Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2019–20 |
Team: | UConn Huskies |
Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | AAC |
Record: | 19–12 |
Conf Record: | 10–8 |
Head Coach: | Dan Hurley |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach1: | Tom Moore |
Asst Coach2: | Kimani Young |
Asst Coach3: | Kenya Hunter (on leave) |
Asst Coach4: | Taliek Brown (interim) |
Stadium: | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion XL Center |
The 2019–20 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by second-year head coach Dan Hurley in their final season of the American Athletic Conference. The Huskies split their home games between the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on the UConn campus in Storrs, Connecticut.[1] [2] [3] They finished the season 19–12, 10–8 in AAC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. Their season ended when the AAC Tournament and all other postseason tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
This was the final season in the American Athletic Conference for the Huskies, as they returned to the Big East for the 2020–21 season.[5]
The Huskies finished the 2018–19 season 16–17, 6–12 in AAC play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the Quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to Houston.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
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Eric Cobb | 0 | F | 6'9" | 249lbs | Graduated | |||
Tarin Smith | 2 | G | 6'2" | 185lbs | Graduated | |||
4 | G | 6'3" | 195lbs | Graduated | ||||
Kassoum Yakwe | 14 | F | 6'7" | 212lbs | Graduated | |||
Mamadou Diarra | 21 | F | 6'8" | 225lbs | Left the team, became a student assistant | |||
Kwintin Williams | 22 | F | 6'7" | 221lbs | Graduated (early) | |||
Daniel Brocke | 55 | F | 6'7" | 235lbs | Left the team |
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See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.