The 2019–20 Georgia bulldogs basketball team represented the University of Georgia during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach was Tom Crean, in his second year at Georgia. They played their home games at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 5–13 in SEC play to finish in 13th place. They defeated Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC tournament and were set to take on Florida in the second round. However, the remainder of the SEC Tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2018–19 season 11–21, 2–16 in SEC play to finish in thirteenth place. As the No. 13 seed in the SEC tournament, they were defeated by Missouri in the first round.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure William Jackson II 0 G 6'4" 185 Senior Athens, GA Graduated TeShaun Hightower 1 G 6'4" 190 Sophomore Lithonia, GA Transferred to Tulane JoJo Toppin 5 F 6'6" 190 Freshman Norcross, GA Transferred to Georgia State Jack Herring 10 F 6'8" 210 Freshman Memphis, TN Walk-on; not on team roster Christian Harrison 11 G 6'4" 200 RS Senior Atlanta, GA Walk-on; graduate transferred E'Torrion Wilridge 13 F 6'6" 220 Senior Beaumont, TX Graduated Connor O'Neill 24 F 6'6" 220 Senior Roswell, GA Walk-on; graduated Mike Edwards 32 F 6'9" 235 Senior Westland, MI Graduated Nic Claxton 33 F 6'11" 220 Sophomore Greenville, SC Declared for the 2019 NBA draft; selected 31st overall by the Brooklyn Nets Derek Ogbeide 34 F 6'9" 250 Senior Atlanta, GA Graduated Ignas Sargiūnas 43 G 6'5" 205 Freshman Kaunas, Lithuania Transferred to Colorado State
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Donnell Gresham Jr. 0 G 6'1" 203 RS Senior St. Paul, MN Northeastern
2019 recruiting class
Preseason SEC media poll The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.
Media poll 1 Kentucky 2 Florida 3 LSU 4 Auburn 5 Tennessee 6 Alabama 7 Mississippi State 8 Ole Miss 9 Georgia 10 South Carolina 11 Arkansas 12 Texas A&M 13 Missouri 14 Vanderbilt
Preseason All-SEC teams The Bulldogs had one player selected to the preseason all-SEC teams.
First Team
Anthony Edwards
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| SEC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| SEC tournament
|- style="background:#bbbbbb" | style="text-align:center"|March 12, 20203:30 pm, SECN | style="text-align:center"| (13) | vs. (5) FloridaSecond round | colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | style="text-align:center"|Bridgestone ArenaNashville, TN
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