2020–21 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team
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Conference | American Athletic Conference |
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Home arena | Williams Arena |
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Wichita State | 11 | – | 2 | .846 | 16 | – | 6 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Houston † | 14 | – | 3 | .824 | 28 | – | 4 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 12 | – | 11 | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulsa | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 13 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 13 | .435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Carolina | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 8 | – | 11 | .421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2021 AAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2020–21 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represents East Carolina University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates are led by third year head coach, Joe Dooley, who previously coached the Pirates from 1995–1999, and play their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as seventh-year members of the American Athletic Conference.
Previous season
The Pirates finished the 2019–20 season 11–20, 5–13 in AAC play to finish in 11th place. They entered as the No. 11 seed in the AAC Tournament, which was ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Seth LeDay | 3 | F | 6'7" | 215 | RS Senior | The Colony, TX | Left team (mid-season)[1] |
Logan Curtis | 5 | G | 6'3" | 195 | Freshman | Baltimore, MD | Transferred to Delaware[2] |
Recruiting class of 2020
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Derrick Quansah C |
Fayetteville, NC | Massanutten Military Academy | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 235 lb (107 kg) | May 3, 2019 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports:![]() | ||||||
Noah Farrakhan CG |
Newark, NJ | The Patrick School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | Apr 21, 2020 | |
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
TBD* TBD |
Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 10, 2020* TBD |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | |||||||||
November 13, 2020* TBD |
vs. Liberty Charlotte Showcase |
Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC | |||||||||
November 16, 2020* TBD |
UNC Wilmington | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | |||||||||
November 19, 2020* TBD |
Maryland Eastern Shore | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | |||||||||
November 23, 2020* TBD |
vs. TBD Gulf Coast Showcase |
Hertz Arena Estero, FL | |||||||||
November 24, 2020* TBD |
vs. TBD Gulf Coast Showcase |
Hertz Arena Estero, FL | |||||||||
November 25, 2020* TBD |
vs. TBD Gulf Coast Showcase |
Hertz Arena Estero, FL | |||||||||
December 1, 2020* TBD |
Old Dominion | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | |||||||||
December 5, 2020* TBD |
Coppin State | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | |||||||||
December 8, 2020* TBD |
at Charlotte | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC | |||||||||
December 16, 2020* TBD |
Radford | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | |||||||||
December 19, 2020* TBD |
James Madison | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | |||||||||
December 21, 2020* TBD |
Southern Miss | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | |||||||||
AAC regular season | |||||||||||
at Cincinnati | Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH | ||||||||||
Cincinnati | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
Houston | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
at Houston | Fertitta Center Houston, TX | ||||||||||
at Memphis | FedEx Forum Memphis, TN | ||||||||||
Memphis | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
SMU | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
at SMU | Moody Coliseum University Park, TX | ||||||||||
at South Florida | Yuengling Center Tampa, FL | ||||||||||
South Florida | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
at Temple | Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA | ||||||||||
Temple | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
at Tulane | Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA | ||||||||||
Tulane | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
Tulsa | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
at Tulsa | Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK | ||||||||||
at UCF | Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL | ||||||||||
UCF | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
at Wichita State | Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS | ||||||||||
Wichita State | Williams Arena Greenville, NC | ||||||||||
AAC Tournament | |||||||||||
TBD TBD |
vs. | Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
- ^ Igoe, Stephen. "Seth LeDay no longer a part of ECU's basketball program". 247sports.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Evans, Corey [@coreyevans_10] (26 Apr 2020). "ECU transfer Logan Curtis just committed to Delaware, a source tells RivalsPortal. Another DMV native headed to CAA program known for scoring abilities" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 Apr 2020 – via Twitter.