (7–7)	Timmons Arena (2,430) Greenville, SC
February 19, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at The Citadel	W 91–68	17–11 (8–7)	McAlister Field House (622) Charleston, SC
February 22, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN3		Mercer	L 80–85	17–12 (8–8)	McKenzie Arena (3,146) Chattanooga, TN
February 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at VMI	W 71–64	18–12 (9–8)	Cameron Hall (900) Lexington, VA
February 29, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN+		UNC Greensboro	W 74–72	19–12 (10–8)	McKenzie Arena (3,565) Chattanooga, TN
SoCon tournament
March 7, 2020 8:30 pm, ESPN+	(6)	vs. (3) UNC Greensboro Quarterfinals	W 78–68	20–12	Harrah's Cherokee Center (4,194) Asheville, NC
March 8, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+	(6)	vs. (7) Wofford Semifinals	L 70–72	20–13	Harrah's Cherokee Center (6,132) Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source[2]

References

"Chattanooga vs. East Tennessee State - Game Summary - March 9, 2019". ESPN. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
"2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Chattanooga Athletics. Retrieved November 30, 2019.

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[1] "Chattanooga vs. East Tennessee State - Game Summary - March 9, 2019". ESPN. Retrieved November 30, 2019.

[2] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Chattanooga Athletics. Retrieved November 30, 2019.

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2019–20 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team

Previous season

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References