The 2020–21 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by second-year head coach Ron Hunter, played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana, as seventh-year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 10-13, 4-12 in AAC Play to finish in 10th place. They defeated Tulsa in the first round of the AAC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Houston.

Previous season The Green Wave 12–18, 4–14 in AAC play to finish in 12th place. They entered as the No. 12 seed in the AAC tournament, which was ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Charlie Russell Jr. 0 G/F 6'7" 190 New Orleans, LA Transferred to UMass Lowell K. J. Lawson 1 G/F 6'7" 215 Memphis, TN Completed college eligibility Ray Ona Embo 3 G 6'5" 195 Lognes, France Left team (mid-season) TeShuan Hightower 5 G 6'5" 190 Lithonia, GA Dismissed from team Kevin Zhang 12 F 6'10" 220 Shenyang, China Play professionally Nic Thomas 14 G 6'1" 185 Arlington, TX Completed college eligibility Grant Quinn 15 G 6'5" 200 Lewisville, TX Walk-on; did not return Christion Thompson 25 G 6'4" 215 Gonzales, LA Completed college eligibility Cameron Galic 32 G 6'6" 205 Bethesda, MD Walk-on; did not return

Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Oton Jankovic F 6'10" 212 Zagreb, Croatia Transferred from Vanderbilt. Jankovic was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Gabe Watson G 6'2" 192 Jackson, MS Transferred from Southern Miss. Watson was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Jaylen Forbes G 6'4" 186 Florence, MS Transferred from Alabama. Forbes was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. Kevin Cross Jr. F 6'8" 240 Little Rock, AR Transferred from Nebraska. Cross was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2020 recruiting class

Tulane will also add Preferred Walk-on Ben Callahan-Gold, a 6'7" swingman from Northfield Mount Hermon School. Ben is the son of comedian Judy Gold.

Preseason AAC preseason media poll

On October 28, The American released the preseason Poll and other preseason awards

Coaches Poll 1 Houston 99 (2) 2 Memphis 90 (2) 3 SMU 80 4 Cincinnati 77 5 South Florida 61 6 Tulsa 50 7 Wichita State 44 8 UCF 37 9 East Carolina 34 10 Temple 18 11 Tulane 15

Roster

Schedule and results COVID-19 impact

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Green Wave's schedule is subject to change, including the cancellation or postponement of individual games, the cancellation of the entire season, or games played either with minimal fans or without fans in attendance and just essential personnel.

The game vs. Tulsa scheduled for February 10 was moved to Tulsa.

Schedule

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Awards and honors American Athletic Conference honors All-AAC Third Team Jaylen Forbes

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