The 2019–20 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team represented the

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in the

2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...

. The Spartans, led by second-year head coach Dave Dickerson, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center in

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as members of the

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. They finished the season 13–20, 7–11 in Big South play, to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They defeated High Point in the first round of the Big South tournament before losing the quarterfinals to Winthrop.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2018–19 season 6–26 overall, 1–15 in Big South play, to finish in eleventh place. In the Big South tournament, they were defeated by Charleston Southern in the first round.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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