2019–20 UMass Minutemen basketball team
American college basketball season
The 2019–20 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen were led by third-year head coach Matt McCall and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 8–10 in A-10 play to finish in eighth place. Their season ended with the A-10 tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Previous season
The Minutemen finished the 2018–19 season 11–21, 4–14 in A-10 play to finish in 13th place. They lost to George Washington in the first round of the A-10 tournament.
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