The 2019–20 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen were led by third-year head coach Matt McCall and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 8–10 in A-10 play to finish in eighth place. Their season ended with the A-10 tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Previous season The Minutemen finished the 2018–19 season 11–21, 4–14 in A-10 play to finish in 13th place. They lost to George Washington in the first round of the A-10 tournament.

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Tre Wood 0 G 6' 1“ 165 Freshman Upper Marlboro, MD Transferred to LIU Brooklyn Luwane Pipkins 2 G 5' 11“ 185 Senior Chicago, IL Graduate transferred to Providence Kieran Hayward 3 G 6'4" 195 Junior Sydney, Australia Transferred to Vanguard University (CA) Unique McLean 4 G 6'2“ 175 Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduate transferred to St. Francis Brooklyn Jonathan Laurent 11 F 6'6“ 216 Junior Orlando, FL Transferred to Oklahoma State Jaylen Franklin 13 G 6'0“ 175 Junior Springfield, MA Transferred to The College of Wooster (OH) Khalea Turner-Morris 14 C 6' 9“ 265 Junior New Orleans, LA lingering injuries forced him to stop playing, prior to the season starting Curtis Cobb 33 G 6'4“ 175 Senior Fall River, MA Graduate transferred to Wagner Aidan Byrne 41 F 6'6" 215 Junior Niskayuna, NY walk-on from 2018 to 2019 no longer listed on the roster Rashaan Holloway 45 C 6'11" 310 Senior Elmer, NJ Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Dibaji Walker F 6'7" 190 Sophomore Columbus, OH Transferred from Cleveland State. Inactive. NCAA transfer rules mandate he sits out in 2019–20, but he has applied for a special exemption. His exemption has been approved.

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

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

!colspan=9 style=| A-10 regular season

!colspan=9 style=| A-10 tournament

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