The 2020–21 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by third year head coach, Joe Dooley, who previously coached the Pirates from 1995 to 1999, and played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as seventh-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–11, 2–10 in AAC Play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to UCF.

Previous season The Pirates finished the 2019–20 season 11–20, 5–13 in AAC play to finish in 11th place. They entered as the No. 11 seed in the AAC tournament, which was ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Seth LeDay 3 F 6'7" 215 The Colony, TX Left team (mid-season) Logan Curtis 5 G 6'3" 195 Baltimore, MD Transferred to Delaware

Recruiting class of 2020

2021 recruiting class

Preseason AAC preseason media poll

On October 28, The American released the preseason Poll and other preseason awards

Coaches Poll 1 Houston 99 (2) 2 Memphis 90 (2) 3 SMU 80 4 Cincinnati 77 5 South Florida 61 6 Tulsa 50 7 Wichita State 44 8 UCF 37 9 East Carolina 34 10 Temple 18 11 Tulane 15

Preseason Awards All-AAC First Team - Jayden Gardner (*unanimous selection)

Roster

Schedule and results COVID-19 impact

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Pirates' schedule is subject to change, including the cancellation or postponement of individual games, the cancellation of the entire season, or games played either with minimal fans or without fans in attendance and just essential personnel.

ECU opted out of the Gulf Coast Showcase due to COVID-19 concerns. The game vs. Belmont Abbey due to positive COVID-19 cases in the Belmont Abbey program. The games vs. Temple rescheduled for February 11 was moved to Philadelphia. The game vs. Wichita State scheduled for February 21 was moved to Wichita.

Schedule

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Awards and honors American Athletic Conference honors All-AAC First Team Jayden Gardner

Source

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