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2019–20 Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team
American college basketball season
The 2019–20 Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team represents Lipscomb University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bisons, led by first-year head coach Lennie Acuff, play their home games at the Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Quick Facts Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball, Conference ...
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| Conference | Atlantic Sun Conference |
| Record | 16–16 (9–7 ASUN) |
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| Home arena | Allen Arena |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty† | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 30 | – | 4 | .882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Florida | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lipscomb | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Alabama* | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NJIT | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 1 | – | 28 | .034 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| † 2020 ASUN Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bisons finished the 2018–19 season 29–8 overall, 14–2 in ASUN play to finish as regular season co-champions, along with Liberty. In the ASUN tournament, they defeated Kennesaw State in the quarterfinals,[1] NJIT in the semifinals,[2] before losing to Liberty in the championship game.[3] As a regular season league champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the NIT, where they made it all the way to the championship game, before losing to Texas.[4]
On April 10, 2019, head coach Casey Alexander announced that he would be stepping down, in order to take the head coaching job at Belmont.[5] On April 24, 2019, Lennie Acuff was announced as the next head coach.[6]
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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| November 5, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Rhodes | W 104–55 | 1–0 |
Allen Arena (1,878) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| November 9, 2019* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Middle Tennessee | L 70–73 | 1–1 |
Allen Arena (2,834) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| November 12, 2019* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Tennessee State | L 78–79 | 1–2 |
Gentry Complex (4,582) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| November 15, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Duquesne | L 36–58 | 1–3 |
Kerr Fitness Center (1,143) McCandless, PA | |||||||
| November 20, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Belmont | L 67–73 | 1–4 |
Allen Arena (3,628) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| November 22, 2019* 7:00 pm |
at Navy | W 65–61 | 2–4 |
Alumni Hall (763) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
| November 25, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Tennessee Tech | W 78–65 | 3–4 |
Eblen Center (1,320) Cookeville, TN | |||||||
| November 30, 2019* 11:00 am, FS2 |
at No. 25 Xavier | L 62–87 | 3–5 |
Cintas Center (9,960) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
| December 3, 2019* 7:30 pm |
at Belmont | L 75–80 | 3–6 |
Curb Event Center (3,318) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| December 8, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Trevecca | W 96–72 | 4–6 |
Allen Arena (1,537) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| December 17, 2019* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Tennessee Tech | W 78–60 | 5–6 |
Allen Arena (1,364) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| December 20, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Vermont | L 63–86 | 5–7 |
Patrick Gym (2,641) Burlington, VT | |||||||
| December 29, 2019* 3:00 pm, SECN |
at No. 8 Auburn | L 59–86 | 5–8 |
Auburn Arena (9,121) Auburn, AL | |||||||
| Atlantic Sun Conference regular season | |||||||||||
| January 2, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Stetson | W 66–63 | 6–8 (1–0) |
Edmunds Center (482) DeLand, FL | |||||||
| January 4, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Florida Gulf Coast | L 61–68 | 6–9 (1–1) |
Alico Arena (2,644) Fort Myers, FL | |||||||
| January 9, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Kennesaw State | W 85–73 | 7–9 (2–1) |
Allen Arena (1,435) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| January 11, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
North Alabama | L 69–82 | 7–10 (2–2) |
Allen Arena (1,774) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| January 16, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at NJIT | L 57–75 | 7–11 (2–3) |
Wellness and Events Center (2,016) Newark, NJ | |||||||
| January 18, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Liberty | L 60–67 | 7–12 (2–4) |
Vines Center (6,008) Lynchburg, VA | |||||||
| January 23, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Jacksonville | L 85–89 OT | 7–13 (2–5) |
Allen Arena (1,261) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| January 25, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
North Florida | W 85–73 | 8–13 (3–5) |
Allen Arena (1,733) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| February 1, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Stetson | L 53–55 | 8–14 (3–6) |
Allen Arena (1,845) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| February 6, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at North Alabama | W 73–71 | 9–14 (4–6) |
Flowers Hall (978) Florence, AL | |||||||
| February 8, 2020 3:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Kennesaw State | W 72–66 | 10–14 (5–6) |
KSU Convocation Center (1,677) Kennesaw, GA | |||||||
| February 13, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
NJIT | W 77–63 | 11–14 (6–6) |
Allen Arena (1,485) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| February 15, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Florida Gulf Coast | W 64–54 | 12–14 (7–6) |
Allen Arena (3,821) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| February 20, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Jacksonville | W 68–67 | 13–14 (8–6) |
Swisher Gymnasium (1,069) Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
| February 22, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at North Florida | L 74–82 | 13–15 (8–7) |
UNF Arena (2,221) Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
| February 29, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Liberty | W 77–71 | 14–15 (9–7) |
Allen Arena (3,625) Nashville, TN | |||||||
| Atlantic Sun tournament | |||||||||||
| March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(3) | (6) Florida Gulf Coast Quarterfinals |
W 68–63 | 15–15 |
Allen Arena (2,191) Nashville, TN | ||||||
| March 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(3) | at (2) North Florida Semifinals |
W 73–71 | 16–15 |
UNF Arena (2,736) Jacksonville, FL | ||||||
| March 8, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN |
(3) | at (1) Liberty Championship |
L 57–73 | 16–16 |
Vines Center (7,728) Lynchburg, VA | ||||||
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Source[7]
- "Cooper's triple-double leads Bisons past Owls in ASUN Championship". LipscombSports.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- "Men's Hoops advances to second-straight ASUN Final". LipscombSports.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- "Bisons come up just short in wild ASUN title showdown". LipscombSports.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- "Bisons historic season comes to an end in NIT Final". LipscombSports.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- "Casey Alexander steps down as Lipscomb head coach". LipscombSports.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- "Lennie Acuff Tabbed to Lead Lipscomb Men's Basketball". LipscombSports.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". LipscombSports.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2019.