The 2019–20 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by fifth-year head coach Bobby Hurley, and played their home games at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona as members of the Pac–12 Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They were set to take on Washington State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. However, the remainder of the tournament, and all other postseason tournaments, were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previous season The Sun Devils finished the season 23–11, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish for second place. In the Pac-12 tournament, the Sun Devils defeated UCLA in the quarterfinals and lost to Oregon in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated St. John's in the First Four, and eventually lost in the first round to Buffalo.
Off-season
Departures Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure F 220 Phoenix, Arizona Completed athletic eligibility F 225 Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands Graduated F 210 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Graduate transferred to UNLV G 165 Calabasas, California Walk-on; not on team roster G 175 Locust Valley, New York Walk-on; not on team roster G 175 Phoenix, Arizona Walk-on; transferred to Notre Dame de Namur C 240 Ivanjica, Serbia Transferred to Tennessee G 215 Montreal, Quebec Declared for 2019 NBA draft
Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Previous School Notes G 170 Moberly Area Community College As a junior college transfer, Verge is eligible to play immediately and have two years of eligibility left. F 202 College of Southern Idaho No. 2 Junior College player in the country. As a junior college transfer, Thomas is eligible to play immediately.
2019 recruiting class
Roster
Depth chart
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 tournament |- style="background:#bbbbbb" | style="text-align:center"|March 12, 20209:30 pm, FS1 | style="text-align:center"| (3) | vs. (11) Washington StateQuarterfinals | colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | style="text-align:center"|T-Mobile ArenaParadise, NV
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