# 2019–20 Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball team represented Dartmouth College in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Big Green, led by fourth-year head coach David McLaughlin, played their home games at Leede Arena in Hanover, New Hampshire as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 12–17, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament, although the tournament was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Big Green finished the 2018–19 season 11–19 overall, 2–12 in Ivy League play, to finish in eighth place, failing to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Buffalo | W 68–63 | 1–0 | Alumni Arena (3,376) Amherst, NY |
| November 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, NESNPlus | Florida Gulf Coast | W 55–49 | 2–0 | Leede Arena (915) Hanover, NH |
| November 15, 2019* 4:30 pm | vs. Merrimack River Hawk Invitational | W 55–46 | 3–0 | Costello Athletic Center (1,166) Lowell, MA |
| November 16, 2019* 1:30 pm | vs. Jacksonville River Hawk Invitational | L 37–57 | 3–1 | Costello Athletic Center (696) Lowell, MA |
| November 17, 2019* 3:30 pm, 534 | at UMass Lowell River Hawk Invitational | W 80–75 $^{OT}$ | 4–1 | Costello Athletic Center (534) Lowell, MA |
| November 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Thomas | W 108–59 | 5–1 | Leede Arena (357) Hanover, NH |
| November 30, 2019* 4:00 pm | at Bowling Green | L 69–76 | 5–2 | Stroh Center (1,192) Bowling Green, OH |
| December 3, 2019* 7:00 pm | at Georgia State | L 80–83 | 5–3 | GSU Sports Arena (1,340) Atlanta, GA |
| December 6, 2019* 8:00 pm | at South Florida | L 44–63 | 5–4 | Yuengling Center (4,732) Tampa, FL |
| December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Maine | W 77–44 | 6–4 | Cross Insurance Center (748) Bangor, ME |
| December 14, 2019* 1:05 pm | at Boston University | L 76–78 | 6–5 | Case Gym (691) Boston, MA |
| December 18, 2019* 11:00 am, NESN | Central Connecticut | W 76–60 | 7–5 | Leede Arena (1,007) Hanover, NH |
| December 21, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | Bryant | L 60–64 | 7–6 | Leede Arena (609) Hanover, NH |
| December 30, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at New Hampshire | L 56–70 | 7–7 | Lundholm Gym (438) Durham, NH |
| January 2, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Vermont | L 68–77 | 7–8 | Leede Arena (1,800) Hanover, NH |
| Ivy League regular season |||||
| January 18, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Harvard | L 62–67 | 7–9 (0–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,349) Boston, MA |
| January 25, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Harvard | L 66–70 | 7–10 (0–2) | Leede Arena (1,564) Hanover, NH |
| January 31, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Princeton | L 44–66 | 7–11 (0–3) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,591) Princeton, NJ |
| February 1, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Penn | L 46–54 | 7–12 (0–4) | The Palestra (3,017) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Brown | L 65–67 | 7–13 (0–5) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,106) Providence, RI |
| February 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Yale | L 57–75 | 7–14 (0–6) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,524) New Haven, CT |
| February 14, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Columbia | W 65–63 | 8–14 (1–6) | Leede Arena (633) Hanover, NH |
| February 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Cornell | W 75–53 | 9–14 (2–6) | Leede Arena (525) Hanover, NH |
| February 21, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Penn | W 66–59 | 10–14 (3–6) | Leede Arena (631) Hanover, NH |
| February 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Princeton | L 62–65 | 10–15 (3–7) | Leede Arena (915) Hanover, NH |
| February 28, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Cornell | W 82–70 | 11–15 (4–7) | Newman Arena (405) Ithaca, NY |
| February 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Columbia | W 76–57 | 12–15 (5–7) | Levien Gymnasium (1,492) New York, NY |
| March 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Yale | L 61–72 | 12–16 (5–8) | Leede Arena (558) Hanover, NH |
| March 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Brown | L 58–70 | 12–17 (5–9) | Leede Arena (647) Hanover, NH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||
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