MOBILE, Ala. – To define the University of South Alabama men's basketball program's 2019-20 season as a roller coaster ride might be an understatement.
The preseason pick to win the Sun Belt Conference, the Jaguars took nationally-ranked Auburn down to the wire in a one-point loss in front of a record crowd at the Mitchell Center the opening week of the season. They also reached the championship game of the Gulf Coast Showcase, rallying from an 18-point deficit before eventually falling to La Salle in overtime.
But entering the final month of the regular season, South was 12-11 overall and 5-7 in the league following a defeat at Georgia State.