# 2019–20 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represented Lafayette College during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leopards, led by 25th-year head coach Fran O'Hanlon, played their home games at the Kirby Sports Center in Easton, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League. They finished the season 19–12, 10–8 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Army in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament before losing in the semifinals to Colgate.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 5, 2019* 8:00 pm | | Columbia | W 65–63 | 1–0 | Kirby Sports Center (1,476) Easton, PA |
| Nov 9, 2019* 2:00 pm | | at St. Francis Brooklyn | L 72–73 | 1–1 | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (528) Brooklyn, NY |
| Nov 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Princeton | W 72–65 | 2–1 | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,298) Princeton, NJ |
| Nov 16, 2019* 5:00 pm | | Delaware | L 73–81 | 2–2 | Kirby Sports Center (1,233) Easton, PA |
| Nov 19, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Penn | W 86–75 | 3–2 | Kirby Sports Center (1,366) Easton, PA |
| Nov 24, 2019* 1:00 pm | | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 80–75 | 4–2 | Kirby Sports Center (1,000) Easton, PA |
| Dec 3, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Saint Joseph's | W 94–71 | 5–2 | Hagan Arena (2,011) Philadelphia, PA |
| Dec 7, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cornell | W 62–59 | 6–2 | Newman Arena (994) Ithaca, NY |
| Dec 19, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Widener | W 96–56 | 7–2 | Kirby Sports Center (641) Easton, PA |
| Dec 22, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Rutgers | L 44–63 | 7–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (5,692) Piscataway, NJ |
| Dec 29, 2019* 2:00 pm | | at Sacred Heart | W 67–66 | 8–3 | William H. Pitt Center (357) Fairfield, CT |
| Patriot League regular season ||||||
| Jan 2, 2020 7:00 pm | | at Boston University | L 72–73 | 8–4 (0–1) | Case Gym (456) Boston, MA |
| Jan 5, 2020 2:00 pm | | Bucknell | L 66–78 | 8–5 (0–2) | Kirby Sports Center (1,502) Easton, PA |
| Jan 8, 2020 7:00 pm | | Holy Cross | W 82–64 | 9–5 (1–2) | Kirby Sports Center (1,275) Easton, PA |
| Jan 11, 2020 5:00 pm | | at Loyola (MD) | W 65–62 | 19–5 (2–2) | Reitz Arena (474) Baltimore, MD |
| Jan 15, 2020 11:00 am | | Colgate | W 71–67 | 11–5 (3–2) | Kirby Sports Center (2,544) Easton, PA |
| Jan 18, 2020 4:00 pm | | at Navy | L 66–68 | 11–6 (3–3) | Alumni Hall (1,684) Annapolis, MD |
| Jan 22, 2020 7:00 pm | | Army | L 74–94 | 11–7 (3–4) | Kirby Sports Center (1,447) Easton, PA |
| Jan 25, 2020 12:00 pm | | at Lehigh | W 74–56 | 12–7 (4–4) | Stabler Arena (1,248) Bethlehem, PA |
| Jan 29, 2020 7:00 pm | | at Colgate | W 80–78 | 13–7 (5–4) | Cotterell Court (930) Hamilton, NY |
| Feb 1, 2020 2:00 pm | | American | W 82–70 | 14–7 (6–4) | Kirby Sports Center (1,000) Easton, PA |
| Feb 3, 2020 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Bucknell | W 65–62 | 15–7 (7–4) | Sojka Pavilion (2,011) Lewisburg, PA |
| Feb 8, 2020 2:00 pm | | Lehigh | L 59–62 | 15–8 (7–5) | Kirby Sports Center (2,453) Easton, PA |
| Feb 12, 2020 7:00 pm, Stadium | | at Army | L 48–65 | 15–9 (7–6) | Christl Arena (428) West Point, NY |
| Feb 15, 2020 2:00 pm | | at Holy Cross | W 72–62 | 16–9 (8–6) | Hart Center (1,401) Worcester, MA |
| Feb 19, 2020 7:00 pm | | Boston University | W 61–59 | 17–9 (9–6) | Kirby Sports Center (1,776) Easton, PA |
| Feb 23, 2020 2:00 pm | | Loyola (MD) | L 68–70 | 17–10 (9–7) | Kirby Sports Center (1,481) Easton, PA |
| Feb 26, 2020 7:00 pm | | at American | L 59–79 | 17–11 (9–8) | Bender Arena (1,017) Washington, D.C. |
| Feb 29, 2020 2:00 pm | | Navy | W 62–60 | 18–11 (10–8) | Kirby Sports Center (2,186) Easton, PA |
| Patriot League tournament ||||||
| Mar 5, 2020 7:00 pm, PLN | (5) | at (4) Army Quarterfinals | W 73–68 | 19–11 | Christl Arena (334) West Point, NY |
| Mar 8, 2020 12:00 pm, CBSSN | (5) | at (1) Colgate Semifinals | L 64–89 | 19–12 | Cotterell Court (1,834) Hamilton, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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