# 2019–20 Brown Bears men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Brown Bears men's basketball team represented Brown University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by eighth-year head coach Mike Martin, played their home games at the Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center in Providence, Rhode Island, as members of the Ivy League.

## Previous season

The Bears finished the 2018–19 season 20–12 overall, 7–7 in Ivy League play, to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. Due to tiebreakers, they failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament. They were invited to the CBI, where they defeated UAB in the first round, before falling to Loyola Marymount in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm | at Bryant | W 73–71 | 1–0 | Chace Athletic Center (1,417) Smithfield, RI |
| November 9, 2019* 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | Canisius | W 75–68 | 2–0 | Pizzitola Sports Center (812) Providence, RI |
| November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Quinnipiac | W 70–68 | 3–0 | Pizzitola Sports Center (704) Providence, RI |
| November 19, 2019* 7:00 pm | at Sacred Heart | L 63–84 | 3–1 | William H. Pitt Center (804) Fairfield, CT |
| November 23, 2019* 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | NJIT | W 79–63 | 4–1 | Pizzitola Sports Center (555) Providence, RI |
| November 26, 2019* 5:00 pm | at UMass Lowell | L 63–75 | 4–2 | Costello Athletic Center (501) Lowell, MA |
| November 30, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN+/NESN | Navy | L 56–76 | 4–3 | Pizzitola Sports Center (743) Providence, RI |
| December 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Merrimack | W 82–55 | 5–3 | Pizzitola Sports Center (786) Providence, RI |
| December 7, 2019* 7:00 pm | at Stony Brook | L 63–79 | 5–4 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (2,943) Stony Brook, NY |
| December 10, 2019* 7:00 pm, FS1 | at St. John's | L 71–82 | 5–5 | Carnesecca Arena (3,147) Queens, NY |
| December 28, 2019* 11:30 am, ESPN2 | at No. 4 Duke | L 50–75 | 5–6 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC |
| January 2, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Rhode Island | W 85–75 | 6–6 | Pizzitola Sports Center (2,738) Providence, RI |
| January 7, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Johnson & Wales (RI) | W 79–53 | 7–6 | Pizzitola Sports Center (895) Providence, RI |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 17, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Yale | L 56–70 | 7–7 (0–1) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,854) New Haven, CT |
| January 24, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU | Yale | L 62–73 | 7–8 (0–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (2,575) Providence, RI |
| January 31, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Cornell | W 74–63 | 8–8 (1–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,145) Providence, RI |
| February 1, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+/NESNPlus | Columbia | W 72–66 | 9–8 (2–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,384) Providence, RI |
| February 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Dartmouth | W 67–65 | 10–8 (3–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,106) Providence, RI |
| February 8, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Harvard | W 72–71 | 11–8 (4–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (2,010) Providence, RI |
| February 14, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Penn | W 75–63 | 12–8 (5–2) | The Palestra (2,454) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Princeton | L 54–73 | 12–9 (5–3) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,464) Princeton, NJ |
| February 21, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Columbia | W 72–66 | 13–9 (6–3) | Levien Gymnasium (1,357) New York, NY |
| February 22, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Cornell | L 45–63 | 13–10 (6–4) | Newman Arena (628) Ithaca, NY |
| February 28, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Princeton | L 49–71 | 13–11 (6–5) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,748) Providence, RI |
| February 29, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+/NESNPlus | Penn | L 68–73 | 13–12 (6–6) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,909) Providence, RI |
| March 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Harvard | W 64-55 | 14-12 (7-6) | Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA |
| March 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Dartmouth | W 70-58 | 15-12 (8-6) | Leede Arena Hanover, NH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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