The 2019–20 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Grizzlies, led by sixth-year head coach Travis DeCuire, played their home games at Dahlberg Arena in Missoula, Montana as members of the Big Sky Conference.
Previous season The Grizzlies finished the 2018–19 season 26–9 overall, 16–4 in Big Sky play, the Grizzlies won the Big Sky regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Sky tournament, they defeated Sacramento State, Weber State, and Eastern Washington to win the tournament, and earned the Big Sky's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Given a No. 15 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament, Montana was defeated by Michigan in the first round for the second consecutive year.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Donaven Dorsey 2 F 6'7" 214 RS Senior Lacey, WA Graduated Ben Carter 13 F 6'10" 275 Freshman Adelaide, Australia Transferred to Cal State Monterey Bay Ahmaad Rorie 14 G 6'1" 175 RS Senior Tacoma, WA Graduated Jamar Akoh 15 F 6'8" 253 RS Senior Rancho Cucamonga, CA Graduated Bobby Moorehead 24 G 6'7" 182 Senior Tacoma, WA Graduated Kelby Kramer 33 C 6'10" 220 RS Freshman Rock Springs, WY Transferred to Minnesota State Tony Miller 34 F 6'6" 210 Junior Woodinville, WA Transferred to Washington State
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Naseem Gaskin 5 G 6'3" 175 RS Freshman Oakland, CA Transferred from Utah. Under NCAA transfer rules, Gaskin will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Yagizhan Selcuk 22 F 6'7" 235 Sophomore Istanbul, Turkey Midseason transferred from Villanova in December during the 2018–19 season. Under NCAA transfer rules, Selcuk has to sit out until December and will be eligible to start in December during the 2019–20 season. Selcuk has two and a half years of remaining eligibility. Michael Steadman 31 F 6'10" 210 Senior Union City, CA Transferred from San Jose State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Steadman will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility. Jared Samuelson 33 F 6'7" RS Senior Billings, MT Junior college transferred from Rocky Mountain College.
2019 recruiting class
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
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References