2020–21 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

2020–21 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
2020–21 Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	1–21 (1–17 Big Sky)
Head coach	Zac Claus (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Doug Novsek
Assistant coaches	Kenny Tripp; Johnny Hill;
Home arena	Cowan Spectrum; Memorial Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho in the Big Sky Conference during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Zac Claus, the Vandals played their home games on campus at Memorial Gymnasium in Moscow, Idaho.

2020–21 Big Sky men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Southern Utah	12	–	2	.857	20	–	4	.833
Weber State	12	–	3	.800	17	–	6	.739
Eastern Washington†	12	–	3	.800	16	–	8	.667
Montana State	8	–	6	.571	13	–	10	.565
Idaho State	8	–	6	.571	13	–	11	.542
Montana	7	–	9	.438	15	–	13	.536
Northern Colorado	6	–	8	.429	11	–	11	.500
Portland State	6	–	8	.429	9	–	13	.409
Sacramento State	5	–	9	.357	8	–	12	.400
Northern Arizona	4	–	10	.286	6	–	16	.273
Idaho	1	–	17	.056	1	–	21	.045

† Conference tournament winner

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, home games were switched to venerable Memorial Gymnasium (1928). The 2020 football season in the Big Sky was delayed until early 2021; football practice started in late January in the Kibbie Dome, and the first of six games was held in late February.

This was intended to be the 46th and final season for men's basketball in the Kibbie Dome, configured as the "Cowan Spectrum" for basketball since February 2001.^[1]^[2] The university plans to open the new Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, located north of the Kibbie Dome's west end, for the 2021–22 season. They finished the season 1-21, 1-17 in Big Sky Play to finish in last place. They lost in the First Round of the Big Sky tournament to Montana.

Previous season

The Vandals finished the 2019–20 season at 8–24 (4–16 in Big Sky, last). They were the tenth seed in the conference tourney and lost 69–75 in the opening round to seventh-seeded Southern Utah.^[3]

Roster

2020–21 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Michael Hanshaw	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	RS So	Westlake High School	Moorpark, California
G	1	Ja'Vary Christmas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Sr	Sheridan College	Portland, Oregon
G	2	Damen Thacker	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	Sr	Walla Walla Community College	Meridian, Idaho
G	5	Hunter-Jack Madden	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Fr	Shore School	Sydney, Australia
G	10	Isaac Berglund	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	RS Fr	Deer Park High School	Deer Park, Washington
G	11	Kendall McHugh	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	163 lb (74 kg)	So	College of Southern Idaho	Centreville, Virginia
G/F	12	Chance Garvin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	Sr	Lake Roosevelt High School	Coulee Dam, Washington
G	13	DeAndre Robinson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Tallahassee Community College	Monroeville, Alabama
G	20	Ethan Kilgore	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	Fr	East Buchanan High School	Gower, Missouri
G	21	Gabe Quinnett	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	So	Moscow High School	Moscow, Idaho
G	22	A.J. Youngman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Otero Junior College	Peoria, Illinois
F	23	Babacar Thiombane	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Sr	East Los Angeles College	Los Angeles, California
F	32	Tanner Christensen	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Fr	University High School	Spokane Valley, Washington
F	34	Scott Blakney	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	Sr	Prosser High School	Prosser, Washington
C	41	Jack Wilson	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Oregon State	Montara, California

Head coach

Zac Claus
(Eastern Washington)

Assistant coach(es)

Doug Novsek (Southern Illinois)
Kenny Tripp (Regis)
Johnny Hill (Purdue)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 3, 2020

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 25, 2020* 2:00 pm		vs. Seattle Portland Invitational	Canceled		Chiles Center Portland, OR
November 27, 2020* 4:00 pm		at Portland Portland Invitational	Canceled		Chiles Center Portland, OR
November 30, 2020* 6:05 pm		vs. William Jessup Portland Invitational	Canceled		Chiles Center Portland, OR
December 3, 2020 5:05 pm, Pluto TV		at Sacramento State	L 55–77	0–1 (0–1)	Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
December 5, 2020 10:35 am, Pluto TV		at Sacramento State	L 57–73	0–2 (0–2)	Hornets Nest Sacramento, CA
December 9, 2020* 6:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State Battle of the Palouse	L 58–61	0–3	Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA
December 12, 2020* 1:00 pm		at Cal State Bakersfield	L 66–76	0–4	Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA
December 14, 2020* 6:00 pm		at No. 1 Gonzaga	Canceled		McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
December 18, 2020* 6:00 pm		at Utah	L 41–79	0–5	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
December 31, 2020 6:00 pm, Pluto TV		Northern Arizona	L 65–78	0–6 (0–3)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
January 2, 2021 12:00 pm, Pluto TV		Northern Arizona	L 78–83 ^OT	0–7 (0–4)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
January 7, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV		at Southern Utah	L 80–85	0–8 (0–5)	America First Event Center Cedar City, UT
January 9, 2021 11:00 am, Pluto TV		at Southern Utah	L 67–83	0–9 (0–6)	America First Event Center Cedar City, UT
January 14, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV		Northern Colorado	L 54–74	0–10 (0–7)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
January 16, 2021 12:00 pm, SWX		Northern Colorado	L 61–75	0–11 (0–8)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
January 28, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV		Weber State	L 56–81	0–12 (0–9)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
January 30, 2021 12:00 pm, SWX		Weber State	L 62–81	0–13 (0–10)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
February 4, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV		Eastern Washington	L 75–89	0–14 (0–11)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
February 6, 2021 12:05 pm, SWX		at Eastern Washington	L 64–90	0–15 (0–12)	Reese Court Cheney, WA
February 11, 2021 6:00 pm, Pluto TV		at Idaho State Battle of the Domes	L 43–69	0–16 (0–13)	Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
February 13, 2021 11:00 am, Pluto TV		at Idaho State Battle of the Domes	L 58–64	0–17 (0–14)	Reed Gym Pocatello, ID
February 18, 2021 7:05 pm, Pluto TV		at Portland State	L 64–84	0–18 (0–15)	Viking Pavilion Portland, OR
February 20, 2021 12:00 pm, Pluto TV		Portland State	L 40–71	0–19 (0–16)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
February 25, 2021 6:00 pm, SWX		Montana State	W 74–69	1–19 (1–16)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
February 27, 2021 12:00 pm, Pluto TV		Montana State	L 61–71	1–20 (1–17)	Memorial Gymnasium Moscow, ID
March 4, 2021 4:00 pm, SWX		at Montana	Canceled		Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
March 6, 2021 11:00 am		at Montana	Canceled		Dahlberg Arena Missoula, MT
Big Sky tournament
March 10, 2021 2:30 pm, Pluto TV	(11)	vs. (6) Montana First Round	L 64–69	1–21	Idaho Central Arena Boise, Idaho
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Source^[4]

References

^ Grummert, Dale (February 17, 2001). "Vandals unveil Cowan Spectrum for Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.
^ Grummert, Dale (February 18, 2001). "Vandals provide crowd pleaser". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4B.
^ "Vandals fall short to Southern Utah despite 35 points from Allen". University of Idaho Athletics. March 11, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
^ "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Idaho Athletics. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[vunvcsp-1] Grummert, Dale (February 17, 2001). "Vandals unveil Cowan Spectrum for Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.

[vpcplsr-2] Grummert, Dale (February 18, 2001). "Vandals provide crowd pleaser". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4B.

[3] "Vandals fall short to Southern Utah despite 35 points from Allen". University of Idaho Athletics. March 11, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[4] "2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Idaho Athletics. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

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