The 2019–20 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team represented San Diego State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aztecs, led by third-year head coach Brian Dutcher, played their home games at Viejas Arena as members in the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 30–2, 17–1 in Mountain West play to be regular season Mountain West champions. They defeated Air Force and Boise State to reach the championship game of the Mountain West tournament where they lost to Utah State. Although they were a virtual lock to receive an at-large bid to and a high seed in the NCAA tournament, on March 12 the NCAA Tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previous season The Aztecs finished the season 21–13, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated UNLV and Nevada to advance to the championship game of the Mountain West tournament where they lost to Utah State. They did not get selected for the NCAA or NIT tournaments, and despite having 21 wins, they did not seek participation in other post season tournaments such as the CBI or CIT.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Devin Watson 0 G 6'1" 172 RS Senior Oceanside, CA Graduated Michael Sohikish 4 G 5'9" 160 Senior San Diego, CA Walk-on; graduated Jalen McDaniels 5 F 6'10" 195 RS Sophomore Federal Way, WA Declare for 2019 NBA draft Ed Chang 23 G/F 6'8" 210 Freshman Papillion, NE Transferred to Salt Lake CC Jeremy Hemsley 42 G 6'4" 200 Senior La Verne, CA Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Trey Pulliam 4 G 6'3" Sophomore Bryan, TX Junior college transferred Navarro College. Yanni Wetzell 5 F/C 6'10" 240 RS Senior Auckland, New Zealand Transferred from Vanderbilt. Will be eligible to play immediately since Wetzell graduated from Vanderbilt. K. J. Feagin 10 G 6'1" 190 RS Senior Long Beach, CA Transferred from Santa Clara. Will be eligible to play immediately since Feagin graduated from Santa Clara.
2019 recruiting class
2020 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament
Source
Ranking movement
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.
References