| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2019–20 |
| Team: | California Golden Bears |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Conference Link: | Pac-12 Conference men's basketball |
| Short Conf: | Pac–12 |
| Record: | 14–18 |
| Conf Record: | 7–11 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Andrew Francis |
| Asst Coach2: | Chris Harriman |
| Stadium: | Haas Pavilion (Capacity: 11,877) |
The 2019–20 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Mark Fox's first year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference.[1] They finished the season 14–18, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They defeated Stanford in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament and were set to take on UCLA in the quarterfinals before the remainder of the Pac-12 Tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Golden Bears finished the 2018–19 season with a record of 8–23, 3–15 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado.
On March 24, Wyking Jones was fired. He finished with a 2-year record of 16–47 overall and 5–31 in the Pac-12.[2] Former Georgia and Nevada head coach Fox was hired on March 29.[3]
| Name | Num | Pos. ! | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius McNeill | 1 | G | 6'3" | 182 | Sophomore | Transferred to SMU | ||
| 10 | F | 6'7" | 215 | Sophomore | Transferred to Ohio State | |||
| Roman Davis | 15 | F | 6'7" | 210 | RS Junior | Transferred | ||
| Connor Vanover | 23 | F/C | 7'3" | 225 | Freshman | Transferred to Arkansas | ||
| James Zhao | 35 | G | 6'3" | 184 | Freshman | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons |
[4] |-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 tournament|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|March 12, 2020
6:00 pm, P12N| style="text-align:center"| (10)| vs. (2) UCLA
Quarterfinals| colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] | style="text-align:center"|T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV|-