| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2019–20 |
| Prev Year: | 2018–19 |
| Next Year: | 2020–21 |
| Team: | Tulane Green Wave |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | AAC |
| Record: | 12–18 |
| Conf Record: | 4–14 |
| Head Coach: | Ron Hunter |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Ray McCallum |
| Asst Coach2: | Claude Pardue |
| Asst Coach3: | Kevin Johnson |
| Stadium: | Devlin Fieldhouse |
The 2019–20 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by first-year head coach Ron Hunter, played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana as sixth-year members of the American Athletic Conference.[1]
The Green Wave 4–27, 0–18 in AAC play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to Memphis.[2]
On March 16, 2019, the school announced that Mike Dunleavy would not return as head coach.[3] He finished 24–69 in three seasons at Tulane.[4] On March 24, the school named Georgia State head coach Ron Hunter the new head coach.[5]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Cornish | 0 | G | 6'6" | 225 | Graduated | |||
| 4 | F | 6'8" | 190 | Transferred to UNLV | ||||
| Connor Crabtree | 5 | G | 6'6" | 190 | Transferred to Richmond | |||
| 10 | G | 6'4" | 205 | Transferred to Villanova | ||||
| Bul Ajang | 11 | F | 6'10" | 225 | Medically retired | |||
| Semir Sehic | 21 | F | 6'9" | 235 | Play professionally | |||
| Blake Paul | 23 | F | 6'9" | 250 | Graduated | |||
| Shakwon Barett | 24 | G | 6'5" | 180 | Transferred to Northwest Florida State College |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 6'8" | 210 | Transferred from Kansas after graduating. Will have one year of eligibility beginning immediately. | ||||
| TeShaun Hightower | 5 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Transferred from Georgia. Hightower was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.[6] | |||
| Ibrahim Ali | 11 | G | 6'10" | 245 | Transferred from Arkansas. Ali was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have four years of remaining eligibility.[7] | |||
| Nic Thomas | 14 | G | 6'2' | 185 | Transferred from Norfolk State after graduating. Will have one year of eligibility beginning immediately. | |||
| Christion Thompson | 25 | G | 6'4' | 190 | Transferred from Rhode Island after graduating. Will have one year of eligibility beginning immediately. |
|-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| AAC regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| AAC tournamentSource[9]
1.Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic