2019–20 Fordham Rams men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Fordham Rams men's basketball team represented Fordham University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by fifth-year head coach Jeff Neubauer, played their home games at Rose Hill Gymnasium in The Bronx, New York as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

2019–20 Fordham Rams men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10
Record	9–22 (2–16 A-10)
Head coach	Jeff Neubauer (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Michael DePaoli Anthony Evans Dennis Felton
Home arena	Rose Hill Gymnasium
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Dayton	18	–	0		1.000			29	–	2		.935
Richmond	14	–	4		.778			24	–	7		.774
Rhode Island	13	–	5		.722			21	–	9		.700
Saint Louis	12	–	6		.667			23	–	8		.742
St. Bonaventure	11	–	7		.611			19	–	12		.613
Duquesne	11	–	7		.611			21	–	9		.700
Davidson	10	–	8		.556			16	–	14		.533
Massachusetts	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
VCU	8	–	10		.444			18	–	13		.581
La Salle	6	–	12		.333			15	–	15		.500
George Washington	6	–	12		.333			12	–	20		.375
George Mason	5	–	13		.278			17	–	15		.531
Saint Joseph's	2	–	16		.111			6	–	26		.188
Fordham	2	–	16		.111			9	–	22		.290
Note: The 2020 A-10 tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Rams finished the 2018–19 season 12–20, 3–15 in A-10 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 tournament to Richmond.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Chris Downing	14	F	6'8"	235	Senior	Orangeburg, NY	Graduated
Jesse Bunting	21	F	6'8"	225	Senior	Plymouth, MA	Graduated
Prokop Slanina	24	F	6'10"	225	Senior	Brno, Czech Republic	Graduated
David Pekárek	33	F	6'7"	210	Senior	Olomouc, Czech Republic	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Josh Colon	21	G	5'10"	160	Junior	Carolina, PR	Junior college transferred from Salt Lake CC

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Joel Soriano C	White Plains, NY	Archbishop Stepinac High School	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Apr 28, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.

Roster

2019–20 Fordham Rams men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Cameron Cohn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Second Baptist School Houston, Texas F 1 Chuba Ohams 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Wadleigh High School Bronx, New York G 2 Jalen Cobb 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Columbia High School Atlanta, Georgia G 3 Kyle Rose 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Eleanor Roosevelt Upper Marlboro, Maryland G 4 Erten Gazi 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Istanbul Bostanci Doga College DePaul Güzelyurt, Cyprus G 5 Chris Austin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Maranatha High School Pasadena, California G 10 Ty Perry 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Woodstock Academy Boston, Massachusetts F 12 Luka Radovich (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Cresskill High School Cresskill, New Jersey G 13 Antwon Portley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Lancaster High School Saint Peter's Lancaster, Texas G 15 Mason Williams (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 184 lb (83 kg) So William Penn Charter School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania F 20 Ivan Raut 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Jr None Kotor, Montenegro G 21 Josh Colon 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Blue Ridge High School Salt Lake Community College Carolina, Puerto Rico F 22 Joel Soriano 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr Stepinac Yonkers, New York G 23 Lazar Skoric 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So   Belgrade, Serbia G 25 Alec Rodriguez (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Belen Jesuit Miami, Florida F 30 Onyi Eyisi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Prolific Prep Academy Napa Valley, California G 45 Peter Burquest 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr St. Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio	Head coach Jeff Neubauer (La Salle) Assistant coach(es) Michael DePaoli (College of Saint Rose) Anthony Evans (St. Thomas Aquinas) Dennis Felton (Howard) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 29, 2019* 7:00 pm		College of Staten Island	W 91–65		Rose Hill Gymnasium (452) Bronx, NY
Non-conference regular season
Nov 5, 2019* 9:30 pm, ESPN+		St. Francis Brooklyn	W 68–59	1–0	Rose Hill Gymnasium (3,200) Bronx, NY
Nov 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Fairleigh Dickinson	W 53–50	2–0	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,463) Bronx, NY
Nov 16, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Marist	W 58–41	3–0	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,770) Bronx, NY
Nov 22, 2019* 4:15 pm, FloSports		vs. Nevada Paradise Jam tournament quarterfinals	L 60–74	3–1	Sports and Fitness Center (1,524) Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Nov 23, 2019* 3:00 pm, FloSports		vs. Grand Canyon Paradise Jam Tournament consolation 2nd round	W 70–58	4–1	Sports and Fitness Center  Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Nov 25, 2019* 6:00 pm, FloSports		vs. Western Kentucky Paradise Jam Tournament 5th place game	L 64–69	4–2	Sports and Fitness Center (924) Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Dec 1, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 66–45	5–2	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,482) Bronx, NY
Dec 7, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Manhattan Battle of the Bronx	L 53–54 OT	5–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,298) Bronx, NY
Dec 10, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		Bryant	L 61–69	5–4	Rose Hill Gymnasium (3,200) Bronx, NY
Dec 15, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Tennessee State	L 61–66	5–5	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,524) Bronx, NY
Dec 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		James Madison	L 69–75	5–6	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,510) Bronx, NY
Dec 30, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Coppin State	W 62–56	6–6	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,548) Bronx, NY
Atlantic 10 regular season
Jan 2, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at VCU	L 46–64	6–7 (0–1)	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
Jan 5, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		La Salle	L 60–66	6–8 (0–2)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,583) Bronx, NY
Jan 11, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at St. Bonaventure	L 44–64	6–9 (0–3)	Reilly Center (3,848) Olean, NY
Jan 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Duquesne	L 56–58 OT	6–10 (0–4)	PPG Paints Arena (2,356) Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 19, 2020 12:00 pm, CBSSN		Davidson	L 62–74	6–11 (0–5)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,936) The Bronx, NY
Jan 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		George Washington	W 59–54	7–11 (1–5)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,700) The Bronx, NY
Jan 26, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Louis	L 39–55	7–12 (1–6)	Chaifetz Arena (6,842) St. Louis, MO
Jan 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		St. Bonaventure	L 55–62 OT	7–13 (1–7)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,101) The Bronx, NY
Feb 1, 2020 4:30 pm, NBCSN		at No. 7 Dayton	L 56–70	7–14 (1–8)	UD Arena (13,407) Dayton, OH
Feb 8, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Richmond	L 53–59	7–15 (1–9)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (2,117) Bronx, NY
Feb 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Davidson	L 49–79	7–16 (1–10)	John M. Belk Arena (3,341) Davidson, NC
Feb 16, 2020 2:00 pm, NBCSN		Duquesne	L 54–59	7–17 (1–11)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,576) Bronx, NY
Feb 19, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at La Salle	L 49–58	7–18 (1–12)	Tom Gola Arena (1,311) Philadelphia, PA
Feb 22, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+		Massachusetts	L 49–57	7–19 (1–13)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,560) Bronx, NY
Feb 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Rhode Island	L 75–76	7–20 (1–14)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,588) Bronx, NY
Jan 29, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Saint Joseph's	L 69–73	7–21 (1–15)	Hagan Arena (2,257) Philadelphia, PA
Mar 4, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at George Washington	W 63–52	8–21 (2–15)	Charles E. Smith Center (2,365) Washington, D.C.
Mar 7, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+		George Mason	L 61–65	8–22 (2–16)	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,884) Bronx, NY
Atlantic 10 tournament
March 11, 2020 3:30 pm, ESPN+	(14)	vs. (11) George Washington First Round	W 72–52	9–22	Barclays Center  Brooklyn, NY
March 12, 2020 8:30 pm, NBCSN	(14)	vs. (6) Duquesne Second Round	A10 Tournament Canceled[1]		Barclays Center  Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[2]

See also

• 2019–20 Fordham Rams women's basketball team

References

1. "Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship Cancelled". atlantic10.com. The Atlantic 10 Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
2. "2019–20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Fordham University Rams Athletics.