The 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fifth-year (eighth overall with DePaul) head coach Dave Leitao and played their home games at Wintrust Arena in Chicago as members of the Big East Conference. The Demons finished the season 16–16, 3–15 in Big East play to finish in last place. They defeated Xavier in the first round of the Big East tournament before the remaining tournament was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Previous season The Blue Demons finished the 2018–19 season 19–17, 7–11 in Big East play to finish in a three-way tie for last place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost in the first round to St. John's. They received a bid to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Central Michigan, Longwood, and Coastal Carolina to advance to the championship series against South Florida. There, in a best-of-three series, they lost to South Florida two games to one.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Eli Cain 11 G 6'6" 200 Senior Willingboro, NJ Graduated Carte'Are Gordon 15 F 6'9" 230 RS Freshman Saint Louis, MO Transferred to Northwest Florida State George Maslennikov 22 F 6'10" 234 Freshman Odesa, Ukraine Transferred Femi Olujobi 25 F 6'8" 233 RS Senior Long Island, NY Graduated Max Strus 31 G 6'6" 205 RS Senior Hickory Hills, IL Graduated John Diener 33 G 6'5" 203 Freshman Cedarburg, WI Transferred to UC San Diego
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Charlie Moore 11 G 5'11 180 RS Junior Chicago, IL Kansas
2019 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big East regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big East tournament
!colspan=9 style=|Canceled
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Ranking
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References