The 2019–20 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Chris Collins, the Wildcats played their home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 3–17 to finish in 13th place in Big Ten play. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten tournament to Minnesota.
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2018–19 season 13–19, 4–16 in Big Ten play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten tournament to Illinois.
Offseason Coaching changes In March 2019, assistant Billy Donlon was hired as the new head coach at Kansas City. Collins hired Jon Borovich as Donlon's replacement in May 2019.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure 4 F 200 South Holland, IL Graduated 5 F/C 235 Cleveland, OH Graduated 14 G 195 Gary, IN Graduated 23 G 200 Bolingbrook, IL Graduate transferred to Wright State 25 C 240 Chicago, IL Graduate transferred to Southern Illinois 34 G 210 Los Angeles, CA Graduated; chose to enter the workforce 35 F 235 Newton, MA Graduate transferred to Quinnipiac
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Remaining Seasons Previous School Notes 1 G 6'4" 193 Coram, NY 3 William & Mary Sat out the 2019–20 season due to NCAA transfer rules. 12 G 6'3" 205 Davidsonville, MD 1 Loyola (MD) Was immediately eligible for the 2019–20 season, having graduated from Loyola University Maryland. Eligible to play basketball because he never played that sport while at Loyola, instead playing lacrosse.
2019 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=|Regular season
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