# 2019–20 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by fifth-year head coach Bobby Hurley, and played their home games at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona as members of the Pac–12 Conference. They finished the season 20–11, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They were set to take on Washington State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. However, the remainder of the tournament, and all other postseason tournaments, were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Sun Devils finished the season 23–11, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish for second place. In the Pac-12 tournament, the Sun Devils defeated UCLA in the quarterfinals and lost to Oregon in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated St. John's in the First Four, and eventually lost in the first round to Buffalo.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Zylan Cheatham | F | 6'8" | 220 | RS Senior | Phoenix, Arizona | Completed athletic eligibility |
| De'Quon Lake | F | 6'10" | 225 | Senior | Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands | Graduated |
| Vitaliy Shibel | F | 6'9" | 210 | RS Sophomore | Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | Graduate transferred to UNLV |
| Jack Roggin | G | 6'0" | 165 | Sophomore | Calabasas, California | Walk-on; not on team roster |
| Jordan Salzman | G | 5'10" | 175 | Sophomore | Locust Valley, New York | Walk-on; not on team roster |
| Trevor Thompson | G | 6'2" | 175 | Sophomore | Phoenix, Arizona | Walk-on; transferred to Notre Dame de Namur |
| Uroš Plavšić | C | 7'0" | 240 | Freshman | Ivanjica, Serbia | Transferred to Tennessee |
| Luguentz Dort | G | 6'4" | 215 | Freshman | Montreal, Quebec | Declared for 2019 NBA draft |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Previous School | Notes |
| Alonzo Verge Jr. | G | 6'3" | 170 | Jr. | Moberly Area Community College | As a junior college transfer, Verge is eligible to play immediately and have two years of eligibility left. |
| Khalid Thomas | F | 6'9" | 202 | Jr. | College of Southern Idaho | No. 2 Junior College player in the country. As a junior college transfer, Thomas is eligible to play immediately. |

### 2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Jaelen House PG | Phoenix, AZ | Shadow Mountain | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | Dec 22, 2017 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81 ||||||
| Jalen Graham PF | Phoenix, AZ | Mountain Pointe | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Dec 21, 2018 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82 ||||||
| Caleb Christopher G | Carson, CA | Mayfair | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Mar 2, 2019 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: NR ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||

## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| C | Romello White | Khalid Thomas | | John Olmstead |
| PF | Mickey Mitchell | Jalen Graham | Taeshon Cherry | Andre Allen |
| SF | Kimani Lawrence | | Elias Valtonen | Kyle Feit |
| SG | Rob Edwards | Alonzo Verge Jr. | Caleb Christopher | Micah Burno |
| PG | Remy Martin | Jaelen House | | Grant Fogerty |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 8, 2019* 8:30 pm, ESPN2 | | vs. Colorado Pac-12 China Game | L 71–81 | 0–1 | 23 – Martin | 9 – Martin | 8 – Martin | Baoshan Sports Centre (4,328) Shanghai, China |
| November 14, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N | | Central Connecticut Air Force Reserve Tip Off | W 90–49 | 1–1 | 23 – Edwards | 11 – White | 5 – Verge Jr. | Desert Financial Arena (7,496) Tempe, AZ |
| November 17, 2019* 4:00 pm, P12N | | Rider Air Force Reserve Tip Off | W 92–55 | 2–1 | 20 – Tied | 7 – White | 4 – Verge Jr. | Desert Financial Arena (7,472) Tempe, AZ |
| November 23, 2019* 12:30 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. St. John's Air Force Reserve Tip Off semifinal | W 80–67 | 3–1 | 19 – Martin | 9 – White | 3 – House | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT |
| November 24, 2019* 11:00 am, ESPN | | vs. No. 7 Virginia Air Force Reserve Tip Off championship | L 45–48 | 3–2 | 21 – Martin | 6 – Edwards | 3 – Tied | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT |
| November 26, 2019* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Princeton | W 67–65 | 4–2 | 33 – Martin | 9 – White | 3 – White | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,727) Princeton, NJ |
| December 3, 2019* 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | at San Francisco | W 71–67 | 5–2 | 14 – Tied | 11 – White | 5 – Martin | The Sobrato Center (2,892) San Francisco, CA |
| December 7, 2019* 7:30 pm, P12N | | Louisiana | W 77–65 | 6–2 | 19 – White | 19 – White | 4 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (7,685) Tempe, AZ |
| December 11, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N | | Prairie View A&M | W 88–79 | 7–2 | 21 – Martin | 16 – White | 3 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (6,889) Tempe, AZ |
| December 14, 2019* 6:00 pm, P12N | | Georgia | W 79–59 | 8–2 | 23 – Martin | 17 – White | 6 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (9,067) Tempe, AZ |
| December 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N | | vs. Saint Mary's Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase | L 56–96 | 8–3 | 43 – Verge Jr. | 12 – White | 2 – Verge Jr. | Talking Stick Resort Arena (6,892) Phoenix, AZ |
| December 21, 2019* 6:30 pm, P12N | | Creighton | L 60–67 | 8–4 | 19 – Verge Jr. | 12 – White | 7 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (9,395) Tempe, AZ |
| December 28, 2019* 1:00 pm, P12N | | Texas Southern | W 98–81 | 9–4 | 23 – Tied | 6 – Verge Jr. | 7 – Verge Jr. | Desert Financial Arena (8,795) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 regular season |||||||||
| January 4, 2020 7:30 pm, P12N | | at No. 25 Arizona Rivalry | L 47–75 | 9–5 (0–1) | 20 – Martin | 1 – Tied | 5 – Tied | McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ |
| January 9, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Oregon State | W 82–76 | 10–5 (1–1) | 24 – Martin | 9 – White | 5 – Verge Jr. | Gill Coliseum (4,828) Corvallis, OR |
| January 11, 2020 8:30 pm, P12N | | at No. 9 Oregon | L 69–78 | 10–6 (1–2) | 29 – Martin | 9 – White | 6 – Martin | Matthew Knight Arena (9,213) Eugene, OR |
| January 16, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 20 Colorado | L 61–68 | 10–7 (1–3) | 25 – Martin | 10 – White | 6 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (9,479) Tempe, AZ |
| January 18, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N | | Utah | W 83–64 | 11–7 (2–3) | 24 – Edwards | 5 – Cherry | 6 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (9,608) Tempe, AZ |
| January 25, 2020 7:30 pm, P12N | | No. 22 Arizona Rivalry | W 66–65 | 12–7 (3–3) | 24 – Martin | 7 – Tied | 4 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (13,500) Tempe, AZ |
| January 29, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Washington State | L 65–67 | 12–8 (3–4) | 15 – White | 11 – White | 4 – White | Beasley Coliseum (2,811) Pullman, WA |
| February 1, 2020 8:30 pm, P12N | | at Washington | W 87–83 | 13–8 (4–4) | 19 – Martin | 7 – Tied | 2 – Edwards | Alaska Airlines Arena (9,066) Seattle, WA |
| February 6, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | | UCLA | W 84–66 | 14–8 (5–4) | 26 – Verge Jr. | 16 – White | 7 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (7,708) Tempe, AZ |
| February 8, 2020 8:00 pm, FS1 | | USC | W 66–64 | 15–8 (6–4) | 22 – Martin | 10 – White | 3 – Tied | Desert Financial Arena (9,628) Tempe, AZ |
| February 13, 2020 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at Stanford | W 74–69 | 16–8 (7–4) | 24 – Martin | 7 – Verge Jr. | 4 – Verge Jr. | Maples Pavilion (3,312) Stanford, CA |
| February 16, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPNU | | at California | W 80–75 | 17–8 (8–4) | 22 – Tied | 10 – White | 5 – Martin | Haas Pavilion (6,046) Berkeley, CA |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN | | No. 14 Oregon | W 77–72 | 18–8 (9–4) | 26 – Verge Jr. | 11 – White | 5 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (12,951) Tempe, AZ |
| February 22, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | Oregon State | W 74–73 | 19-8 (10-4) | 17 – Tied | 7 – White | 4 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (9,688) Tempe, AZ |
| February 27, 2020 9:00 pm, P12N | | at UCLA | L 72–75 | 19–9 (10–5) | 30 – Martin | 6 – White | 3 – Martin | Pauley Pavilion (9,626) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 29, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | at USC | L 61–71 | 19–10 (10–6) | 22 – Martin | 9 – White | 4 – Martin | Galen Center (4,786) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | Washington | L 83–90 | 19–11 (10–7) | 23 – Edwards | 7 – Cherry | 6 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (9,829) Tempe, AZ |
| March 7, 2020 4:30 pm, P12N | | Washington State | W 83–74 | 20–11 (11–7) | 20 – Verge Jr. | 7 – Verge Jr. | 6 – Martin | Desert Financial Arena (8,829) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 tournament |||||||||
| March 12, 2020 9:30 pm, FS1 | (3) | vs. (11) Washington State Quarterfinals | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. |||||||||