The 2020–21 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Dan Hurley in their first season of the Big East Conference. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Huskies played all of their home games this year at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut.

The Huskies returned to the new Big East for the 2020–21 season following seven years in the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 15–8, 11–6, in Big East play to finish in 3rd place. The Huskies defeated DePaul in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament before losing in the semifinals to Creighton. UConn received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the First Round to Maryland 63–54.

Previous season They finished the season 19–12, 10–8 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. Their season ended when the AAC Tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Christian Vital 1 G 6'2" 187lbs Queens, NY Graduated Alterique Gilbert 3 G 6'0" 180lbs Atlanta, GA Transferred to Wichita State Sidney Wilson 15 G/F 6'7" 180lbs Bronx, NY Transferred to SIU Edwardsville Omotayo Aiyegbusi 45 G 6'4" 200lbs Conshohocken, PA Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Tyrese Martin 4 G 6'6" 215 Junior Allentown, PA Transfer from Rhode Island. Under NCAA transfer rules, Cole received a waiver and will be eligible for the 2020–21 season. He will have two years of remaining eligibility.

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Javonte Brown was only on the roster for the fall semester and announced plans to transfer on January 8, 2021.

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=|Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=|Big East Conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="|Big East tournament

!colspan=9 style="|NCAA tournament

Rankings

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