The 2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by Bob Huggins, in his 13th season as WVU's head coach, and played their home games at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia as members of the Big 12 Conference. Preseason Big 12 polls picked the Mountaineers to finish 5th in the conference standings and Oscar Tshiebwe was picked as Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year. The Mountaineers season officially started on November 8, 2019.

Previous season The Mountaineers finished the 2018–19 season 15–21, 4–14 in Big 12 play to finish in last place in the conference. They defeated Oklahoma and Texas Tech to advance to the semifinal game of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Kansas. They received an invitation to the 2019 College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Grand Canyon and advanced to the second round where they were defeated by Coastal Carolina.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Trey Doomes 0 G 6'3" 175 Acworth, GA Transferred to Chattanooga James Bolden 3 G 6'0" 188 Covington, KY Graduate transferred to Alabama Andrew Gordon 12 F 6'9" 255 Clearwater, FL Transferred to Louisiana Tech Lamont West 15 F 6'8" 222 Cincinnati, OH Graduate transferred to Missouri State Taevon Horton 20 G 6'1" 190 Fairmont, WV Walk-on; transferred to Missouri State–West Plains Wesley Harris 21 F 6'8" 200 Jackson, MS Dismissed from team (mid-season); graduate transferred to Tennessee State Esa Ahmad 23 F 6'8" 225 Cleveland, OH Dismissed from team (mid-season) Sagaba Konate 50 F 6'8" 250 Bamako, Mali Play professionally

Recruits Recruiting class of 2019

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Gabe Osabuohien 3 F 6'7" 235 Toronto, Ontario Transferred from Arkansas. His waiver for immediate eligibility was approved as of November 20, 2019. Taz Sherman 12 G 6'4" 185 Missouri City, TX Junior college transferred from Collin College. Sean McNeil 22 G 6'3" 207 Union, KY Junior college transferred from Sinclair CC.

Roster

Schedule and results Source

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!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

!colspan=9 style=|Big 12 tournament |- style="background:#bbbbbb" | style="text-align:center"|Mar 12, 20208:00 pm, ESPN2 | style="text-align:center"| (6) No. 22 | vs. (3) OklahomaQuarterfinals | colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | style="text-align:center"|Sprint CenterKansas City, MO

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

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