The 2019–20 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Memphis in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the 99th season of Tiger basketball, the second under head coach Penny Hardaway, and the seventh as members of the American Athletic Conference. They played their home games at the FedEx Forum.
Previous season The Tigers finished the 2018–19 season 22–14, 11–7 in AAC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Tulane and UCF in the AAC tournament before losing to Houston in the semifinals. In the 2019 NIT Tournament, they defeated San Diego in the first round before losing to Creighton in the second round.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Kyvon Davenport 0 F 6'8 215 Gainesville, GA Graduated Jeremiah Martin 3 G 6'3 185 Memphis, TN Graduated Raynere Thornton 4 G/F 6'6 230 Marietta, GA Graduated Kareem Brewton 5 G 6'2 195 Claxton, GA Graduated Mike Parks 10 F 6'8 250 Cleveland, OH Graduated Antwann Jones 11 G 6'6 205 Orlando, FL Transferred to Creighton Victor Enoh 12 F 6'7 250 Decatur, GA Transferred to Marist David Wingett 50 G/F 6'7 200 Winnebago, NE Transferred to South Dakota State
Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Isaiah Stokes 4 F 6'8" 270 RS Sophomore Memphis, TN Transferred from Florida. Under NCAA transfer rules, Stokes will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.
2019 recruiting class
2020 recruiting class
2021 recruiting class
Roster
Nov 8, 2019 - James Wiseman was ruled ineligible by the NCAA. After filing and subsequently dropping a lawsuit against the NCAA, Wiseman was ruled ineligible from November 20 to January 12. Dec 11, 2019 - Ryan Boyce entered his name into the transfer portal. He would later transfer to Georgia State. Dec 19, 2019 - Wiseman left the team to focus on preparing for the 2020 NBA draft.
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| AAC tournament
1.Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
Awards and honors American Athletic Conference honors All-AAC Awards Player of the Year: Precious Achiuwa Freshman of the Year: Precious Achiuwa
All-AAC First Team Precious Achiuwa
All Freshman Team Precious Achiuwa Lester Quiñones
Player of the Week Week 3: Precious Achiuwa
Rookie of the Week Week 1: James Wiseman Week 2: Lester Quiñones Week 4: Boogie Ellis Week 7: Precious Achiuwa Week 9: Precious Achiuwa Week 10: Precious Achiuwa Week 11: D. J. Jefferies Week 13: Precious Achiuwa Week 15: Precious Achiuwa Week 18: Precious Achiuwa
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