2019-2020 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

2019-2020 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
34 Eric Bower So GF 6-7 210 - San Mateo (CA) United States Hillsdale High School
15 Max Cheylov RS-Fr G 6-3 175 Feb 28, 2000 Toronto Canada Calabasas High School
11 Brandon Cyrus Jr SG 6-5 190 Oct 15, 1997 Oakville Canada La Lumiere School
2 Matt Freeman Sr PF 6-10 220 Dec 9, 1997 Auckland New Zealand Westlake Boys High School
1 Roberto Gittens Jr G 6-4 220 May 24, 1999 Tacoma (WA) United States Henry Foss High School
21 Max Heidegger Sr PG 6-3 180 Jun 5, 1997 Encino (CA) United States / Israel Crespi Carmelite High School
35 Robinson Idehen Jr FC 6-10 230 Nov 17, 1997 Tudela Spain / Nigeria Modesto Christian High School
14 Jakov Kukic RS-Fr C 6-10 225 Jul 20, 2000 Split Croatia La Lumiere School
55 Darren Long RS-Fr G 6-3 165 May 5, 2001 Altadena (CA) United States Harvard-Westlake School
3 JaQuori McLaughlin Jr PG 6-4 190 Jan 29, 1998 Gig Harbor (WA) United States Peninsula High School
5 Jay Nagle So SF 6-9 215 Apr 10, 2000 Vacaville (CA) United States Will C. Wood High School
40 Andrew Pickles Jr F 6-7 225 Mar 28, 1998 Seattle (WA) United States Mercer Island High School
4 Devearl Ramsey Jr PG 6-0 185 May 17, 1997 Chatsworth (CA) United States Sierra Canyon School
12 Amadou Sow So PF 6-9 235 Nov 18, 1998 Napa (CA) United States Prolific Prep
0 Sekou Toure So PG 6-5 185 Aug 24, 1999 Napa (CA) United States Prolific Prep

UC Santa Barbara Transfers Sitting Out 2019-2020

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Ajare Sanni So G 6-3 180 Feb 24, 2000 Houston (TX) United States Pacific

Recent UC Santa Barbara Gauchos History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 16-15 (9-11) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2022-2023 27-8 (15-5) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2021-2022 17-11 (9-6) 6th (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 22-5 (15-3) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2019-2020 21-10 (10-6) 2nd (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 22-10 (10-6) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 23-9 (11-5) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 6-22 (4-12) 9th (Big West) N/A N/A
2015-2016 19-14 (11-5) 4th (Big West) 2nd Rnd Vegas 16 2nd Rnd
2014-2015 19-14 (11-5) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2013-2014 21-9 (12-4) 2nd (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 11-20 (7-11) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 20-11 (12-4) 2nd (Big West) Runner Up CIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 18-14 (8-8) 4th (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010 20-10 (12-4) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2008-2009 16-15 (8-8) 4th (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 23-9 (12-4) 1st (Big West) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2006-2007 18-11 (9-5) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 15-14 (6-8) 5th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 11-18 (7-11) 6th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 16-12 (10-8) 3rd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2002-2003 18-14 (14-4) 1st (Big West) 2nd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd

2019-2020 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Max Heidegger All-Big West First Team
Amadou Sow All-Big West Second Team
JaQuori McLaughlin All-Big West Honorable Mention
Max Heidegger Big West Player of the Week (Feb 24, 2020)
JaQuori McLaughlin Big West Player of the Week (Dec 23, 2019)
Amadou Sow Big West Player of the Week (Feb 10, 2020)

2019-2020 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Ramsey J. McLaughlin B. Cyrus A. Sow M. Freeman
Rotation   M. Heidegger     R. Idehen
Lim PT S. Toure D. Long J. Nagle    
Lim PT     R. Gittens    
Lim PT     A. Pickles    
Lim PT     E. Bower    

2019-2020 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Max Heidegger 18 31.9 16.0 2.4 3.2 0.6 0.1 1.3
Amadou Sow 31 27.0 14.1 7.0 0.8 0.7 1.1 2.5
JaQuori McLaughlin 30 34.2 13.4 3.3 4.1 1.0 0.2 1.9
Matt Freeman 31 25.3 9.4 4.2 1.9 0.3 0.1 1.6
Devearl Ramsey 30 33.1 8.3 3.8 2.5 0.9 0.0 2.0
Brandon Cyrus 29 26.1 6.0 3.9 1.4 0.8 0.1 0.8
Robinson Idehen 31 14.5 5.8 4.2 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.9
Sekou Toure 31 13.2 3.0 2.6 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.7
Jay Nagle 31 9.8 1.9 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3
Roberto Gittens 13 6.7 1.3 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1
Darren Long 2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Eric Bower 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2019-2020 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Joe Pasternack Head Coach 2017-2018 Associate Head Coach (Arizona, 2013 to 2017)
John Rillie Associate Head Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (UC Santa Barbara, 2017 to 2018)
Ben Tucker Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Northern Arizona, 2016 to 2017)
Louis Reynaud Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Director of Basketball Operations (Houston, 2016 to 2017)
Larry Lewis Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Head Coach (2018 to 2019)
John Seavey Video Coordinator 2017-2018 N/A
John McCutcheon Athletic Director 2015-2016 Athletic Director (Massachusetts, 2004 to 2015)
Eric Schmitt Director of Sports Performance 2016-2017 N/A
Luke Storey Director of Sports Performance 2019-2020 Head Strength and Conditioning Coach (Orlando Magic, 2018 to 2019)
Nikola Knezevic Director of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 Video Coordinator (Providence, 2016 to 2019)
Bill Mahoney Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2012-2013 N/A
Andrew Payne Assistant Director of Basketball Operations 2018-2019 Graduate Manager (UC Santa Barbara, 2017 to 2018)
Leroy Heu Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A