The 2020–21 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team represented Saint Louis University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Travis Ford in his fifth season at Saint Louis. The team played their home games at Chaifetz Arena as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 14–7, 6–4 to finish a tie for 4th place. They defeated UMass in the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament before losing in the semifinals to St. Bonaventure. They received an invitation to the NIT where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State.
Previous season The Billikens finished the 2019-20 season 23–8, 12-6 in A-10 play in fourth place. Their season ended when the A-10 tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Tay Weaver 2 G 5'10" 170 Senior Louisville, KY Graduated Madani Diarra 21 C 6'10" 240 Freshman Bamako, Mail Transferred to Eastern Illinois KC Hankton 23 F 6'4" 195 Sophomore Charlotte, NC Transferred to Chattanooga Jack Raboin 31 G 6'6" 205 Senior Mattoon, IL Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Marten Linssen 12 F 6'8" 255 Junior Düsseldorf, Germany Transferred from UNC Wilmington. Graduate Transfer, eligible immediately Francis Okoro 5 F 6'9" 235 Junior Imo, Nigeria Transferred from Oregon. Under NCAA transfer rules, Okoro will have to sit out for the 2020–21 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Source
Schedule
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Atlantic 10 regular season
!colspan=12 style=| A-10 tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NIT
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References