The 2020–21 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen were led by fourth-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 8–7, 6–4 in A-10 Play to finish in 5th place. They defeated Saint Joseph’s in the second round of the A-10 tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Saint Louis.

Previous season The Minutemen finished the 2019–20 season 14–17, 8–10 in A-10 play to finish in eighth place. Their season ended when the A-10 tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure John Buggs 0 G 6' 2“ 185 Freshman Homer, LA Entered transfer portal; missed final 27 games of previous season due to torn ACL. Sy Chatman 1 F 6' 8“ 200 Sophomore Saint Paul, MN Transferred to Illinois State C.J. Jackson 3 G/F 6'6" 185 Freshman Atlanta, GA Transferred to Florida SouthWestern State College Keon Clergeot 4 G 6'1“ 185 Junior Winter Haven, FL Transferred to Southeastern Louisiana Samba Diallo 5 F 6'7“ 195 Sophomore Rufisque, Senegal Transferred to Manhattan Sean East II 10 G 6'3“ 185 Freshman Louisville, KY Transferred to Bradley Djery Baptiste 11 C 6' 10“ 245 RS Senior Gonaives, Haiti Graduated Davonté Higginbottom 20 G 6'1“ 175 Senior Mattapan, MA Graduated Randall West 31 F 6'4" 220 Senior Moorestown, NJ Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Mark Gasperini 10 C 6'10" 255 Graduate Student Moscow, Russia Graduate transfer from American Noah Fernandes 11 G 5'11" 175 Sophomore Mattapoisett, MA Transferred from Wichita State. NCAA transfer rules mandate that he sit out 2020-21, but he was granted a legislative relief waiver and was therefore immediately eligible for the 2020-21 season.

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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