| Sport: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2019–20 |
| Prev Year: | 2018–19 |
| Next Year: | 2020–21 |
| Team: | UCF Knights |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | AAC |
| Record: | 16–14 |
| Conf Record: | 7–11 |
| Head Coach: | Johnny Dawkins |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Kevin Norris |
| Ac1 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach2: | Vince Taylor |
| Ac2 Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach3: | Robbie Laing |
| Ac3 Year: | 4th |
| Arena: | Addition Financial Arena |
The 2019–20 UCF Knights men's basketball team represents the University of Central Florida during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights are members of the American Athletic Conference. The Knights, in the program's 51st season of basketball, are led by fourth-year head coach Johnny Dawkins and play their home games at the Addition Financial Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida.[1]
The Knights finished the 2018–19 season 24–9 overall and 13–5 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place. In the AAC tournament, they lost to Memphis in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2005. They defeated VCU in the first round before losing Duke in the second round.[2]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. J. Taylor | 1 | G | 6'2" | 200 | Graduated | |||
| Terrell Allen | 2 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Graduate transferred to Georgetown | |||
| Myles Douglas | 5 | F | 6'8" | 215 | Transferred to Saint Joseph's | |||
| Dayon Griffin | 10 | G | 6'4" | 208 | Graduated | |||
| Rokas Ulvydas | 11 | F | 6'11" | 235 | Left team | |||
| 15 | G/F | 6'6" | 205 | Play professionally | ||||
| 21 | F | 6'9" | 240 | Graduated | ||||
| Chance McSpadden | 22 | G | 6'4' | 184 | Graduate transferred to Stetson | |||
| 24 | C | 7'6" | 295 | Graduated | ||||
| Anthony Catotti | 31 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Walk-on; graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | F | 6'11" | 225 | Transferred from TCU in January during the 2018–19 season. Under NCAA transfer rules, Alok has to sit out until January and will be eligible to start in January during the 2019–20 season. Alok has one and a half years of remaining eligibility. | ||||
| Matt Milon | 3 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Transferred from William & Mary. Will be eligible to play immediately since Milon graduated from William & Mary. | |||
| Avery Diggs | 5 | C | 6'10" | 240 | Junior college transferred from Southwest Mississippi CC | |||
| Dazon Ingram | 12 | G | 6'5" | 207 | Transferred from Alabama. Will be eligible to play immediately since Ingram graduated from Alabama. | |||
| Brandon Mahan | 13 | G | 6'5" | 200 | Transferred from Texas A&M. Mahan was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. | |||
| Sean Mobley | 30 | F | 6'9" | 225 | Transferred from VCU. Under NCAA transfer rules, Mobley will have to sit out the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. | |||
| Moses Bol | 35 | C | 7'1' | 230 | Junior college transferred from Colby CC. |
Source[4] |-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=6 style=|AAC regular season|-!colspan=9 style=|American Athletic Conference tournament
1.Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic