2020–21 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team

2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2021 OVC Tournament winner ; As of February 4, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball
2020–21 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2020–21 record	14–2 (8–1 OVC)
Head coach	A. W. Hamilton (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Steve Lepore; Mike Allen; Patrick Blake;
Home arena	McBrayer Arena

The 2020–21 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team represents Eastern Kentucky University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonels, led by third-year head coach A. W. Hamilton, will play their home games at McBrayer Arena within Alumni Coliseum as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Colonels finished the 2019–20 season 16–17, 12–6 in OVC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Tennessee State in the quarterfinals,[1] before losing to Belmont in the semifinals.[2]

Roster

2020–21 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Russhard Cruickshank	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr	Garden City CC	Milwaukee, WI
G	1	JacQuess Hobbs	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Waggener HS	Louisville, KY
F	2	Tre King	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Hargrave Military Academy	Lexington, KY
G	3	Peyton Broughton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Jr	North Laurel HS	London, KY
G	4	Curt Lewis	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Fr	Aspire Academy	Louisville, KY
G	5	Cooper Robb	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	UNC Charlotte	Georgetown, KY
G	10	Brandon Knapper	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	West Virginia	Ontario, CA
G	11	Jomaru Brown	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Southern Durham HS	Raleigh, NC
G	12	Wendell Green Jr.	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	La Lumiere School	Detroit, MI
F	13	Tariq Balogun	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Miller School of Albemarle	London, England
G/F	14	Devontae Blanton	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	St. Edward HS	Macedonia, OH
G	15	Isaiah Minter	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	RS So	Union College	Richmond, KY
G	20	Caleb Mitchell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	South Warren HS	Louisville, KY
G	22	Matt Cromer	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	North Laurel HS	London, KY
G	23	Cameron Carmical	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Sr	Harlan County HS	Harlan, KY
F	24	Michael Moreno	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Scott County HS	Georgetown, Kentucky
G	30	Jordan Reeves-Young	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Uncommon Charter HS	Brooklyn, NY
G/F	34	Cheikh Faye	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Chipola College	Fatick, Senegal
F	35	Rabby Kamona	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Fr	Paul Laurence Dunbar HS	Kinshasa DR Congo

Head coach

A. W. Hamilton (Marshall)

Assistant coach(es)

Steve Lepore (Wake Forest)
Mike Allen (Ohio)
Patrick Blake (Louisville)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 18, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 25, 2020* 5:30 pm	vs. North Florida Mako Medical Wolfpack Invitational	W 80–67	1–0	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
November 27, 2020* 2:00 pm	vs. Charleston Southern Mako Medical Wolfpack Invitational	W 60–50	2–0	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
November 30, 2020* 7:00 pm, FS1	at Xavier	L 96–99 ^OT	2–1	Cintas Center (300) Cincinnati, OH
December 2, 2020* 5:30 pm, ESPN+	at USC Upstate	W 95–78	3–1	G. B. Hodge Center (142) Spartanburg, SC
December 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Morehead State	W 71–68	4–1 (1–0)	McBrayer Arena (643) Richmond, KY
December 12, 2020* 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Transylvania	W 81–60	5–1	McBrayer Arena (609) Richmond, KY
December 14, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Morehead State	L 62–75	5–2 (1–1)	Ellis Johnson Arena (565) Morehead, KY
December 17, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	CU–Harrodsburg	W 118–54	6–2	McBrayer Arena Richmond, KY
December 22, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	High Point	W 86–67	7–2	McBrayer Arena (723) Richmond, KY
December 30, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN+	Eastern Illinois	W 69–61	8–2 (2–1)	McBrayer Arena (704) Richmond, KY
January 2, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Austin Peay	W 80–75	9–2 (3–1)	Dunn Center (452) Clarksville, TN
January 7, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN+	Jacksonville State	W 69–66 ^OT	10–2 (4–1)	McBrayer Arena (672) Richmond, KY
January 9, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Tennessee Tech	W 90–80	11–2 (5–1)	McBrayer Arena (733) Richmond, KY
January 16, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Eastern Illinois	W 93–85 ^OT	12–2 (6–1)	Lantz Arena Charleston, IL
January 21, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN+	UT Martin	W 113–73	13–2 (7–1)	McBrayer Arena (759) Richmond, KY
February 2, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Jacksonville State	W 86–82 ^OT	14–2 (8–1)	Pete Mathews Coliseum (402) Jacksonville, AL
February 4, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN+	Austin Peay			McBrayer Arena Richmond, KY
February 6, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN+	Murray State			McBrayer Arena Richmond, KY
February 8, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN+	at SIU Edwardsville			First Community Arena Edwardsville, IL
February 11, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN+	at Belmont			Curb Event Center Nashville, TN
February 13, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at Tennessee State			Gentry Complex Nashville, TN
February 15, 2021 9:00 pm, ESPN+	at Tennessee Tech			Eblen Center Cookeville, TN
February 18, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN+	at UT Martin			Skyhawk Arena Martin, TN
February 20, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN+	at Southeast Missouri State			Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, MO
February 22, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+	at Southeast Missouri State			Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, MO
February 25, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN+	Belmont			McBrayer Arena Richmond, KY
February 27, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN+	Tennessee State			McBrayer Arena Richmond, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source[3]

References

"Freshman Michael Moreno Fuels EKU's Second Half Comeback, Colonels Advance To OVC Tournament Semifinals". Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. March 5, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
"2020 OVC Men's Basketball Championship - Semifinals". Ohio Valley Conference. March 6, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
"2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

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[1] "Freshman Michael Moreno Fuels EKU's Second Half Comeback, Colonels Advance To OVC Tournament Semifinals". Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. March 5, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

[2] "2020 OVC Men's Basketball Championship - Semifinals". Ohio Valley Conference. March 6, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

[3] "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball
Venues	Memorial Hall (1920–1922) Red Barn (1923–1931) Weaver Gymnasium (1931–1963) Alumni Coliseum (1963–present)
Culture & lore	The Colonel "Rally Maroon and White"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

2020–21 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Belmont	13	–	0	1.000	19	–	1	.950
Morehead State	11	–	2	.846	14	–	6	.700
Eastern Kentucky	8	–	2	.800	14	–	3	.824
Austin Peay	7	–	4	.636	11	–	6	.647
Jacksonville State	7	–	5	.583	11	–	7	.611
SIU Edwardsville	5	–	4	.556	7	–	8	.467
Murray State	5	–	7	.417	8	–	9	.471
Southeast Missouri State	5	–	7	.417	7	–	11	.389
UT Martin	3	–	9	.250	5	–	11	.313
Eastern Illinois	3	–	10	.231	6	–	14	.300
Tennessee Tech	2	–	10	.167	2	–	17	.105
Tennessee State	2	–	11	.154	3	–	13	.188

† 2021 OVC Tournament winner As of February 4, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll