2019–20 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team
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The 2019–20 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team represented Purdue University Fort Wayne in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mastodons, led by sixth-year head coach Jon Coffman, split their home games between the Gates Sports Center and the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, both in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as members of the Summit League. They finished the season 14–19, 6–10 in Summit League play to finish in seventh place. They defeated South Dakota State in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota.
ConferenceSummit League
Record14–19 (6–10 The Summit)
Headcoach
- Jon Coffman (6th season)
Assistant coaches
- Ryan Sims (10th season)
- Paul Corsaro (2nd season)
- Adam Blaylock (2nd season)
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| Conference | Summit League |
| Record | 14–19 (6–10 The Summit) |
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| Home arena | Gates Sports Center Allen County War Memorial Coliseum |
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| North Dakota State † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2020 Summit League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This was the Mastodons' final season in the Summit League; the school joined the Horizon League on July 1, 2020.
Previous season
The Mastodons finished the 2018–19 season 18–15 overall, 9–7 in Summit League play, to finish in a tie for 3rd place. In the Summit League tournament, they defeated South Dakota in the quarterfinals,[1] before falling to Omaha in the semifinals.[2]
Roster
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Schedule and results
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| November 5, 2019* 10:00 pm |
at UNLV | L 71–86 | 0–1 |
Thomas & Mack Center (7,728) Paradise, NV | |||||||
| November 7, 2019* 7:00 pm, CN81 |
Manchester | W 91–80 | 1–1 |
Memorial Coliseum (723) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| November 10, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Southeast Missouri State | L 78–79 | 1–2 |
Show Me Center (685) Cape Girardeau, MO | |||||||
| November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, CN81 |
Miami (OH) | L 80–84 | 1–3 |
Memorial Coliseum (1,355) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| November 16, 2019* 7:00 pm, CN81 |
Stetson | W 79–55 | 2–3 |
Memorial Coliseum (1,269) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| November 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Kent State | L 68–75 | 2–4 |
MAC Center (2,125) Kent, OH | |||||||
| November 22, 2019* 7:00 pm, BTN+ |
at No. 10 Ohio State | L 46–85 | 2–5 |
Value City Arena (11,609) Columbus, OH | |||||||
| November 24, 2019* 3:00 pm, CN81 |
Ohio Northern | W 81–47 | 3–5 |
Gates Sports Center (881) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| November 27, 2019* 7:00 pm, CN81 |
Niagara | W 77–54 | 4–5 |
Memorial Coliseum (1,055) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| November 30, 2019* 8:00 pm |
at Grand Canyon | W 71–60 | 5–5 |
GCU Arena (6,894) Phoenix, AZ | |||||||
| December 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, CN81 |
Eastern Illinois | W 74–69 | 6–5 |
Memorial Coliseum (1,059) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| December 7, 2019* 4:12 pm, ESPN3 |
at UIC | L 49–62 | 6–6 |
Credit Union 1 Arena (1,594) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| December 10, 2019* 7:00 pm, CN81 |
Judson | W 69–33 | 7–6 |
Memorial Coliseum (1,434) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| December 14, 2019* 12:00 pm |
at IUPUI | W 74–65 | 7–7 |
Indiana Farmers Coliseum (1,098) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
| December 22, 2019* 1:00 pm |
at Iowa State | W 89–59 | 7–8 |
Hilton Coliseum (13,541) Ames, IA | |||||||
| Summit League regular season | |||||||||||
| January 1, 2020 3:00 pm, CN81 |
South Dakota | W 70–59 | 8–8 (1–0) |
Gates Sports Center (739) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| January 5, 2020 5:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at North Dakota | L 69–83 | 8–9 (1–1) |
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,280) Grand Forks, ND | |||||||
| January 8, 2020 8:00 pm |
at Western Illinois | W 77–69 | 9–9 (2–1) |
Western Hall (498) Macomb, IL | |||||||
| January 11, 2020 7:00 pm, CN81 |
South Dakota State | L 61–70 | 9–10 (2–2) |
Memorial Coliseum (1,314) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| January 18, 2020 1:00 pm, CN81 |
Oral Roberts | L 68–92 | 9–11 (2–3) |
Memorial Coliseum (1,426) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| January 23, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at South Dakota | L 60–83 | 9–12 (2–4) |
Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,684) Vermillion, SD | |||||||
| January 25, 2020 8:00 pm |
at Omaha | L 71–75 | 9–13 (2–5) |
Baxter Arena (2,704) Omaha, NE | |||||||
| January 30, 2020 7:30 pm, CN81 |
North Dakota | W 72–68 | 10–13 (3–5) |
Memorial Coliseum (1,379) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| February 1, 2020 7:00 pm, CN81 |
North Dakota State | L 60–71 | 10–14 (3–6) |
Gates Sports Center (1,286) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| February 5, 2020 7:00 pm, CN81 |
Western Illinois | W 75–69 | 11–14 (4–6) |
Memorial Coliseum (1,108) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| February 8, 2020 5:30 pm |
at Denver | W 70–63 | 12–14 (5–6) |
Magness Arena (1,080) Denver, CO | |||||||
| February 14, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at North Dakota State | L 70–80 | 12–15 (5–7) |
Scheels Center (2,596) Fargo, ND | |||||||
| February 16, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at South Dakota State | L 64–75 | 12–16 (5–8) |
Frost Arena (2,409) Brookings, SD | |||||||
| February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, CN81 |
Omaha | L 59–61 | 12–17 (5–9) |
Gates Sports Center (846) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| February 26, 2020 7:00 pm |
Denver | W 58–51 | 13–17 (6–9) |
Gates Sports Center (756) Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||
| February 29, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Oral Roberts | L 66–72 | 13–18 (6–10) |
Mabee Center (4,123) Tulsa, OK | |||||||
| Summit League tournament | |||||||||||
| March 7, 2020 9:30 pm, MidcoSN |
(7) | vs. (2) South Dakota State Quarterfinals |
W 77–74 | 14–18 |
Premier Center (8,614) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||||
| March 9, 2020 8:30 pm, MidcoSN |
(7) | vs. (6) North Dakota Semifinals |
L 56–73 | 14–19 |
Premier Center (4,761) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||||
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