# 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was scheduled to end at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 6, 2020, but was ultimately canceled. All other postseason tournaments were canceled as well. Practices officially began in late September.
On March 12, 2020, the NCAA announced that all remaining winter and spring championships for both men's and women's sports were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first cancellation in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament history. The NCAA did not name an official national champion after the tournament was canceled.
Kansas finished first in both major polls but has yet to claim a national championship for the season.

## Rule changes

On June 5, 2019, the NCAA announced that its Playing Rules Oversight Panel had approved a suite of rules changes that its Men's Basketball Rules Committee had recommended the previous month. These changes took effect in 2019–20 for all NCAA divisions, with one exception.
* The three-point line was moved from its prior distance of 20 feet 9 inches (6.32 m) from the center of the basket to the FIBA standard of 6.75 meters (22 ft 2 in). The NCAA published diagrams on June 17, 2019 reflecting the new three-point line, including its distance from the sidelines near the corners of the court. In the corners, the three-point line is exactly 40+1⁄8 inches (102 cm) from the sidelines, resulting in the shortest three-point distance being essentially identical to the FIBA standard of 6.6 meters (21 ft 8 in). This change took immediate effect in Division I, but was delayed to 2020–21 for Divisions II and III.
* On offensive rebounds in the frontcourt, the shot clock is now reset to 20 seconds instead of the full 30.
* Any derogatory on-court comments regarding a player's race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability result in a flagrant-2 technical foul and automatic ejection.
* Two new rules apply during the last two minutes of regulation and the last two minutes of any overtime period:
** Coaches are allowed to call live-ball timeouts. Previously, coaches were prohibited from calling live-ball timeouts at any time.
** The list of calls that can be reviewed via instant replay expanded to include basket interference and goaltending.

## Season headlines

* May 9, 2019 – The NCAA announced its Academic Progress Rate (APR) sanctions for the 2019–20 school year. A total of nine programs in eight sports were declared ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the required APR benchmark, including the following Division I men's basketball team:
** Detroit Mercy
* June 3, 2019 – The Sun Belt Conference, which a year earlier had announced a series of radical changes in its men's basketball scheduling format that would have taken effect with the 2019–20 season, announced that it had placed those changes on hold. The Sun Belt will proceed with one element of the plan, namely an expansion of the conference schedule to 20 games. In its announcement, the conference noted that the original plan had been based on data related to the RPI, an NCAA tournament selection metric that had been replaced by the significantly different NET effective with the 2019 tournament.
* June 18 – The ASUN Conference officially announced that Bellarmine University, currently a member of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference, would move to Division I and join the ASUN effective with the 2020–21 school year.
* June 20 – The Summit League announced that the University of Missouri–Kansas City would return to the conference on July 1, 2020 after seven years in the Western Athletic Conference.
* June 21 – The Boston-area sports news website Digital Sports Desk reported that the University of Connecticut (UConn) was expected to announce by the end of the month that it would leave the American Athletic Conference to rejoin many of its former conference mates in the Big East Conference in 2020. The story was picked up by multiple national media outlets the next day.
* June 27 – The Big East and UConn jointly announced that the school would join the Big East; though the official announcements did not specify a time, it was expected that the Huskies would become members in 2020.
* July 15 – Binghamton rising sophomore forward Calistus Anyichie drowned in an incident at Buttermilk Falls State Park near Ithaca, New York. The incident was being investigated as an accident.
* July 26 – Multiple media reports indicated that UConn and The American had reached a buyout agreement that will lead to UConn joining the Big East in July 2020. The exit fee was reportedly $17 million.
* August 5
** The NCAA issued a set of rules that outlined new certification requirements for agents who sought to represent college underclassmen who declare themselves eligible for the NBA draft but wish to maintain college eligibility while evaluating their draft prospects. The new requirements were that the agents hold a bachelor's degree; have been certified by the NBA players' union, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), for at least three years; hold professional liability insurance; and pass an in-person exam administered each November at the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis. The bachelor's degree requirement was immediately dubbed the "Rich Paul Rule", as it was widely viewed as preventing Paul, who represents LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Ben Simmons, and Draymond Green, among others, from representing underclassmen because he does not have a bachelor's degree.
** The Horizon League announced that Purdue University Fort Wayne would leave the Summit League to join the Horizon League in July 2020.
* August 12 – After widespread criticism by media and NBA players, the NCAA amended the so-called "Rich Paul Rule" regarding agent certification. Agents such as Paul who do not hold bachelor's degrees but meet all other NCAA requirements will be allowed to represent underclassmen if they are in good standing with the NBPA.
* September 30
** California governor Gavin Newsom signed the Fair Pay to Play Act into law, which upon taking effect in 2023 will prohibit public colleges and universities in the state from punishing their athletes for earning endorsement income. The bill places the state in direct conflict with the NCAA's current business model, which prohibits college athletes from receiving such income. At the time the bill was signed, several other states were proposing similar laws.
** A group of Louisville Cardinals players who were not involved in the NCAA rules violations that caused the team to be stripped of its 2013 national title and 2012 Final Four appearance reached a confidential settlement of a lawsuit against the NCAA. One portion of the settlement was authorized to be revealed—while Louisville's team records remained vacated, all honors and statistics for these players were restored. Most notably, Luke Hancock, who was a plaintiff in the suit, was once again officially recognized as the Most Outstanding Player of the 2013 Final Four.
** Officials at Tarleton State University, current members of the Division II Lone Star Conference, announced that the school had accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference. Full details, including the joining date, were expected to be revealed in the following days, but were delayed by more than a month.
* October 4 – Officials at the University of St. Thomas, a Minnesota school that will be expelled from its longtime athletic home of the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 2021, announced that the school had received an invitation to join the Summit League upon its MIAC departure. In order for St. Thomas to directly transition to the Summit, it must receive a waiver of an NCAA rule stating that Division III schools can only transition to Division II.
* October 22 – The Associated Press preseason All-American team was released. Michigan State guard Cassius Winston was the lone unanimous selection (65 votes). Joining him on the team were Marquette guard Markus Howard (57 votes), Louisville forward Jordan Nwora (47), Seton Hall guard Myles Powell (46), and Memphis center James Wiseman (32).
* October 29 – The NCAA board of governors voted unanimously to begin the process of changing institutional rules so that college athletes can profit from their names, images, and likenesses, while still maintaining a distinction between college and professional sports. The proposal calls for each of the three NCAA divisions to draft new rules consistent with this mandate, with a target date of January 2021.
* November 8 – The NCAA ruled incoming Memphis freshman star and preseason All-American James Wiseman ineligible because his family had received moving expenses from current head coach Penny Hardaway in 2017, a year before Hardaway was hired by the school. Despite his not having been employed by Memphis at the time, the NCAA considered Hardaway to be a Memphis booster because the former NBA star had donated large amounts to the school's athletic program more than a decade earlier. Memphis and Wiseman received an injunction to halt the NCAA's ruling from a local judge, and Wiseman played in the Tigers' season opener later that day.
* November 12 – The Western Athletic Conference officially announced Tarleton State's entry into the league effective July 1, 2020.
* November 14 – In the next major development in the Wiseman story, he dropped his lawsuit against the NCAA, and Memphis declared him ineligible and withdrew him from play. The school also announced it would seek reinstatement from the NCAA.
* January 11 - Clemson's 79-76 victory over North Carolina was the first time ever that Clemson won at Chapel Hill. Before that result, Clemson was 0-59 against North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
* January 21 – The Kansas State–Kansas game was marred by a bench-clearing brawl. In the final seconds of a game that Kansas would win 81–60, State's DaJuan Gordon went up for a layup that was blocked by Kansas' Silvio De Sousa. After the block, De Sousa stood over Gordon, leading to an altercation that escalated into a bench-clearing melee. During the brawl, De Sousa and several other players threw punches, and De Sousa held a chair above his head until it was taken from him by a Kansas assistant. Kansas did not wait for the Big 12 Conference to take action, announcing the next day that De Sousa would be suspended indefinitely, pending the Big 12 review of the incident.
* January 22 – The Big 12 issued suspensions for four players involved in the previous night's Kansas State–Kansas brawl. De Sousa drew the longest suspension at 12 games. Kansas teammate David McCormack was suspended for 2 games, while Kansas State's James Love and Antonio Gordon were respectively banned for 8 and 3 games.
* February 7 – The Big South Conference officially announced that North Carolina A&T State University would leave its longtime home of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for the Big South effective with the 2021–22 school year.
* February 18 – The NCAA announced that it was considering a proposal that would allow student-athletes in all sports a one-time waiver to transfer to a new school without having to sit out a season. This would place all NCAA sports under the same transfer rules; currently, first-time transfers are only required to sit out a season in baseball, men's and women's basketball, football, and men's ice hockey. The existing criteria for the waiver would be extended to these five sports—namely, a player must receive a transfer release from his or her previous school, leave that school academically eligible, maintain academic progress at the new school, and not be under any disciplinary suspension.
* Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic:
** March 10
*** The Big West Conference announced that its men's and women's conference tournaments, with women's play starting on March 10 at Walter Pyramid at California State University, Long Beach and men's play starting on March 12 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, would be closed to spectators.
*** The Ivy League canceled its 2020 men's and women's conference tournaments, both originally scheduled for March 14 and 15 at the Lavietes Pavilion on the campus of Harvard University. Regular-season champion Yale was named the Ivy League's automatic qualifier for the NCAA men's tournament.
*** The Mid-American Conference did not initially cancel its men's and women's tournaments, which had begun on March 9 with first-round games at campus sites, but announced that the remainder of both tournaments, to be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland from March 11–14, would be held under what it called a "restricted attendance policy". The only individuals allowed to attend games will be credentialed institutional personnel, credentialed media and broadcast crews, team party members, and family members of players. The conference would later cancel its tournament on March 12 (see below).
** March 11
*** The NCAA announced that both the men's and women's entire NCAA Tournaments would be conducted with "only essential staff and limited family attendance"
*** The Gazelle Group, organizer of the College Basketball Invitational, canceled the 2020 CBI. The company stated that it intends to resume the event in 2021.
** March 12
*** All Division I conference tournaments that had yet to be completed were canceled, even those in progress.
*** Some schools—most notably Duke and Kansas—suspended all athletic travel indefinitely. Both the Blue Devils and the presumptive top overall seed Jayhawks had been expected to decline NCAA tournament bids before the cancellation of the tournament.
*** The NCAA announced that all remaining winter and spring championships would be canceled for both men's and women's sports in all divisions. It is the first cancellation in the history of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
** March 13
*** The Florida Senate passed a resolution declaring Florida State national champions for the 2019–2020 season. The resolution, introduced by Republican Joe Gruters, passed by a vote of 37–2.
** March 16
*** The NCAA recognises the 1943 research of the Helms Athletic Foundation that ranked teams each season prior to the 1939 founding of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. In college football, which the NCAA does not sanction an official championship tournament in the FBS subdivision, teams that finished first in final polls were declared the mythical national championship winner, and the NCAA lists in that sport the teams ranked as the best by various selectors. The AP Poll and Coaches Poll are both recognised in football that way. Kansas finishes first in the final Coaches Poll standings.
** March 18
*** Kansas finishes first in the final AP Poll, the other major wire service poll that in college football was declared a selector for the national championship, effectively naming a consensus national championship.

### Milestones and records

* During the season, the following players reached the 2,000 career point milestone – Hampton guard Jermaine Marrow, Marquette guard Markus Howard, College of Charleston guard Grant Riller, Howard swingman Charles Williams, Seton Hall guard Myles Powell, Oregon State forward Tres Tinkle, Weber State guard Jerrick Harding, VCU guard Marcus Evans, Northern Illinois guard Eugene German, Penn State forward Lamar Stevens, William & Mary forward-center Nathan Knight, Utah State guard Sam Merrill, Texas State guard Nijal Pearson, American guard Sa'eed Nelson, LIU swingman Raiquan Clark, BYU forward Yoeli Childs, Saint Francis (PA) guard Keith Braxton, and UTSA guard Jhivvan Jackson.
** Childs and Braxton also joined the 2,000 point and 1,000 rebound club. Childs was the first in his program's history to do so while Braxton became the first from the Northeast Conference.
* November 5 – Colorado State center Nico Carvacho became the Mountain West Conference all-time leading rebounder, grabbing 11 in a win over Denver. He surpassed Jordan Caroline's 958 career mark.
* November 8 – Utah defeated Mississippi Valley State 143–49 to set an NCAA record for largest margin of victory (94 points) over a Division I opponent.
* December 1 – Cameron Parker of Sacred Heart had 24 assists in the Pioneers' 101–57 win over NCAA Division III school Pine Manor, setting a new record for single-game assists by a Division I men's player. He also became the first player in at least the past 20 seasons to record 20 or more assists in a game while failing to score. The previous D-I record of 22 assists had been accomplished four times, most recently by Trae Young of Oklahoma in 2017.
* January 17 – Michigan State's Cassius Winston became the Big Ten's all-time assist leader, passing fellow Spartan Mateen Cleaves' career mark of 816 in a win over Wisconsin.
* February 4 — Boise State's Justinian Jessup broke the Mountain West Conference record for career three-pointers when he passed BYU's Jimmer Fredette's mark of 296.
* February 8 — Quinton Rose of Temple scored 25 points in an overtime win over SMU, becoming the all-time leading scorer for the American Athletic Conference. He passed Rob Gray of Houston's mark of 1,710 career points, set in 2018.
* February 13 — Markus Howard of Marquette became the Big East's all-time leading scorer, passing Lawrence Moten of Syracuse's mark of 1,405 points in conference play. On February 23, Howard also became the Big East's all-time leading scorer in all games, surpassing the 2,632 points of Troy Bell of Boston College.
* February 27 – Merrimack defeated Central Connecticut 69–58 to clinch at least a share of the Northeast Conference regular-season title. The Warriors became the first men's basketball team to record a 20-win season in its first Division I season. Due to NCAA rules for schools transitioning to D-I, the Warriors are ineligible to play in NCAA-sponsored postseason events (the NCAA Tournament and the NIT), and under NEC rules are ineligible for the conference tournament. Two days later, Robert Morris' 78–68 win over Saint Francis (PA) gave the Warriors the outright regular-season NEC title, making them the first men's basketball program to win an outright conference title in its first D-I season. Contrary to an Associated Press report, the Warriors are eligible for non-NCAA postseason events.
* March 2 – McNeese State's Dru Kuxhausen broke the Southland Conference and McNeese records for the most three-pointers made in a single season (120)

## Conference membership changes

Two schools joined new conferences for the 2019–20 season. Both moved between Division I and Division II, with one joining Division I and the other leaving Division I.
| School | Former conference | New conference |
| Merrimack | Northeast-10 Conference (D-II) | Northeast Conference |
| Savannah State | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (D-II) |
In addition, two existing Division I teams assumed new athletic identities.
After the 2018–19 school year, Long Island University (LIU) merged the athletic programs of its two main campuses—the Division I LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and Division II LIU Post Pioneers—into a single program that now plays as the LIU Sharks. The Sharks inherited the Division I and Northeast Conference memberships of the Brooklyn campus, with some sports to be based in Brooklyn and others at the Post campus in Brookville, New York. Specific to basketball, LIU announced that the unified men's and women's teams in that sport would be based in Brooklyn.
On July 1, 2019, the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) announced that its athletic program, formerly known as the UMKC Kangaroos, would officially become the Kansas City Roos, with "Roos" having long been used as a short form of the former "Kangaroos" nickname.

## Arenas
### New arenas

* Robert Morris moved into the new UPMC Events Center after playing last season at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center, a facility at the school's North Athletic Complex. The Colonials played their first game there on November 12, 2019 however the Colonials lost their first game in the new arena losing to crosstown rival Pitt 71–57.

### Arenas closing

* James Madison played its final season at the JMU Convocation Center, home to the Dukes since 1982. The final game at the arena was a women's game on February 29 in which the Dukes defeated Delaware 69–64. JMU opened Atlantic Union Bank Center for the 2020–21 season.
* This was Liberty's final season playing games full-time at the Vines Center, home to the Flames since 1990. The school opened the adjoining Liberty Arena, with less than half of the capacity at Vines Center, for the 2020–21 season. The Vines Center will continue to be used for games in which attendance is expected to exceed 4,000.
* This was intended to be High Point's final season at the Millis Athletic Convocation Center, home to the Panthers since 1992. They planned to open the new Nido Quebin Arena and Conference Center for the 2020–21 season. However, construction delays brought on by COVID-19 led High Point to delay the new arena's opening until 2021–22.

### Temporary arenas

* Immediately after the 2018–19 season, Duquesne began an extensive renovation of the on-campus Palumbo Center. When the venue reopens, expected for the 2020–21 school year, it will be renamed UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, via a partnership between the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the family foundation of late Duquesne star Chuck Cooper, the first African American selected in an NBA draft. At the time of announcement, the final capacity of the renovated venue had not been determined, but Duquesne's athletic director expected it to have about the same capacity as the pre-renovation Palumbo Center (4,390). Duquesne split its home games between three venues in 2019–20: PPG Paints Arena, La Roche University's Kerr Fitness Center, and Robert Morris University's new UPMC Events Center.

## Season outlook
### Pre-season polls

The top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.
AP :
| Ranking | Team |
| 1 | Michigan State (60) |
| 2 | Kentucky (2) |
| 3 | Kansas (3) |
| 4 | Duke |
| 5 | Louisville |
| 6 | Florida |
| 7 | Maryland |
| 8 | Gonzaga |
| 9 | North Carolina |
| 10 | Villanova |
| 11 | Virginia |
| 12 | Seton Hall |
| 13 | Texas Tech |
| 14 | Memphis |
| 15 | Oregon |
| 16 | Baylor |
| 17 | Utah State |
| 18 | Ohio State |
| 19 | Xavier |
| 20 | Saint Mary's |
| 21 | Arizona |
| 22 | LSU |
| 23 | Purdue |
| 24 | Auburn |
| 25 | VCU |
USA Today Coaches :
| Ranking | Team |
| 1 | Michigan State (30) |
| 2 | Kentucky |
| 3 | Kansas (1) |
| 4 | Duke (1) |
| 5 | Louisville |
| 6 | Florida |
| 7 | Gonzaga |
| 8 | Maryland |
| 9 | Virginia |
| 10 | Villanova |
| 11 | North Carolina |
| 12 | Texas Tech |
| 13 | Seton Hall |
| 14 | Oregon |
| 15 | Memphis |
| 16 | Ohio State |
| 17 | Arizona |
| 18 | Baylor |
| 19 | Utah State |
| 20 | Saint Mary's |
| 21 | Xavier |
| 22 | Purdue |
| 23 | Auburn |
| 24 | LSU |
| 25 | Tennessee |

## Regular season
### Early season tournaments

| Names | Dates | Location | No. teams | champion |
| 2K Empire Classic | November 21–23 | Madison Square Garden (Manhattan, New York) | 4 | Duke |
| Charleston Classic | November 21–24 | TD Arena (Charleston, SC) | 8 | Florida |
| Junkanoo Jam | November 21–24 | Gateway Gym (Bimini, Bahamas) | 4 | Duquesne |
| Myrtle Beach Invitational | November 21–22, 24 | HTC Center (Conway, SC) | 8 | Baylor |
| Hall of Fame Tip Off | November 23–24 | Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT) | 4 | Virginia (Naismith) Rider (Springfield) |
| The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase | November 23–25 | Kendall Issacs National Gymnasium (Nassau, BH) | 8 | Liberty |
| Jersey Mike's Jamaica Classic | November 23–25 | Montego Bay Convention Center (Montego Bay, Jamaica) | 8 | Utah State |
| Paradise Jam tournament | November 23–26 | Sports and Fitness Center (Saint Thomas, VI) | 8 | Nevada |
| MGM Resorts Main Event | November 24, 26 | T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, NV) | 8 | Colorado |
| CBE Hall of Fame Classic | November 26–27 | Sprint Center (Kansas City, MO) | 4 | Butler |
| Legends Classic | November 26–27 | Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY) | 4 | Auburn |
| Cayman Islands Classic | November 25–27 | John Gray Gymnasium (George Town, Cayman Islands) | 8 | George Mason |
| Gulf Coast Showcase | November 25–27 | Hertz Arena (Estero, FL) | 8 | La Salle |
| Maui Invitational | November 25–27 | Lahaina Civic Center (Lahaina, HI) | 8 | Kansas |
| Cancún Challenge | November 26–27 | Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort (Cancún, MX) | 8 | West Virginia (Riviera Division) Northern Iowa (Mayan Division) |
| Battle 4 Atlantis | November 27–29 | Imperial Arena (Nassau, BAH) | 8 | Michigan |
| NIT Season Tip-Off | November 27, 29 | Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY) | 4 | Oklahoma State |
| Las Vegas Invitational | November 28–29 | Orleans Arena (Las Vegas Valley, NV) | 4 | San Diego State |
| Orlando Invitational | November 28 – December 1 | HP Field House (Lake Buena Vista, FL) | 8 | Maryland |
| Wooden Legacy | November 28 – December 1 | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, CA) | 8 | Arizona |
| Barclays Center Classic | November 29–30 | Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY) | 2 | Memphis |
| Emerald Coast Classic | November 29–30 | The Arena at NFSC (Niceville, FL) | 4 | Florida State Chattanooga |
| Battle At the Boardwalk Classic | December 20–21 | Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, NJ) | 4 | Drexel |
| Diamond Head Classic | December 22–23, 25 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | 8 | Houston |

### Upsets

An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I Men's Basketball this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked In the Top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of #1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll.
Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"-i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes, such as Intrust Bank Arena for Wichita State).
| Winner | Score | Loser | Date | Tournament/Event |
| #2 Kentucky | 69–62 | #1 Michigan State | November 5, 2019 | Champions Classic |
| Washington | 67–64 | #16 Baylor | November 8, 2019 | Armed Forces Classic |
| Texas | 70–66 | #23 Purdue | November 9, 2019 | |
| Florida State | 63–51 | #6 Florida | November 10, 2019 | Sunshine Showdown |
| Winthrop | 61–59 | #18 Saint Mary's | November 11, 2019 | |
| Evansville | 67–64 | #1 Kentucky | November 12, 2019 | |
| VCU | 84–82 | #23 LSU | November 13, 2019 | |
| Tennessee | 75–62 | #20 Washington | November 16, 2019 | James Naismith Classic |
| UConn | 62–59 | #15 Florida | November 17, 2019 | |
| Georgetown | 82–66 | #22 Texas | November 21, 2019 | 2K Empire Classic |
| Florida | 70–65 | #18 Xavier | November 24, 2019 | Charleston Classic |
| Virginia Tech | 71–66 | #3 Michigan State | November 25, 2019 | Maui Invitational |
| Stephen F. Austin | 85–83$^{OT}$ | #1 Duke | November 26, 2019 | |
| Michigan | 73–64 | #6 North Carolina | November 28, 2019 | Battle 4 Atlantis |
| Iowa | 72–61 | #12 Texas Tech | November 28, 2019 | Las Vegas Invitational |
| Michigan | 82–64 | #8 Gonzaga | November 29, 2019 | Battle 4 Atlantis |
| Florida State | 60–57 | #17 Tennessee | November 29, 2019 | Emerald Coast Classic |
| Purdue | 59–56 | #20 VCU | November 29, 2019 | Emerald Coast Classic |
| Creighton | 83–76$^{OT}$ | #12 Texas Tech | November 29, 2019 | Las Vegas Invitational |
| Saint Mary's | 81–73 | #15 Utah State | November 29, 2019 | |
| Indiana | 80–64 | #17 Florida State | December 3, 2019 | Big Ten–ACC Challenge |
| Purdue | 69–40 | #5 Virginia | December 4, 2019 | Big Ten–ACC Challenge |
| Iowa State | 76–66 | #16 Seton Hall | December 8, 2019 | Big East/Big 12 Battle |
| Penn State | 76–69 | #4 Maryland | December 10, 2019 | |
| Texas Tech | 70–57 | #1 Louisville | December 10, 2019 | Jimmy V Classic |
| Northern Iowa | 79–76 | #24 Colorado | December 10, 2019 | |
| Illinois | 71–62 | #5 Michigan | December 11, 2019 | |
| Rutgers | 68–48 | #22 Seton Hall | December 14, 2019 | Garden State Hardwood Classic |
| Wake Forest | 80–78 | #23 Xavier | December 14, 2019 | Skip Prosser Classic |
| Wofford | 68–64 | #17 North Carolina | December 15, 2019 | |
| Minnesota | 84–71 | #3 Ohio State | December 15, 2019 | |
| Cincinnati | 78–66 | #21 Tennessee | December 18, 2019 | SEC/American Alliance |
| Utah | 69–66 | #6 Kentucky | December 18, 2019 | Neon Hoops Showcase |
| Seton Hall | 52–48 | #7 Maryland | December 19, 2019 | |
| #18 Villanova | 56–55 | #1 Kansas | December 21, 2019 | Big East/Big 12 Battle |
| Colorado | 78–76$^{OT}$ | #13 Dayton | December 21, 2019 | Chicago Legends |
| St. John's | 70–67 | #16 Arizona | December 21, 2019 | Al Attles Classic |
| South Carolina | 70–59 | #9 Virginia | December 22, 2019 | |
| Houston | 75–71 | #21 Washington | December 25, 2019 | Diamond Head Classic |
| Colorado | 74–65 | #4 Oregon | January 2, 2020 | |
| Wisconsin | 61–57 | #5 Ohio State | January 3, 2020 | |
| Georgia | 65–62 | #9 Memphis | January 4, 2020 | SEC/American Alliance |
| Marquette | 71–60 | #10 Villanova | January 4, 2020 | |
| Rutgers | 72–61 | #20 Penn State | January 7, 2020 | |
| Boston College | 60–53 | #18 Virginia | January 7, 2020 | |
| Iowa | 67–49 | #12 Maryland | January 10, 2020 | |
| Indiana | 66–54 | #11 Ohio State | January 11, 2020 | |
| Wisconsin | 58–49 | #20 Penn State | January 11, 2020 | |
| Syracuse | 63–55$^{OT}$ | #18 Virginia | January 11, 2020 | |
| Purdue | 71–42 | #8 Michigan State | January 12, 2020 | |
| Minnesota | 75–67 | #19 Michigan | January 12, 2020 | |
| Oregon State | 82–65 | #24 Arizona | January 12, 2020 | |
| Clemson | 79–72 | #3 Duke | January 14, 2020 | |
| Wisconsin | 56–54 | #17 Maryland | January 14, 2020 | |
| South Carolina | 81–78 | #10 Kentucky | January 15, 2020 | |
| Georgetown | 83–80 | #25 Creighton | January 15, 2020 | |
| Temple | 65–53 | #16 Wichita State | January 15, 2020 | |
| Alabama | 83–64 | #4 Auburn | January 15, 2020 | Iron Bowl of Basketball |
| Washington State | 72–61 | #8 Oregon | January 16, 2020 | |
| Iowa | 90–83 | #19 Michigan | January 17, 2020 | |
| Penn State | 90–76 | #21 Ohio State | January 18, 2020 | |
| DePaul | 79–66 | #5 Butler | January 18, 2020 | |
| Florida | 69–47 | #4 Auburn | January 18, 2020 | |
| Kansas State | 84–68 | #12 West Virginia | January 18, 2020 | |
| Arizona | 75–54 | #20 Colorado | January 18, 2020 | |
| Houston | 65–54 | #16 Wichita State | January 18, 2020 | |
| TCU | 65–54 | #18 Texas Tech | January 21, 2020 | |
| Tulsa | 80–40 | #20 Memphis | January 22, 2020 | |
| Indiana | 67–63 | #11 Michigan State | January 23, 2020 | |
| SMU | 74–70 | #20 Memphis | January 25, 2020 | |
| Arizona State | 66–65 | #22 Arizona | January 25, 2020 | Rivalry |
| Virginia | 61–56 | #5 Florida State | January 28, 2020 | |
| Texas Tech | 89–81 | #12 West Virginia | January 29, 2020 | |
| UCLA | 72–68 | #20 Colorado | January 30, 2020 | |
| Xavier | 74–62 | #10 Seton Hall | February 1, 2020 | |
| Creighton | 76–61 | #8 Villanova | February 1, 2020 | |
| Wisconsin | 64–63 | #14 Michigan State | February 1, 2020 | |
| Providence | 65–61 | #16 Butler | February 1, 2020 | |
| Michigan | 69–63 | #25 Rutgers | February 1, 2020 | B1G Super Saturday |
| Tulsa | 54–51 | #23 Wichita State | February 1, 2020 | Rivalry |
| Cincinnati | 64–62 | #21 Houston | February 1, 2020 | |
| Stanford | 70–60 | #11 Oregon | February 1, 2020 | |
| Purdue | 104–68 | #17 Iowa | February 5, 2020 | |
| Providence | 73–56 | #21 Creighton | February 5, 2020 | |
| Vanderbilt | 99–90 | #18 LSU | February 5, 2020 | |
| Michigan | 77–68 | #16 Michigan State | February 8, 2020 | Rivalry |
| Oklahoma | 69–59 | #13 West Virginia | February 8, 2020 | |
| UCLA | 65–52 | #23 Arizona | February 8, 2020 | |
| Oregon State | 63–53 | #14 Oregon | February 8, 2020 | Civil War |
| Marquette | 76–57 | #19 Butler | February 9, 2020 | |
| Michigan State | 70–69 | #22 Illinois | February 11, 2020 | |
| Georgia Tech | 64–58 | #5 Louisville | February 12, 2020 | |
| Indiana | 89–77 | #21 Iowa | February 13, 2020 | |
| Oklahoma State | 73–70 | #24 Texas Tech | February 15, 2020 | |
| Georgetown | 73–66 | #19 Butler | February 15, 2020 | |
| Clemson | 77–62 | #5 Louisville | February 15, 2020 | |
| Alabama | 88–82 | #25 LSU | February 15, 2020 | |
| Rutgers | 72–57 | #22 Illinois | February 15, 2020 | |
| Missouri | 85–73 | #11 Auburn | February 15, 2020 | |
| SMU | 73–72$^{OT}$ | #20 Houston | February 15, 2020 | Rivalry |
| Providence | 74–71 | #10 Seton Hall | February 15, 2020 | |
| Illinois | 62–56 | #9 Penn State | February 18, 2020 | |
| Georgia | 65–55 | #13 Auburn | February 19, 2020 | |
| NC State | 88–66 | #6 Duke | February 19, 2020 | Tobacco Road |
| Arizona State | 77–72 | #14 Oregon | February 20, 2020 | |
| #3 Kansas | 64–61 | #1 Baylor | February 22, 2020 | |
| Providence | 84–72 | #19 Marquette | February 22, 2020 | |
| Memphis | 60–59 | #22 Houston | February 22, 2020 | |
| TCU | 67–60$^{OT}$ | #17 West Virginia | February 22, 2020 | |
| UCLA | 70–63 | #18 Colorado | February 22, 2020 | |
| UNLV | 66–63 | #4 San Diego State | February 22, 2020 | |
| Indiana | 68–60 | #9 Penn State | February 23, 2020 | |
| Texas | 67–57 | #20 West Virginia | February 24, 2020 | |
| Wake Forest | 113–101$^{2OT}$ | #7 Duke | February 25, 2020 | Tobacco Road |
| Oklahoma | 65–51 | #22 Texas Tech | February 25, 2020 | |
| Wisconsin | 81–74 | #19 Michigan | February 27, 2020 | |
| California | 76–62 | #21 Colorado | February 27, 2020 | |
| Texas | 68–58 | #22 Texas Tech | February 29, 2020 | |
| Providence | 58–54 | #12 Villanova | February 29, 2020 | |
| Clemson | 70–69 | #6 Florida State | February 29, 2020 | |
| TCU | 75–72 | #2 Baylor | February 29, 2020 | |
| Oklahoma | 73–62 | #20 West Virginia | February 29, 2020 | |
| Virginia | 52–50 | #7 Duke | February 29, 2020 | |
| St. John's | 91–71 | #10 Creighton | March 1, 2020 | |
| Stanford | 72–64 | #21 Colorado | March 1, 2020 | |
| Rutgers | 78–67 | #9 Maryland | March 3, 2020 | |
| Tennessee | 81–73 | #6 Kentucky | March 3, 2020 | |
| Purdue | 77–68 | #18 Iowa | March 3, 2020 | |
| Texas A&M | 78–75 | #17 Auburn | March 4, 2020 | |
| UConn | 77–71 | #21 Houston | March 5, 2020 | |
| West Virginia | 76–64 | #4 Baylor | March 7, 2020 | |
| Northwestern | 80–69 | #20 Penn State | March 7, 2020 | |
| Utah State | 59–56 | #5 San Diego State | March 7, 2020 | Mountain West tournament |
| Saint Mary's | 51–50 | #14 BYU | March 9, 2020 | West Coast Tournament |
In addition to the above listed upsets in which an unranked team defeated a ranked team, there were six non-Division I teams to defeat a Division I team this season. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes).
| Winner | Score | Loser | Date |
| Washington Adventist (NAIA) | 71–68 | Howard | November 5, 2019 |
| Davenport (Division II) | 82–73 | Grand Canyon | November 5, 2019 |
| Montana Tech (NAIA) | 74–72 | Montana | November 18, 2019 |
| Caldwell (Division II) | 64–54 | Norfolk State | November 26, 2019 |
| UMass Boston (Division III) | 69–66$^{OT}$ | Holy Cross | December 10, 2019 |
| Washington Adventist (NAIA) | 78–76 | Delaware State | December 30, 2019 |

### Conference winners and tournaments

Each of the 32 Division I athletic conferences ends its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference is given the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
| Conference | Regular season first place | Conference player of the year | Conference coach of the Year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (city) | Tournament winner |
| America East Conference | Vermont | Anthony Lamb, Vermont | John Becker, Vermont | 2020 America East men's basketball tournament | Campus sites | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| American Athletic Conference | Cincinnati, Houston and Tulsa | Precious Achiuwa, Memphis | Frank Haith, Tulsa | 2020 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament | Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, TX) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Atlantic 10 Conference | Dayton | Obi Toppin, Dayton | Anthony Grant, Dayton | 2020 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament | Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | Florida State | Tre Jones, Duke | Leonard Hamilton, Florida State | 2020 ACC men's basketball tournament | Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, NC) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Atlantic Sun Conference | Liberty and North Florida | Caleb Homesley, Liberty | Matthew Driscoll, North Florida & Ritchie McKay, Liberty | 2020 ASUN men's basketball tournament | Campus sites | Liberty |
| Big 12 Conference | Kansas | Udoka Azubuike, Kansas | Scott Drew, Baylor | 2020 Big 12 men's basketball tournament | Sprint Center (Kansas City, MO) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Big East Conference | Creighton, Villanova and Seton Hall | Myles Powell, Seton Hall | Greg McDermott, Creighton | 2020 Big East men's basketball tournament | Madison Square Garden (New York City, NY) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Big Sky Conference | Eastern Washington | Mason Peatling, Eastern Washington | Shantay Legans, Eastern Washington | 2020 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament | CenturyLink Arena (Boise, ID) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Big South Conference | Radford and Winthrop | Carlik Jones, Radford | Mike Jones, Radford | 2020 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament | First round: Campus sites Quarterfinals/semifinals: #1 seed Final: Top surviving seed | Winthrop |
| Big Ten Conference | Maryland, Michigan State and Wisconsin | Luka Garza, Iowa | Greg Gard, Wisconsin | 2020 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Big West Conference | UC Irvine | Lamine Diane, Cal State Northridge | Russell Turner, UC Irvine | 2020 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament | Honda Center (Anaheim, CA) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Colonial Athletic Association | Hofstra | Nathan Knight, William & Mary | Dane Fischer, William & Mary | 2020 CAA men's basketball tournament | Entertainment and Sports Arena (Washington, DC) | Hofstra |
| Conference USA | North Texas | Javion Hamlet, North Texas | Grant McCasland, North Texas | 2020 Conference USA men's basketball tournament | Ford Center (Frisco, TX) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Horizon League | Wright State | Loudon Love, Wright State | Dennis Gates, Cleveland State & Scott Nagy, Wright State | 2020 Horizon League men's basketball tournament | First Round and Quarterfinals: Campus sites Semifinals and final: Indiana Farmers Coliseum (Indianapolis, IN) | Northern Kentucky |
| Ivy League | Yale | Paul Atkinson, Yale & A. J. Brodeur, Penn | James Jones, Yale | 2020 Ivy League men's basketball tournament | Lavietes Pavilion (Boston, MA) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | Siena | Jalen Pickett, Siena | Shaheen Holloway, Saint Peter's | 2020 MAAC men's basketball tournament | Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, NJ) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Mid-American Conference | Akron (East) Ball State & Northern Illinois (West) | Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron | John Groce, Akron | 2020 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament | First round: Campus sites Remainder: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, OH) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | North Carolina Central | Jibri Blount, North Carolina Central | Willie Jones, North Carolina A&T | 2020 MEAC men's basketball tournament | Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, VA) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Missouri Valley Conference | Northern Iowa | A. J. Green, Northern Iowa | Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa | 2020 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | Enterprise Center (St. Louis, MO) | Bradley |
| Mountain West Conference | San Diego State | Malachi Flynn, San Diego State | Brian Dutcher, San Diego State | 2020 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament | Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, NV) | Utah State |
| Northeast Conference | Merrimack | Isaiah Blackmon, Saint Francis (PA) | Joe Gallo, Merrimack | 2020 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament | Campus sites | Robert Morris |
| Ohio Valley Conference | Belmont and Murray State | Terry Taylor, Austin Peay | A. W. Hamilton, Eastern Kentucky | 2020 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament | Ford Center (Evansville, IN) | Belmont |
| Pac-12 Conference | Oregon | Payton Pritchard, Oregon | Mick Cronin, UCLA | 2020 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament | T-Mobile Arena (Paradise, NV) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Patriot League | Colgate | Sa'eed Nelson, American | Matt Langel, Colgate | 2020 Patriot League men's basketball tournament | Campus sites | Boston University |
| Southeastern Conference | Kentucky | Immanuel Quickley, Kentucky (Coaches), Mason Jones, Arkansas & Reggie Perry, Mississippi State (AP) | John Calipari, Kentucky (Coaches) Buzz Williams, Texas A&M (AP) | 2020 SEC men's basketball tournament | Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, TN) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Southern Conference | East Tennessee State | Isaiah Miller, UNC Greensboro | Steve Forbes, East Tennessee State | 2020 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament | Harrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville, NC) | East Tennessee State |
| Southland Conference | Stephen F. Austin | Kevon Harris, Stephen F. Austin | Kyle Keller, Stephen F. Austin | 2020 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament | Leonard E. Merrell Center (Katy, TX) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Southwestern Athletic Conference | Prairie View A&M | Devonte Patterson, Prairie View A&M | Byron Smith, Prairie View A&M | 2020 SWAC men's basketball tournament | Quarterfinals: Campus sites Semifinals and final: Bartow Arena (Birmingham, AL) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Summit League | North Dakota State and South Dakota State | Douglas Wilson, South Dakota State | Eric Henderson, South Dakota State | 2020 Summit League men's basketball tournament | Denny Sanford Premier Center (Sioux Falls, SD) | North Dakota State |
| Sun Belt Conference | Little Rock | Nijal Pearson, Texas State | Darrell Walker, Little Rock | 2020 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament | First three rounds: Campus sites Semifinals and final: Smoothie King Center (New Orleans, LA) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| West Coast Conference | Gonzaga | Filip Petrušev, Gonzaga | Damon Stoudamire, Pacific | 2020 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament | Orleans Arena (Paradise, NV) | Gonzaga |
| Western Athletic Conference | New Mexico State | Milan Acquaah, California Baptist | Chris Jans, New Mexico State | 2020 WAC men's basketball tournament | Orleans Arena (Paradise, NV) | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
* ↑ Unlike the vast majority of NCAA Division I conferences, the Big East classifies its career scoring leaders strictly by performance in regular-season conference games. Bell had been the conference's all-time scoring leader when all games were considered.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Top seed in conference tournament.
* ↑ Ineligible for the NEC tournament due to transition from NCAA Division II.

### Statistical leaders

Source for additional stats categories
| Points per game | Points per game | Points per game | Rebounds per game | Rebounds per game | Rebounds per game | Assists per game | Assists per game | Assists per game | Steals per game | Steals per game | Steals per game |
| Player | School | PPG | Player | School | RPG | Player | School | APG | Player | School | SPG |
| Markus Howard | Marquette | 27.8 | Kevin Marfo | Quinnipiac | 13.3 | Kameron Langley | North Carolina A&T | 8.0 | Jacob Gilyard | Richmond | 3.2 |
| Jhivvan Jackson | UTSA | 26.8 | John Mooney | Notre Dame | 12.7 | Javon Levi | UTRGV | 7.9 | Fatts Russell | Rhode Island | 2.9 |
| Jermaine Marrow | Hampton | 24.8 | Willie Jackson | Toledo | 12.0 | Zavier Simpson | Michigan | 7.9 | Sa'eed Nelson | American | 2.8 |
| Antoine Davis | Detroit Mercy | 24.3 | Cletrell Pope | Bethune–Cookman | 11.9 | Jason Preston | Ohio | 7.4 | Isaiah Miller | UNC Greensboro | 2.8 |
| Luka Garza | Iowa | 23.9 | James Butler | Drexel | 11.7 | Josh Sharkey | Samford | 7.2 | Josh Sharkey | Samford | 2.7 |
| Blocked shots per game | Blocked shots per game | Blocked shots per game | Field goal percentage | Field goal percentage | Field goal percentage | Three-point field goal percentage | Three-point field goal percentage | Three-point field goal percentage | Free throw percentage | Free throw percentage | Free throw percentage |
| Player | School | BPG | Player | School | FG% | Player | School | 3FG% | Player | School | FT% |
| Osasumwen Osaghae | FIU | 3.81 | Udoka Azubuike | Kansas | .748 | Stefan Gonzalez | UC Davis | .477 | Terrell Gomez | Cal State Northridge | .948 |
| Kylor Kelley | Oregon St. | 3.45 | Shamarkus Kennedy | McNeese St. | .679 | Jake Toolson | BYU | .470 | Nathan Hoover | Wofford | .930 |
| Romaro Gill | Seton Hall | 3.17 | Osasumwen Osaghae | FIU | .671 | Dru Kuxhausen | McNeese St. | .458 | Immanuel Quickley | Kentucky | .923 |
| Hayden Koval | C. Arkansas | 3.06 | Nick Richards | Kentucky | .644 | Saddiq Bey | Villanova | .451 | AJ Green | N. Iowa | .917 |
| Liam Robbins | Drake | 2.91 | Chevez Goodwin | Wofford | .640 | Nate Kennell | Bradley | .447 | Cameron Healy | Albany | .908 |

## Postseason

All post-season tournaments were cancelled prior to completing the qualification process.

## Conference standings

2019–20 America East Conference men's basketball standings :
| 2019–20 America East Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Vermont14–2 .87526–7  .788 Stony Brook10–6 .62520–13  .606 Hartford9–7 .56318–15  .545 UMBC8–8 .50016–17  .485 New Hampshire8–8 .50015–15  .500 UMass Lowell7–9 .43813–19  .406 Albany7–9 .43814–18  .438 Maine5–11 .3139–22  .290 Binghamton4–12 .25010–19  .345 Note: The 2020 America East tournament was cancelled prior to the championship game due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2019–20 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Cincinnati13–5 .72220–10  .667 No. 22 Houston13–5 .72223–8  .742 Tulsa13–5 .72221–10  .677 Wichita State11–7 .61123–8  .742 UConn10–8 .55619–12  .613 Memphis10–8 .55621–10  .677 SMU9–9 .50019–11  .633 UCF7–11 .38916–14  .533 South Florida7–11 .38914–17  .452 Temple6–12 .33314–17  .452 East Carolina5–13 .27811–20  .355 Tulane4–14 .22212–18  .400 Note: The 2020 AAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll | 2019–20 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 3 Dayton18–0 1.00029–2  .935 Richmond14–4 .77824–7  .774 Rhode Island13–5 .72221–9  .700 Saint Louis12–6 .66723–8  .742 St. Bonaventure11–7 .61119–12  .613 Duquesne11–7 .61121–9  .700 Davidson10–8 .55616–14  .533 Massachusetts8–10 .44414–17  .452 VCU8–10 .44418–13  .581 La Salle6–12 .33315–15  .500 George Washington6–12 .33312–20  .375 George Mason5–13 .27817–15  .531 Saint Joseph's2–16 .1116–26  .188 Fordham2–16 .1119–22  .290 Note: The 2020 A-10 tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll |
| 2019–20 ACC men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 4 Florida State16–4 .80026–5  .839 No. 16 Virginia15–5 .75023–7  .767 No. 14 Louisville15–5 .75024–7  .774 No. 11 Duke15–5 .75025–6  .806 Georgia Tech*11–9 .55017–14  .548 NC State10–10 .50020–12  .625 Syracuse10–10 .50018–14  .563 Notre Dame10–10 .50020–12  .625 Clemson9–11 .45016–15  .516 Miami (FL)7–13 .35015–16  .484 Boston College7–13 .35013–18  .419 Virginia Tech7–13 .35016–16  .500 Wake Forest6–14 .30013–18  .419 Pittsburgh6–14 .30016–17  .485 North Carolina6–14 .30014–19  .424 *Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations. Note: The 2020 ACC tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll | 2019–20 ASUN men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Liberty†13–3 .81330–4  .882 North Florida13–3 .81321–12  .636 Lipscomb9–7 .56316–16  .500 Stetson9–7 .56316–17  .485 North Alabama*8–8 .50013–17  .433 Florida Gulf Coast7–9 .43810–22  .313 Jacksonville7–9 .43814–18  .438 NJIT6–10 .3759–21  .300 Kennesaw State0–16 .0001–28  .034 * Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period † 2020 ASUN Tournament winner | 2019–20 Big East men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 7 Creighton13–5 .72224–7  .774 No. 10 Villanova13–5 .72224–7  .774 No. 15 Seton Hall13–5 .72221–9  .700 Providence12–6 .66719–12  .613 No. 23 Butler10–8 .55622–9  .710 Marquette8–10 .44418–12  .600 Xavier8–10 .44419–13  .594 Georgetown5–13 .27815–17  .469 St. John's5–13 .27817–15  .531 DePaul3–15 .16716–16  .500 Note: The 2020 Big East tournament was cancelled at halftime of the first game of the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll |
| 2019–20 Big Sky men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Eastern Washington16–4 .80023–8  .742 Northern Colorado15–5 .75022–9  .710 Montana14–6 .70018–13  .581 Portland State12–8 .60018–14  .563 Northern Arizona10–10 .50016–14  .533 Montana State10–10 .50016–15  .516 Southern Utah9–11 .45017–15  .531 Sacramento State8–12 .40016–14  .533 Weber State8–12 .40012–20  .375 Idaho State4–16 .2008–22  .267 Idaho4–16 .2008–24  .250 Note: The conference tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2019–20 Big South men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Radford15–3 .83321–11  .656 Winthrop†15–3 .83324–10  .706 Gardner–Webb11–7 .61116–16  .500 Longwood9–9 .50014–18  .438 Hampton8–10 .44415–19  .441 UNC Asheville8–10 .44415–16  .484 USC Upstate7–11 .38913–20  .394 Charleston Southern7–11 .38914–18  .438 Presbyterian7–11 .38910–22  .313 High Point6–12 .3339–23  .281 Campbell6–12 .33315–16  .484 † 2020 Big South tournament winner | 2019–20 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 17 Wisconsin14–6 .70021–10  .677 No. 9 Michigan State14–6 .70022–9  .710 No. 12 Maryland14–6 .70024–7  .774 No. 21 Illinois13–7 .65021–10  .677 No. 25 Iowa11–9 .55020–11  .645 Penn State11–9 .55021–10  .677 No. 19 Ohio State11–9 .55021–10  .677 Rutgers11–9 .55020–11  .645 Michigan10–10 .50019–12  .613 Purdue9–11 .45016–15  .516 Indiana9–11 .45020–12  .625 Minnesota8–12 .40015–16  .484 Northwestern3–17 .1508–23  .258 Nebraska2–18 .1007–25  .219 Note: The 2020 Big Ten tournament was canceled prior to the second round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll |
| 2019–20 Big 12 men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 1 Kansas17–1 .94428–3  .903 No. 5 Baylor15–3 .83326–4  .867 No. 24 West Virginia9–9 .50021–10  .677 Texas9–9 .50019–12  .613 Oklahoma9–9 .50019–12  .613 Texas Tech9–9 .50018–13  .581 TCU7–11 .38916–16  .500 Oklahoma State7–11 .38918–14  .563 Iowa State5–13 .27812–20  .375 Kansas State3–15 .16711–21  .344 Note: The 2020 Big 12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll | 2019–20 Big West men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT UC Irvine13–3 .81321–11  .656 Cal State Northridge10–6 .62515–17  .469 UC Santa Barbara10–6 .62521–10  .677 Hawai'i8–8 .50017–13  .567 UC Davis8–8 .50014–18  .438 UC Riverside7–9 .43817–15  .531 Cal State Fullerton6–10 .37511–20  .355 Long Beach State6–10 .37511–21  .344 Cal Poly4–12 .2507–23  .233 Note: The 2020 Big West tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2019–20 CAA men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Hofstra†14–4 .77826–8  .765 William & Mary13–5 .72221–11  .656 Towson12–6 .66719–13  .594 Delaware11–7 .61122–11  .667 Charleston11–7 .61117–14  .548 Northeastern9–9 .50017–16  .515 Elon7–11 .38913–21  .382 Drexel6–12 .33314–19  .424 UNC Wilmington5–13 .27810–22  .313 James Madison2–16 .1119–21  .300 † 2020 CAA tournament winner |
| 2019–20 Conference USA men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Texas14–4 .77820–11  .645 Western Kentucky13–5 .72220–10  .667 Louisiana Tech13–5 .72222–8  .733 Charlotte10–8 .55616–13  .552 FIU9–9 .50019–13  .594 Marshall10–8 .55617–15  .531 UAB9–9 .50019–13  .594 Old Dominion9–9 .50013–19  .406 Florida Atlantic8–10 .44417–15  .531 UTSA7–11 .38913–19  .406 UTEP8–10 .44417–15  .531 Rice7–11 .38915–17  .469 Southern Miss5–13 .2789–22  .290 Middle Tennessee4–14 .2228–23  .258 Note: The 2020 C-USA tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2019–20 Horizon League men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Wright State15–3 .83325–7  .781 Northern Kentucky †13–5 .72223–9  .719 Green Bay11–7 .61117–16  .515 Youngstown State10–8 .55618–15  .545 UIC10–8 .55618–17  .514 Oakland8–10 .44414–19  .424 Cleveland State7–11 .38911–21  .344 Milwaukee7–11 .38912–19  .387 Detroit Mercy*6–12 .3338–23  .258 IUPUI3–15 .1677–25  .219 * Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations † 2020 Horizon League Tournament winner | 2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT x-Yale11–3 .78623–7  .767 Harvard10–4 .71421–8  .724 Princeton9–5 .64314–13  .519 Penn8–6 .57116–11  .593 Brown8–6 .57115–12  .556 Dartmouth5–9 .35712–17  .414 Cornell4–10 .2867–20  .259 Columbia1–13 .0716–24  .200 x – Ivy League champions Ivy League tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019–20 MAAC men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Siena15–5 .75020–10  .667 Saint Peter's14–6 .70018–12  .600 Rider12–8 .60018–12  .600 Monmouth12–8 .60018–13  .581 Quinnipiac10–10 .50015–15  .500 Niagara9–11 .45012–20  .375 Iona9–11 .45012–16  .429 Fairfield8–12 .40012–20  .375 Manhattan8–12 .40013–17  .433 Canisius7–13 .35012–20  .375 Marist6–14 .3007–23  .233 Note: The 2020 MAAC tournament was canceled during the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2019–20 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT East Akron14–4 .77824–7  .774 Bowling Green12–6 .66721–10  .677 Buffalo11–7 .61120–12  .625 Kent State9–9 .50020–12  .625 Ohio8–10 .44417–15  .531 Miami (OH)5–13 .27813–19  .406 West Ball State11–7 .61118–13  .581 Northern Illinois11–7 .61118–13  .581 Toledo8–10 .44417–15  .531 Central Michigan7–11 .38914–18  .438 Western Michigan6–12 .33313–19  .406 Eastern Michigan6–12 .33316–16  .500 Note: The 2020 MAC tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2019–20 MEAC men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Carolina Central13–3 .81318–13  .581 North Carolina A&T12–4 .75016–15  .516 Norfolk State12–4 .75016–15  .516 Florida A&M*10–6 .62512–15  .444 Bethune–Cookman10–6 .62516–14  .533 Morgan State9–7 .56315–16  .484 Coppin State7–9 .43811–20  .355 South Carolina State6–10 .37511–18  .379 MD Eastern Shore4–12 .2505–27  .156 Delaware State4–12 .2506–26  .188 Howard1–15 .0634–29  .121 * Ineligible for postseason due to improper certification of student-athletes Note: The 2020 MEAC tournament was canceled during the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019–20 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Northern Iowa14–4 .77825–6  .806 Loyola Chicago13–5 .72221–11  .656 Indiana State11–7 .61118–12  .600 Bradley †11–7 .61123–11  .676 Southern Illinois10–8 .55616–16  .500 Missouri State9–9 .50016–17  .485 Valparaiso9–9 .50019–16  .543 Drake8–10 .44420–14  .588 Illinois State5–13 .27810–21  .323 Evansville0–18 .0009–23  .281 † 2020 MVC tournament winner | 2019–20 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings Conf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 6 San Diego State17–1 .94430–2  .938 Utah State †12–6 .66726–8  .765 Nevada12–6 .66719–12  .613 UNLV12–6 .66717–15  .531 Boise State11–7 .61120–12  .625 Colorado State11–7 .61120–12  .625 New Mexico7–11 .38919–14  .576 Fresno State7–11 .38911–19  .367 Air Force5–13 .27812–20  .375 San Jose State3–15 .1677–24  .226 Wyoming2–16 .1119–24  .273 † Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | 2019–20 Northeast Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Merrimack*14–4 .77820–11  .645 Robert Morris †13–5 .72220–14  .588 Saint Francis (PA)13–5 .72222–10  .688 Sacred Heart12–6 .66720–13  .606 LIU9–9 .50015–18  .455 Fairleigh Dickinson9–9 .50011–19  .367 Mount St. Mary's7–11 .38911–21  .344 Bryant7–11 .38915–17  .469 St. Francis Brooklyn7–11 .38913–18  .419 Wagner5–13 .2788–21  .276 Central Connecticut3–15 .1674–27  .129 * Ineligible for NEC championship (reclassification from Division II) † 2020 NEC tournament winner |
| 2019–20 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Belmont †15–3 .83326–7  .788 Murray State15–3 .83323–9  .719 Austin Peay14–4 .77821–12  .636 Eastern Kentucky12–6 .66716–17  .485 Tennessee State9–9 .50018–15  .545 Eastern Illinois9–9 .50017–15  .531 Jacksonville State8–10 .44413–19  .406 Morehead State7–11 .38913–19  .406 Tennessee Tech6–12 .3339–22  .290 UT Martin5–13 .2789–20  .310 SIU Edwardsville5–13 .2788–23  .258 Southeast Missouri State3–15 .1677–24  .226 † 2020 OVC tournament winner | 2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 13 Oregon13–5 .72224–7  .774 UCLA12–6 .66719–12  .613 USC11–7 .61122–9  .710 Arizona State11–7 .61120–11  .645 Arizona10–8 .55621–11  .656 Colorado10–8 .55621–11  .656 Stanford9–9 .50020–12  .625 Oregon State7–11 .38918–13  .581 Utah7–11 .38916–15  .516 California7–11 .38914–18  .438 Washington State6–12 .33316–16  .500 Washington5–13 .27815–17  .469 Note: The 2020 Pac-12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll | 2019–20 Patriot League men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Colgate14–4 .77825–9  .735 American12–6 .66716–14  .533 Boston University †12–6 .66721–13  .618 Army10–8 .55615–15  .500 Lafayette10–8 .55619–12  .613 Navy8–10 .44414–16  .467 Bucknell8–10 .44414–20  .412 Lehigh7–11 .38911–21  .344 Loyola (MD)7–11 .38915–17  .469 Holy Cross2–16 .1113–29  .094 † 2020 Patriot League tournament winner |
| 2019–20 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 8 Kentucky15–3 .83325–6  .806 No. 20 Auburn12–6 .66725–6  .806 LSU12–6 .66721–10  .677 Mississippi State11–7 .61120–11  .645 Florida11–7 .61119–12  .613 South Carolina10–8 .55618–13  .581 Texas A&M10–8 .55616–14  .533 Tennessee9–9 .50017–14  .548 Alabama8–10 .44416–15  .516 Arkansas7–11 .38920–12  .625 Missouri7–11 .38915–16  .484 Ole Miss6–12 .33315–17  .469 Georgia5–13 .27816–16  .500 Vanderbilt3–15 .16711–21  .344 Note: The 2020 SEC tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll | 2019–20 Southern Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT East Tennessee State †16–2 .88930–4  .882 Furman15–3 .83325–7  .781 UNC Greensboro13–5 .72223–9  .719 Mercer11–7 .61117–15  .531 Western Carolina10–8 .55619–12  .613 Chattanooga10–8 .55620–13  .606 Wofford8–10 .44419–16  .543 Samford4–14 .22210–23  .303 VMI3–15 .1679–24  .273 The Citadel0–18 .0006–24  .200 † 2020 SoCon tournament winner | 2019–20 Southland Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Stephen F. Austin19–1 .95028–3  .903 Abilene Christian15–5 .75020–11  .645 Nicholls15–5 .75021–10  .677 Sam Houston State11–9 .55018–13  .581 Northwestern State11–9 .55015–15  .500 Lamar10–10 .50017–15  .531 McNeese State10–10 .50015–17  .469 Texas A&M–CC10–10 .50014–18  .438 Central Arkansas9–11 .45010–21  .323 Incarnate Word6–14 .3009–22  .290 New Orleans5–15 .2509–21  .300 Southeastern Louisiana5–15 .2508–23  .258 Houston Baptist4–16 .2004–25  .138 Note: The 2020 SLC tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019–20 SWAC men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Prairie View A&M14–4 .77819–13  .594 Southern13–5 .72217–15  .531 Texas Southern12–6 .66716–16  .500 Grambling State11–7 .61117–15  .531 Jackson State11–7 .61115–17  .469 Alcorn State11–7 .61115–15  .500 Alabama State7–11 .3898–24  .250 Alabama A&M5–13 .2788–22  .267 Arkansas–Pine Bluff3–15 .1674–26  .133 Mississippi Valley State3–15 .1673–27  .100 Note: The 2020 SWAC tournament was canceled prior to the semifinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2019–20 Summit League men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT North Dakota State †13–3 .81325–8  .758 South Dakota State13–3 .81322–10  .688 South Dakota10–6 .62520–12  .625 Oral Roberts9–7 .56317–14  .548 Omaha9–7 .56316–16  .500 North Dakota7–9 .43815–18  .455 Purdue Fort Wayne6–10 .37514–19  .424 Denver3–13 .1887–24  .226 Western Illinois2–14 .1255–21  .192 † 2020 Summit League Tournament winner | 2019–20 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT Little Rock15–5 .75021–10  .677 South Alabama13–7 .65020–11  .645 Texas State13–7 .65021–11  .656 Georgia State12–8 .60019–13  .594 Georgia Southern12–8 .60020–13  .606 Appalachian State11–9 .55018–15  .545 UT Arlington10–10 .50014–18  .438 Louisiana8–12 .40014–19  .424 Arkansas State8–12 .40016–16  .500 Coastal Carolina8–12 .40016–17  .485 Louisiana–Monroe5–15 .2509–20  .310 Troy5–15 .2509–22  .290 Note: The 2020 Sun Belt Tournament was canceled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019–20 WAC men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT New Mexico State16–0 1.00025–6  .806 California Baptist *10–6 .62521–10  .677 Texas–Rio Grande Valley9–7 .56314–16  .467 Kansas City8–7 .53316–14  .533 Seattle7–7 .50014–15  .483 Grand Canyon8–8 .50013–17  .433 Cal State Bakersfield6–10 .37512–19  .387 Utah Valley5–10 .33311–19  .367 Chicago State0–14 .0004–25  .138 * Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period. NOTE: The 2020 WAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | 2019–20 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings vteConf.Overall TeamW L PCTW L PCT No. 2 Gonzaga †15–1 .93831–2  .939 No. 14 BYU13–3 .81324–8  .750 Saint Mary's11–5 .68826–8  .765 Pacific11–5 .68823–10  .697 San Francisco9–7 .56322–12  .647 Pepperdine8–8 .50016–16  .500 Santa Clara6–10 .37520–13  .606 Loyola Marymount4–12 .25011–21  .344 San Diego2–14 .1259–23  .281 Portland1–15 .0639–23  .281 † 2020 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |

## Award winners
### 2020 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Luka Garza | C | Junior | Iowa |
| Markus Howard | PG | Senior | Marquette |
| Myles Powell | PG/SG | Senior | Seton Hall |
| Payton Pritchard | PG | Senior | Oregon |
| Obi Toppin | PF | Sophomore | Dayton |
Consensus Second Team :
| Player | Position | Class | Team |
| Udoka Azubuike | C | Senior | Kansas |
| Vernon Carey Jr. | PF | Freshman | Duke |
| Devon Dotson | PG | Sophomore | Kansas |
| Malachi Flynn | PG/SG | Junior | San Diego State |
| Cassius Winston | PG | Senior | Michigan State |

### Major player of the year awards

* Wooden Award: Obi Toppin, Dayton
* Naismith Award: Obi Toppin, Dayton
* Associated Press Player of the Year: Obi Toppin, Dayton
* NABC Player of the Year: Obi Toppin, Dayton
* Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA): Obi Toppin, Dayton
* Sporting News Player of the Year: Luka Garza, Iowa

### Major freshman of the year awards

* Wayman Tisdale Award (USBWA): Vernon Carey Jr., Duke
* NABC Freshman of the Year: Vernon Carey Jr., Duke

### Major coach of the year awards

* Associated Press Coach of the Year: Anthony Grant, Dayton
* Henry Iba Award (USBWA): Anthony Grant, Dayton
* NABC Coach of the Year: Anthony Grant, Dayton
* Naismith College Coach of the Year: Anthony Grant, Dayton
* Sporting News Coach of the Year: Anthony Grant, Dayton

### Other major awards

* Naismith Starting Five:
** Bob Cousy Award (Best point guard): Payton Pritchard, Oregon
** Jerry West Award (Best shooting guard): Myles Powell, Seton Hall
** Julius Erving Award (Best small forward): Saddiq Bey, Villanova
** Karl Malone Award (Best power forward): Obi Toppin, Dayton
** Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (Best center): Luka Garza, Iowa
* Pete Newell Big Man Award (Best big man): Luka Garza, Iowa
* NABC Defensive Player of the Year: Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
* Naismith Defensive Player of the Year: Marcus Garrett, Kansas
* Senior CLASS Award (top senior on and off the court): Markus Howard, Marquette
* Robert V. Geasey Trophy (Top player in Philadelphia Big 5): Saddiq Bey, Villanova
* Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Myles Powell, Seton Hall
* Ben Jobe Award (Top minority coach): Damon Stoudamire, Pacific
* Hugh Durham Award (Top mid-major coach): Steve Forbes, East Tennessee State
* Jim Phelan Award (Top head coach): Steve Pikiell, Rutgers
* Lefty Driesell Award (Top defensive player): Juvaris Hayes, Merrimack
* Lou Henson Award (Top mid-major player): Nathan Knight, William & Mary
* Lute Olson Award (Top non-freshman or transfer player): Payton Pritchard, Oregon
* Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (Coach with moral character): Mark Prosser, Western Carolina
* Academic All-American of the Year (Top scholar-athlete): Skylar Mays, LSU
* Elite 90 Award (Top GPA among upperclass players at Final Four): Not presented due to cancellation of the 2020 NCAA tournament.
* USBWA Most Courageous Award: Sam Toney, New Jersey City University (NCAA Division III).

## Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
| Team | Former coach | Interim coach | New coach | Reason |
| Air Force | Dave Pilipovich | | Joe Scott | Air Force fired Pilipovich on March 9 after 8+ seasons, in which the Falcons went 110–151 overall with only 1 season finishing above .500 overall. On March 31, Air Force hired Georgia assistant Joe Scott to serve his second stint as the Falcons' head coach, the first being from 2000 to 2004. |
| Alabama State | Lewis Jackson | | Mo Williams | Jackson announced his resignation from Alabama State on March 27 after 15 seasons at his alma mater, finishing with an overall record of 207–262. Cal State Northridge assistant and 13-year NBA veteran Mo Williams was named the new head coach of the Hornets on May 12. |
| Alcorn State | Montez Robinson | | Landon Bussie | Robinson's contract was not renewed on March 23, ending his 5-year tenure at Alcorn State with a 69–86 overall record. Prairie View A&M assistant Bussie was named the new head coach of the Braves on April 23. |
| Central Arkansas | Russ Pennell | Anthony Boone | Anthony Boone | Pennell, who had been on a leave of absence from UCA for undisclosed personal reasons since December 16, announced on January 7 that he will not return to his alma mater after 5½ seasons. Assistant coach Boone, who served as interim coach during Pennell's initial leave, continued in that role for the rest of the season, and had the interim tag removed on March 9. |
| East Tennessee State | Steve Forbes | | Jason Shay | Forbes left East Tennessee on April 30 after 5 seasons to accept the Wake Forest head coaching job. On May 7, assistant coach Shay was promoted to head coach of the Buccaneers. |
| Evansville | Walter McCarty | Bennie Seltzer | Todd Lickliter | McCarty, who was in his 2nd season as Evansville head coach, was initially placed on administrative leave on December 27 pending a Title IX investigation against him. Assistant coach Seltzer served as the interim coach of the Purple Aces during McCarty's initial absence. On January 21, Evansville fired McCarty following additional allegations of misconduct, and named former Butler/Iowa head coach Todd Lickliter, who had served as assistant coach under McCarty last season before resigning due to health problems, as the new head coach. |
| Georgia Southern | Mark Byington | | Brian Burg | Byington left Georgia Southern on March 20 after 7 seasons to accept the James Madison head coaching job. On March 29, The Eagles named Texas Tech assistant coach Burg as their new head coach. |
| Grand Canyon | Dan Majerle | | Bryce Drew | Grand Canyon fired Majerle on March 13 after 7 seasons. While the former NBA star had led the Antelopes to a 136–89 overall record including top-three WAC finishes in each of his first six seasons, the team went 13–17 this past season, tying for fifth in the WAC. Former Valparaiso/Vanderbilt coach Drew was hired as the new head coach on March 17. |
| Green Bay | Linc Darner | | Will Ryan | In a surprising announcement, Green Bay parted ways with Darner on May 17 after 5 seasons and a 92–80 record, including an NCAA tournament appearance in his first season. On June 7, the Phoenix hired Will Ryan, son of former Wisconsin coach and College Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Bo Ryan, from Division II Wheeling University as their new head coach. |
| Iona | Tim Cluess | Tra Arnold | Rick Pitino | After not coaching during the 2019–20 season due to an undisclosed health issue, Cluess stepped down on March 13 after 10 seasons at Iona. Under Cluess, the Gaels won 203 games overall, including winning the MAAC regular season and/or the conference tournament from 2012 to 2019. After a 2-year absence from college coaching, former Louisville coach Pitino was hired to replace him the next day. |
| James Madison | Louis Rowe | | Mark Byington | JMU parted ways with Rowe on March 9 following the Dukes' 9–21 season. Rowe had records of 43–85 overall and 21–51 in CAA play after four seasons at his alma mater. The Dukes hired Georgia Southern head coach Mark Byington as his replacement on March 20. |
| Loyola Marymount | Mike Dunlap | | Stan Johnson | Dunlap was relieved of his duties on March 9 after six seasons at his alma mater. Dunlap's record at LMU was 81–101, capped off by 11–21 overall and 4–12 WCC records this past season. The Lions hired Marquette associate head coach Johnson as Dunlap's replacement on March 20. |
| Niagara | Patrick Beilein | Greg Paulus | Greg Paulus | Beilein, the son of former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach John Beilein and who had been hired from Division II Le Moyne after last season, announced his resignation on October 24, 2019 for undisclosed personal reasons. The Purple Eagles named assistant Paulus as interim head coach for the 2019–20 season, and removed the interim tag on November 7, the day before the team's season opener. |
| North Carolina A&T | Jay Joyner | Willie Jones | Willie Jones | Joyner, who had been suspended since December 2019 for unspecified reasons, announced his resignation from N.C. A&T on June 16 after 3 full seasons and 2 partial seasons as head coach. Assistant coach Jones, who served as the interim head coach of the Aggies during Joyner's suspension, was named head coach 2 days later. |
| Northern Colorado | Jeff Linder | | Steve Smiley | Northern Colorado saw its head coaching position open up when Linder left after 4 seasons to take the Wyoming job on March 17. The Bears filled the vacant position by promoting assistant coach Smiley on March 19. |
| Penn State | Pat Chambers | Jim Ferry | Micah Shrewsberry | Chambers resigned from Penn State on October 21, 2020 after 9 seasons following an investigation into reports of racial insensitivity within the Penn State program. Assistant coach Ferry was named the interim head coach for the 2020–21 season. Following the conclusion of their season, the Nittany Lions hired Purdue associate head coach Micah Shrewsberry as their new head coach on March 15, 2021. |
| Samford | Scott Padgett | | Bucky McMillan | Samford parted ways with Padgett on March 16 after 6 seasons, in which the Bulldogs went 84–115 overall and never finished higher than 6th in SoCon play. On April 8, the school hired McMillan, who spent the last 12 seasons as head coach at nearby Mountain Brook High School, as their new head coach. |
| Southeast Missouri State | Rick Ray | | Brad Korn | Ray was relieved of his head coaching duties on March 3 after 5 seasons at Southeast Missouri State, in which the Redhawks went 51–104 overall. Kansas State assistant coach Korn was hired as Ray's replacement on March 23. |
| Texas State | Danny Kaspar | Terrence Johnson | Terrence Johnson | Kaspar, who had been under investigation for making racially insensitive comments by former players, announced his resignation from Texas State on September 22, 2020 after 7 seasons and a 119–109 record. Assistant coach Johnson initially was named as the Bobcats interim head coach for the 2020–21 season. On March 11, 2021, Texas State removed the interim tag from Johnson and officially named him the new head coach. |
| UAB | Robert Ehsan | | Andy Kennedy | UAB parted ways with Ehsan on March 13 after 4 seasons, in which the Blazers were 76–57 overall and never made the NCAA or NIT tournament. UAB alum and former Cincinnati/Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy was named the new head coach on March 20. |
| UC Riverside | David Patrick | | Mike Magpayo | Patrick resigned from UCR on July 1, 2020 after 2 seasons to become associate head coach at Arkansas. Highlanders associate head coach Magpayo was promoted to the head coach position, becoming the first Asian-American head coach in Division I men's basketball. |
| UIC | Steve McClain | | Luke Yaklich | UIC parted ways with McClain on March 13 after 5 seasons and a 76–93 overall record. On March 25, The Flames hired Texas assistant Yaklich as their new head coach. |
| UNC Wilmington | C. B. McGrath | Rob Burke | Takayo Siddle | McGrath was fired on January 13 after a 26–58 record in 2½ seasons at Wilmington, including starting the season 5–14 overall and 0–6 in CAA, and replaced by assistant coach Rob Burke for the rest of the season. NC State assistant coach and former UNCW assistant Siddle was named the new head coach of the Seahawks on March 13. |
| Wake Forest | Danny Manning | | Steve Forbes | Wake Forest fired Manning on April 25 after 6 seasons, in which the Demon Deacons went 78–111 overall and finished no higher than 10th place in conference play. The school hired Steve Forbes away from East Tennessee State on April 30. |
| Western Illinois | Billy Wright | | Rob Jeter | After a 53–115 overall record including finishing no higher than 8th place in conference play, Wright's contract was not renewed on March 3, ending his 6-year tenure at Western Illinois. Minnesota assistant coach and former UW–Milwaukee head coach Rob Jeter was hired as the new head coach of the Leathernecks on March 30. |
| Western Michigan | Steve Hawkins | | Clayton Bates | Western Michigan parted ways with Hawkins on March 11 after 17 seasons, in which the Broncos went 291–262 overall, but only made the NCAA Tournament twice under his tenure. Associate head coach Bates was promoted to the open job on March 28. |
| Wyoming | Allen Edwards | | Jeff Linder | Wyoming parted ways with Edwards on March 9 after 4 seasons, during which the Cowboys went 60–76 overall, including a 17–48 record in Edwards' final 2 seasons at the school. On March 17, the Cowboys hired Linder from Northern Colorado as their new head coach. |