The 2019–20 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Rebels were led by first-year head coach T. J. Otzelberger and played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 12–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament to Boise State.
Previous season The Runnin' Rebels finished the 2018–19 season 17–14, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament to San Diego State.
On March 15, head coach Marvin Menzies was fired. He finished at UNLV with a three-year record of 48–48.
On March 27, UNLV hired South Dakota State head coach T. J. Otzelberger as their next head coach.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Kris Clyburn 1 G 6'6" 175 Romulus, MI Graduated Ben Coupet Jr. 2 G 6'7" 185 Chicago, IL Transferred to Little Rock Noah Robotham 5 G 6'1" 165 Las Vegas, NV Graduated Shakur Juiston 10 F 6'7" 220 Paterson, NJ Graduated, transferred to Oregon Djordjije Sljivancanin 12 F 6'10" 230 Belgrade, Serbia Left the team for personal reasons Tervell Beck 14 F 6'7" 230 Cleveland, OH Transferred to Kent State Trey Woodbury 22 G 6'4" 200 Las Vegas, NV Transferred to Utah Valley Joel Ntambwe 24 F 6'9" 210 Kinshasa, Congo Transferred to Texas Tech Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua 30 F 6'8" 230 Douala, Cameroon Transferred to Baylor Louis Bangai 43 C 6'10" 230 Yaoundé, Cameroon Walk-on; transferred to Grand Canyon
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Donnie Tillman 1 F 6'7" 225 Detroit, MI Transferred from Utah. NCAA approved Donnie Tillman’s waiver to play for UNLV, Tillman will be able to play in the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Moses Wood 4 F 6'8" 190 Reno, NV Transferred from Tulane. Under NCAA transfer rules, Wood will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. David Jenkins 5 G 6'2" 200 Tacoma, WA Transferred from South Dakota State. Under NCAA transfer rules, Jenkins will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Jonah Antonio 10 G 6'5" 180 Perth, Australia Junior college transferred from South Plains College. Trey Hurlburt 12 G 5'10" 160 Henderson, NV Transferred from Cal State San Marcos. Will be eligible to play immediately. Join the team as a walk-on. Vitaliy Shibel 22 F 6'9" 210 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Transferred from Arizona State. Will be eligible to play immediately since Shibel graduated from Arizona State. Taka Hall 24 G 6'3" 175 San Marcos, CA Transferred from Johnson & Wales. Will be eligible to play immediately since Hall graduated from Johnson & Wales. Join the team as a walk-on. Elijah Mitrou–Long 55 G 6'1" 185 Mississauga, Canada Transferred from Texas. Will be eligible to play immediately since Mitrou–Long graduated from Texas.
2019 recruiting class No recruits.
2020 recruiting class
2021 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Mountain West tournament
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