The 2019–20 Saint Joseph's Hawks basketball team represented Saint Joseph's University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks were led by first-year head coach Billy Lange and played their home games at Hagan Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Saint Joseph's finished the season with a 6–26 record and finished 2–16 in Atlantic 10 play. They entered as the bottom seed in the 2020 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament. There, they were eliminated in the first round by George Mason, 70–77.

Previous season The Hawks finished the 2018–19 season 14–19 overall, 6–12 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for 10th place. As the No. 10 seed in the A-10 tournament, they advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Davidson.

On March 19, 2019, Phil Martelli was fired after 24 seasons as the head coach. He ended his tenure at Saint Joseph's with a 444–328 record. Shortly thereafter, the school hired Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Billy Lange as head coach.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Lamarr Kimble 0 G 6'0" 185 RS Junior Philadelphia, PA Graduate transferred to Louisville Charlie Brown Jr. 2 F 6'7" 197 RS Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Declare for 2019 NBA draft Jared Bynum 3 G 5'10" 172 Freshman Washington, D.C. Transferred to Providence Chris Clover 15 G 6'3" 217 Senior Philadelphia, PA Graduated Mike Muggeo 20 G 6'3" 203 Senior River Vale, NJ Walk-on; graduated Markell Lodge 23 F 6'7" 217 RS Senior Creedmoor, NC Graduated Pierfrancesco Oliva 24 F 6'8" 212 RS Junior Taranto, Italy Signed to play professionally in Italy with Roseto Sharks

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Myles Douglas 2 F 6'8" 215 RS Sophomore Edgewood, MD Transferred from UCF. Will be eligible to play. Greg Foster Jr. 23 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Milwaukee, WI Transferred from Gonzaga. Under NCAA transfer rules, Foster Jr. will sit out the 2019–20 season and will have three years of remaining eligibility. Dennis Ashley 25 G 6'1" 176 RS Senior Los Angeles, CA Transferred from Maine. Will be eligible to play immediately since Ashley graduated from Maine.

2019 recruiting class

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Atlantic 10 tournament

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