The 2019–20 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by first-year head coach Aaron McKie, played their home games at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia as a member of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season The Owls finished the 2018–19 season 23–10, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. As the 3-seed in the AAC tournament, the Owls lost to sixth-seeded Wichita State in the first round. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament as an 11th seed, where they lost to Belmont in the First Four.

The season was Fran Dunphy's final season as Temple head coach. The school announced on April 13, 2018, that he would step down at the end of the 2019 season, and that top assistant and former Owls star Aaron McKie would succeed him.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Shizz Alston 10 G 6'4" 180 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Graduated Ernest Aflakpui 24 C 6'10" 240 Accra, Ghana Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jake Forrester 10 F 6'8" 215 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Transferred from Indiana. Forrester was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Had three years of remaining eligibility. Tai Strickland 13 G 6'2" 180 Tampa, Florida Transferred from Wisconsin. Under NCAA transfer rules, Strickland had to sit out the 2019–20 season. Had three years of remaining eligibility.

2019 recruiting class

Preseason In the preseason, Temple was picked to finish seventh in the American Athletic Conference by the league coaches. Senior guard Quinton Rose was picked to the preseason First Team All-AAC while junior guard Nate Pierre-Louis was picked to the preseason Second Team All-AAC.

Roster

Preseason - Damian Dunn suffered a foot injury. He would appear in only one game during the season due to the injury.

Schedule and results

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1.Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Awards and honors

American Athletic Conference honors

All-AAC Second Team Quinton Rose

Player of the Week Week 1: Nate Pierre-Louis Week 4: Quinton Rose

Source

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