2020–21 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball team represented Abilene Christian University (ACU) in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by tenth-year head coach Joe Golding, were members of the Southland Conference. Due to renovations at their usual home arena of Moody Coliseum, they played their home games on temporary stands and court set up on the indoor tennis courts of the Teague Special Events Center.

2020–21 Abilene Christian Wildcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record24–5 (13–2 Southland)
Head coach
Associate head coachBrette Tanner
Assistant coaches
  • Antonio Bostic
  • Jon Trilli
Home arenaTeague Special Events Center
2020–21 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Nicholls142 .875187  .720
Abilene Christian132 .867245  .828
Sam Houston State133 .813199  .679
Stephen F. Austin*123 .800165  .762
Northwestern State97 .5631118  .379
New Orleans87 .5331015  .400
Lamar610 .3751018  .357
Incarnate Word59 .357814  .364
Southeastern Louisiana510 .333818  .308
McNeese State410 .2861014  .417
Houston Baptist411 .267619  .240
Central Arkansas412 .250519  .208
Texas A&M–CC213 .133519  .208
*Ineligible for postseason due to postseason ban
2021 Southland tournament winner

This was the Wildcats' final season in the Southland Conference. ACU and three other schools from Texas will leave that league on July 1, 2021 to join the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24-5, 13-2 in Southland Play to finish in 2nd place. They defeated Lamar and Nicholls to be champions of the Southland tournament. They received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they upset Texas in the first round before losing in the second round to UCLA.

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