2020–21 UIC Flames men's basketball team
The 2020–21 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by first-year head coach Luke Yaklich,[1] played their home games at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois as members of the Horizon League.
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| Conference | Horizon League |
| 2020–21 record | 9–13 (6–10 Horizon) |
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| Home arena | Credit Union 1 Arena |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | 18 | – | 6 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State † | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | 19 | – | 8 | .704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit Mercy | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Kentucky | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 14 | – | 11 | .560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youngstown State | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IUPUI | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 7 | – | 10 | .412 | 10 | – | 12 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Bay | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 8 | – | 17 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 9 | – | 13 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 8 | – | 15 | .348 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Morris | 3 | – | 12 | .200 | 4 | – | 15 | .211 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2021 Horizon League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
They finished the season 18–17, 10–8 in Horizon League to play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Horizon League Tournament, they defeated IUPUI, Youngstown State, and top-seeded Wright State to advance to the championship game. There they lost to Northern Kentucky.[2]
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Jordan Blount | 13 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Senior | Cork, Ireland | Graduated, went professional overseas signing with Basket Navarra Club[3] |
| Godwin Boahen | 22 | F | 5'11" | 180 | Senior | Toronto, ON | Graduated |
| Tarkus Ferguson | 4 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Senior | Belleville, IL | Graduated, went professional overseas signing with Vevey Riviera Basket[4] |
| Marcus Ottley | 1 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Senior | Ajax, ON | Graduated |
| Travell Washington | 32 | F | 6'9" | 230 | Junior | San Bernardino, CA | |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Maurice Commander | 1 | G | 6'0 | 175 | Junior | Chicago, IL | Chattanooga |
| Zion Griffin | 35 | F | 6'6 | 215 | Junior | Darien, IL | Iowa State |
| Jalen Johnson | 5 | G | 6'1 | 180 | Junior | Hopkinsville, KY | John A. Logan College |
| Teyvion Kirk | 4 | G | 6'4 | 185 | Junior | Joliet, IL | Colorado State |
| RayQuawndis Mitchell | 21 | G | 6'5 | 205 | Junior | Atlanta, GA | Otero Junior College |
Recruiting class of 2020
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Demetrius Calip II SG |
Woodland Hills, CA | Taft High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 155 lb (70 kg) | Aug 3, 2020 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
| Brad Bowditch G |
Milton, WI | IMG Academy | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Aug 3, 2020 | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
| Griffin Yaklich SF |
Joliet, IL | Saline High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Jun 17, 2020 | |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
On November 25, 2020, UIC announced that fans would not be permitted to attend home games for their first two home games.[5] However, they did leave open the possibility to allow fans for future events.
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 25, 2020* 6:00 pm |
at Northern Illinois | W 65–61 | 1–0 |
12 – Tied | 6 – Kirk | 9 – Kirk | Convocation Center DeKalb, IL | ||||
| November 28, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Central Michigan UIC Basketball Invitational |
W 74–72 | 2–0 |
23 – Mitchell | 13 – Bridges | 6 – Kirk | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| December 1, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Valparaiso UIC Basketball Invitational |
W 66–50 | 3–0 |
14 – Kirk | 8 – Kirk | 14 – Kirk | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| December 5, 2020* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Ball State | L 66–68 | 3–1 |
13 – Tied | 8 – Kirk | 6 – Kirk | Worthen Arena Muncie, IN | ||||
| December 13, 2020* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Loyola–Chicago | L 66–77 | 3–2 |
17 – Kirk | 9 – Diggins | 5 – Kirk | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| Horizon League regular season | |||||||||||
| December 19, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Oakland | W 74–72 | 4–2 (1–0) |
25 – Ahale | 9 – Howard | 11 – Kirk | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| December 20, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Oakland | W 90–73 | 5–2 (2–0) |
23 – Howard | 11 – Kirk | 11 – Kirk | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| December 26, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Milwaukee | Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues [6] | Klotsche Center Milwaukee, WI | ||||||||
| December 27, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Milwaukee | Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues [7] | Klotsche Center Milwaukee, WI | ||||||||
| January 1, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Detroit Mercy | Cancelled due to mental health reasons [8] | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||||
| January 2, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Detroit Mercy | Cancelled due to mental health reasons [9] | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||||
| January 8, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Purdue Fort Wayne | L 89–96 OT | 5–3 (2–1) |
31 – Kirk | 11 – Diggins | 6 – Kirk | Hilliard Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN | ||||
| January 9, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Purdue Fort Wayne | L 55–88 | 5–4 (2–2) |
23 – Diggins | 4 – Tied | 5 – Kirk | Hilliard Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN | ||||
| January 15, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Robert Morris | W 67–53 | 6–4 (3–2) |
16 – Diggins | 10 – Kirk | 4 – Kirk | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| January 16, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Robert Morris | W 66–62 OT | 7–4 (4–2) |
18 – Howard | 8 – Tied | 3 – 3 Tied | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| January 22, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Youngstown State | W 67–66 | 8–4 (5–2) |
15 – Kirk | 10 – Tied | 5 – Kirk | Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH | ||||
| January 23, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Youngstown State | L 77–85 | 8–5 (5–3) |
18 – Commander | 7 – Kirk | 5 – Kirk | Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH | ||||
| January 29, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Northern Kentucky | L 68–72 | 8–6 (5–4) |
15 – Griffin | 8 – Howard | 5 – Griffin | BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY | ||||
| January 30, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Northern Kentucky | L 67–69 | 8–7 (5–5) |
17 – Bridges | 8 – Bridges | 4 – Commander | BB&T Arena Highland Heights, KY | ||||
| February 5, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Wright State | L 47–72 | 8–8 (5–6) |
10 – Commander | 7 – Bridges | 2 – 3 Tied | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| February 6, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Wright State | L 57–77 | 8–9 (5–7) |
16 – Diggins | 10 – Kirk | 2 – Tied | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| February 12, 2021 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at IUPUI | L 69–89 | 8–10 (5–8) |
19 – Kirk | 5 – Tied | 6 – Kirk | Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, IN | ||||
| February 13, 2021 11:00 am, ESPN+ |
at IUPUI | L 81–88 | 8–11 (5–9) |
21 – Kirk | 6 – Tied | 5 – Kirk | Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, IN | ||||
| February 19, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Green Bay | W 61–58 | 9–11 (6–9) |
19 – Kirk | 13 – Diggins | 6 – Kirk | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| February 20, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Green Bay | L 59–69 | 9–12 (6–10) |
11 – Kirk | 9 – Wiley | 6 – Commander | Credit Union 1 Arena Chicago, IL | ||||
| Horizon League Tournament | |||||||||||
| February 25, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(11) | at (6) Youngstown State First Round |
L 58–74 | 9–13 |
13 – Kirk | 7 – Kirk | 4 – Kirk | Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time Zone. | |||||||||||
Source[10]
References
- "Luke Yaklich Named UIC Men's Basketball Head Coach". UIC Athletics. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- "UIC vs. Northern Kentucky - Game Recap - March 10, 2020 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- "Navarra signs Blount just out of college". Eurobasket. August 14, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- "Vevey Riviera tabs rookie Tarkus Ferguson". Eurobasket. September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- "Flames Announce Schedule Change for Saturday". UIC Athletics. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- "Flames Pause Basketball Activities, Series at Milwaukee Canceled". UIC Flames. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- "Flames Pause Basketball Activities, Series at Milwaukee Canceled". UIC Flames. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
- "Flames' Series Against Detroit Mercy Canceled". UIC Flames. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- "Flames' Series Against Detroit Mercy Canceled". UIC Flames. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". UIC Athletics. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
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