The 2019–20 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 11th-year head coach Sean Miller and played their home games at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 10–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in tie for fifth place. They received the No. 5 seed in the 2019 Pac-12 tournament, where they defeated Washington in the first round and were set to take on USC in the quarterfinals before the remainder of the Pac-12 Tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2018–19 season 17–15, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in three-way tie for 6th place. They received the 9-seed in the 2019 Pac-12 tournament, where they lost to 8-seed USC in the first round, 78–65.

Offseason

DeparturesNamePositionYearHometownReasonRyan LutherFGraduate StudentGibsonia, PACompleted athletic eligibilityJustin ColemanGGraduate StudentBirmingham, ALCompleted athletic eligibilityAlex BarcelloGJunior Chandler, AZ Elected to transfer to BYU.Emmanuel AkotFSophomoreWinnipeg, MBQuit team in January. Later elected to transfer to Boise State.Brandon RandolphGSophomore Yonkers, NY Entered 2019 NBA draft.Reference:

Incoming transfersNamePositionYearHometownPrevious schoolRemaining eligibilityNotes Stone Gettings F Graduate Student Malibu, CA Cornell 1 Graduated from Cornell in December 2018, redshirted the remainder of the season at Arizona. Will play for the entire 2019–20 season. Max Hazzard G Graduate Student Los Angeles, CA UC Irvine 1 Graduate from UC Irvine. Max is eligible to play immediately as a graduate. Jemarl Baker G Redshirt Sophomore Menifee, CA Kentucky 2 Transfer from Kentucky. Jemarl has been granted a waiver by the NCAA and will be eligible to play for the Arizona Wildcats in 2019-20 instead sitting out a year. Jordan Brown F Sophomore Roseville, CA Nevada 3 Transfer from Nevada. He will redshirt the 2019–20 season under NCAA transfer rules and have three years of eligibility at the start of the 2020–21 season.Reference:

2019 recruiting class Nico Mannion, originally from Siena, Italy, was originally a part of the 2020 recruiting class, but reclassified to the 2019 class in July 2018. He verbally committed to Arizona on September 14, 2018, over Marquette. Mannion is a consensus five-star prospect out of Pinnacle HS in Phoenix, Arizona.

Christian Koloko, originally from Douala, Cameroon, was the second commitment in the Arizona class. He committed to Arizona on September 23, 2018, over California, Creighton, and Vanderbilt. He is a consensus four-star prospect out of Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, California.

Josh Green, originally from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia was the third commitment in the Arizona's 2019 recruiting class. He verbally committed to Arizona on October 4, 2018, over Kansas, North Carolina, Villanova, USC and UNLV. Green is a consensus five-star prospect out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Zeke Nnaji, originally from Lakeville, MN was the fifth commitment in the Arizona's 2019 recruiting class. He verbally committed to Arizona on November 23, 2018, over UCLA, North Carolina, Kansas and Purdue. Nnaji is a consensus four-star prospect out of Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

2020 recruiting class Dalen Terry, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, was the first commit of the 2020 recruiting class. He verbally committed to Arizona on July 23, 2019, over rival Arizona State, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Memphis, USC and Utah. Terry a consensus four-star prospect out of Hillcrest Prep in Phoenix, Arizona.

Bennedict Mathurin, originally from Montreal, Canada was the second commitment of the 2020 recruiting class. He verbally committed to Arizona on January 15, 2020, over Baylor & Washington State. Mathurin was a consensus four-star prospect out of the NBA Academy Latin America.

Kerr Kriisa, originally from Tartu, Estonia, was the third commitment of the 2020 recruiting class. He verbally committed to Arizona on April 18, 2020, over BYU, Oregon & Syracuse. Kriisa a consensus four-star prospect out of BC Prienai in Prienai, Lithuania.

Daniel Batcho, originally from Chatenay-Malabry, France, was the fourth commitment in the Arizona class. He committed to Arizona on April 23, 2020, over Arizona State, Creighton, Miami & Virginia Tech. He is a consensus four-star prospect out of Centre Fédéral de Basket-ball in Paris, France.

Tibet Gorener, originally from Şişli, Turkey, was the fifth commitment in the Arizona class. He committed to Arizona on April 28, 2020, over Nebraska, Creighton, UC Santa Barbara & UConn. He is consensus four-star out of Orange Lutheran HS in Orange, California.

Ąžuolas Tubelis, originally from Lithuania, was the sixth commitment in the Arizona class. He committed to Arizona on May 27, 2020. He is currently a four-star prospect out of Rytas Vilnius in Lithuania.

Tautvilas Tubelis, originally from Lithuania, was the seventh commitment in the Arizona class. He committed to Arizona on May 27, 2020. He is currently an unranked prospect out of Rytas Vilnius in Lithuania.

Coaching changes In June 2019, Northern Arizona head coach Jack Murphy resigned to take the position of associate head coach on Miller's staff.

Personnel

Roster

Aug. 7, 2019 – Sophomore guard Brandon Williams to miss entire 2019–20 season due to a right knee injury. Nov. 1, 2019 – Sophomore guard Devonaire Doutrive was suspended indefinitely after violating team rules. He returned to action Nov. 14, 2019 Nov. 22, 2019 – Sophomore guard Devonaire Doutrive was dismissed after violating team rules. Nov. 30, 2019 – Graduate forward Stone Gettings out with concussion and facial fracture in game against Penn. Made return against Arizona State on January 4, 2020. Jan. 3, 2020 – Freshman Jordan Mains has been added to the roster as a walk-on. Jan. 16, 2020 – RS Senior center Chase Jeter out with a back injury.

Coaching staff Name Position Year at Arizona Alma Mater (year)Sean MillerHead coach 11th Pittsburgh (1992)Jack Murphy Associate head coach 1st Arizona (2005)Danny Peters Assistant coach 2nd Ohio State (2010)Justin Gainey Assistant coach 2nd NC State (2000)Ryan Reynolds Director of Basketball Operations 11th Xavier (2007)Austin Carroll Assistant director of Basketball Operations 4th American (2014)

Depth chart

Preseason

Red and Blue game The annual Red-Blue game was held at McKale Center on September 27, 2019. Sophomore Devonaire Doutrive won the slam dunk contest, and the Blue team, led by Devonaire Doutrive, defeated the Red team, 46–32.

Preseason rankings The Arizona Wildcats were selected fourth in the 2019–20 Pac-12 media poll. The Wildcats were ranked 21 in the AP Top 25 and ranked 17 in the Coaches polls.

Preseason awards watchlists Josh Green – Julius Erving Award (FR, SG) Chase Jeter – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (RSSR, F/C) Nico Mannion – Naismith Trophy (FR, PG) Nico Mannion – Wooden Award (FR, PG) Zeke Nnaji − Oscar Robertson Trophy (FR, PF)

Preseason All Pac-12 teams The Wildcats had 2 players at 2 positions selected to the preseason all Pac-12 teams.

First team Nico Mannion – FR, PG

Second team

Josh Green – FR, SG

Schedule and results The Wildcats opponents were finalized in the summer and dates and times will be finalized in the fall. Arizona will host opponents Chico State (exhibition game), Gonzaga, Illinois, Long Beach State, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Omaha, San Jose State, and South Dakota State at McKale Center in Tucson, AZ. Arizona will participate in the 2019 Wooden Legacy in Anaheim, CA with six of the following potential opponents including (College of Charleston, Pepperdine, Penn, Providence, UCF, or Wake Forest). The Wildcats will also play in a neutral-site game against St. John's at the new Chase Center in San Francisco, CA in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Game. Arizona played only one true road game against Baylor at Ferrell Center in Waco, TX.

In the unbalanced 18-game Pac-12 schedule, Arizona did not play the two Rocky Mountain schools on the road (Colorado and Utah) or the two Northern California schools at home (California and Stanford).

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

Player statistics +Individual player statistics (Final)MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgAPFTOStlBlk Chase Jeter211635216.81436.8539257.6%000.0%376160.7%2665914.314501669 Christian Koloko2602098.0522.0234946.9%010.0%61735.3%2338612.35273922 Dylan Smith303078326.12438.17921836.2%4913835.5%365170.6%1379922.64068462216 Ira Lee30240413.51053.5448253.7%000.0%173056.7%2968973.22953241511 Jemarl Baker Jr.30058319.41755.86116437.2%349639.7%192382.6%1160712.4695221215 Josh Green282885830.633211.911527142.4%349639.7%769976.8%35931284.67369414412 Kory Jones5081.600.0010.0%000.0%000.0%0000.000000 Matt Weyand6091.561.02450.0%2450.0%000.0%0000.002200 Max Hazzard28041314.81495.35011842.4%348938.2%151883.3%737441.6264318151 Nico Mannion303095531.842214.113735039.1%5015232.9%9812181.0%869772.61625376330 Stone Gettings251551220.51676.76513050.0%153938.5%223268.8%2946754.0236228157 Zeke Nnaji303091230.449216.417229757.9%51729.4%14318876.1%891672568.52470632128Jordan Mains2021.000.0000.0%000.0%000.0%0110.002000Total 30 – – – 2305 76.8 807 1790 45.1% 216 616 35.1% 475 648 73.3% 324 803 1127 37.5 462 553 347 202 112Opponents 30 – – – 1951 65.0 661 1683 39.3% 202 637 31.7% 427 591 72.3% 280 731 1011 33.7 345 572 432 135 92 Legend  GP  Games played  GS  Games started Avg  Average per game  FG Field-goals made FGA Field-goal attempts Off  Offensive rebounds Def Defensive rebounds  A Assists  TO Turnovers Blk  Blocks Stl  Steals High  Team high

Awards & milestones

Season highs

Weekly awards Zeke Nnaji 4x Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Week, (Nov. 11 & 18, Jan. 20, Feb. 17) Malone Finalist

Nico Mannion Wooden Legacy MVP Wooden Legacy All-Tournament Team Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Week, (Dec. 2)

Chase Jeter Wooden Legacy All-Tournament Team

Dylan Smith Wooden Legacy All-Tournament Team

Pac-12 Conference honors Stone Gettings Pac-12 Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Zeke Nnaji Pac-12 Freshman Player of the Year All-Pac-12 First Team

Nico Mannion All-Pac-12 Second Team

See also 2019–20 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

References