The 2019–20 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the
University of Miami
The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...
during the
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...
. Led by ninth-year head coach
Jim Larrañaga
James Joseph Larrañaga ( ; born October 2, 1949) is the head men's basketball coach for the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He has held this position since 2011.
Before joining the University of Miami, he served as the head men ...
, they played their home games at the
Watsco Center
The Watsco Center (originally named the University of Miami Convocation Center) is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The venue hosts concerts, family shows, trade shows, lecture s ...
on the university's campus in
Coral Gables, Florida
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Coral Gables is known globally as home to the ...
as members of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
(ACC).
The Hurricanes finished the season 15–16, and 7–13 in
ACC play. They lost to
Clemson in the second round of the
ACC tournament. The tournament was cancelled before the Quarterfinals due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
The
NCAA tournament and
NIT were also cancelled due to the pandemic.
Previous season
The
Hurricanes finished the
2018–19 season 14–18, 5–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They defeated
Wake Forest in the first round of the
ACC tournament before losing to
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...
. They were not invited to either the
NCAA tournament or
NIT.
Offseason
Departures
Incoming transfers
2019 recruiting class
Roster
Source:
Schedule and results
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ACC tournament
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References
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Miami
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Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team
Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team