| Sport: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2019–20 |
| Team: | Vanderbilt Commodores |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Record: | 11–21 |
| Conf Record: | 3–15 |
| Head Coach: | Jerry Stackhouse |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | David Grace |
| Asst Coach2: | Adam Mazarei |
| Asst Coach3: | Faragi Phillips |
| Stadium: | Memorial Gymnasium |
| Ac1 Year: | 1st |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
The 2019–20 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by Jerry Stackhouse in his first season at Vanderbilt. The Commodores played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 11–21, 3–15 in SEC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to Arkansas.
Following a 90–64 loss to South Carolina on January 25, Vanderbilt tied Sewanee for the most consecutive conference losses in SEC history, 24, which was set from 1938 to 1940.[1]
In the following game at Kentucky on January 29, the Commodores broke the SEC record for consecutive conference losses with 25.[2]
They finished the season 9–23, 0–18 in SEC play to finish in 14th place. They are the first SEC team to go winless in a season since the 1953-1954 Georgia Tech team, and the first team ever in the 18 game conference schedule.[3] They followed this winless in conference play season with a loss to Texas A&M in the first round of the SEC tournament, extending their losing streak to 20 games, to finish the season with a combined 0–19 conference record.[4] As a result of the unprecedented season, third-year head coach Bryce Drew was fired on March 22, 2019.[5]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland | 10 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Freshman | Nashville, TN | Declared for the 2019 NBA draft | |
| Simisola Shittu | 11 | F/C | 6'10" | 240 | Freshman | Burlington, Ontario | Declared for the 2019 NBA draft | |
| Joe Toye | 2 | G/F | 6'7" | 210 | Senior | Chicago, IL | Graduated | |
| Matt Ryan | 32 | F | 6'8" | 209 | RS Senior | Cortlandt Manor, NY | Graduate transferred to Chattanooga | |
| Yanni Wetzell | 4 | F/C | 6'10" | 240 | RS Senior | Auckland, New Zealand | Graduate transferred to San Diego State |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. J. Harvey | 5 | G | 6'6" | 185 | Redshirt Junior | Transferred from Notre Dame. Under NCAA transfer rules, Harvey will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. | ||
| Quentin Millora-Brown | 42 | F | 6'9" | 205 | Redshirt Sophomore | Lorton, VA | Transferred from Rice. Under NCAA transfer rules, Millora-Brown will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have three years of remaining eligibility. | |
| Issac McBride | 13 | G | 6'1" | 190 | Redshirt Freshman | Little Rock, AR | Transferred from Kansas. Under NCAA transfer rules, McBride will have to sit out for the 2020–21 season. Will have four years of remaining eligibility. |
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The SEC media poll was released on October 15, 2019.[6]
| Media poll | ||
| 1 | Kentucky | |
| 2 | Florida | |
| 3 | LSU | |
| 4 | Auburn | |
| 5 | Tennessee | |
| 6 | Alabama | |
| 7 | Mississippi State | |
| 8 | Ole Miss | |
| 9 | Georgia | |
| 10 | South Carolina | |
| 11 | Arkansas | |
| 12 | Texas A&M | |
| 13 | Missouri | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | |
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