The 2019–20 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pirates were led by second year head coach, Joe Dooley, who previously coached the Pirates from 1995 to 1999, and played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as sixth-year members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season The Pirates finished the 2018–19 season 10–21, 3–15 in AAC play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to Wichita State.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Isaac Fleming 0 G 6'3" 195 Wilmington, DE Graduated K. J. Davis 2 G 6'5" 200 Portsmouth, VA Transferred to Samford Tyler Foster 5 G 6'5" 190 Baltimore, MD Transferred to Youngstown State Tae Hardy 10 G 6'2" 190 Ellenwood, GA Transferred to Pearl River CC Justin Whatley 13 F 6'8" 240 Chesapeake, VA Transferred to North Carolina Central Deshaun Wade 22 G 6'2" 200 Virginia Beach, VA Transferred to Longwood Rico Quinton 23 F/C 6'9" 240 Newbern, TN Left the team for personal reasons John Whitley 24 G 6'0" 170 Washington, D.C. Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Dimitri Spasojevic 32 F 6'8" 240 Vršac, Serbia Transferred to UMBC Addison Hill 41 G 6'3" 180 Winterville, NC Walk-on; graduated Justice Obasohan 52 G 6'5" 220 Wallace, NC Walk-on; graduated Shawn Williams 55 G 6'1" 175 Maumelle, AR Transferred to New Mexico State

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Tyrie Jackson 10 G 6'1" 215 Tifton, GA Northwest Florida State College J. J. Miles 11 G 6'7" 220 Garysburg, NC Cape Fear CC Tremont Robinson 12 G 6'2" 190 Little Rock, AR Garden City CC Bitumba Baruti 20 G 6'6" 225 Lubumbashi, DR Congo Chipola College Ludgy Debaut 21 C 6'10" 245 Les Abymes, Guadeloupe Northwest Florida State College Miles James 33 G/F 6'6" 215 Inglewood, CA Palm Beach State College Edra Luster 44 C 6'11" 230 Oakland, CA Tyler JC

Recruiting class of 2019

Recruiting class of 2020

Roster

Dec. 17, 2019 - Seth LeDay left the team after the Maryland Eastern Shore game.

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| AAC regular season

!colspan=9 style=|AAC tournament

1.Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Awards and honors American Athletic Conference honors All-AAC Second Team Jayden Gardner

Player of the Week Week 7: Jayden Gardner Week 10: Jayden Gardner

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