The 2019–20 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the
New Jersey Institute of Technology in 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 ...
. The Highlanders, led by fourth-year head coach
Brian Kennedy, played their home games at the
Wellness and Events Center in
Newark, New Jersey as members of the
Atlantic Sun Conference. They finished the season 9–21, 6–10 in ASUN play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the
ASUN tournament to
Liberty.
This was the final season the Highlanders were a member of the ASUN. On June 14, 2020, it was announced that on they would become a full member of the
America East Conference beginning July 1, 2020.
Previous season
The
Highlanders finished the
2018–19 season 22–13 overall, 8–8 in ASUN play to finish in fifth place. In the
ASUN tournament, they defeated
Florida Gulf Coast in the quarterfinals, before losing to
Lipscomb in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the
CIT
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, where they defeated
Quinnipiac in the first round, before losing to
Hampton in the quarterfinals.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Atlantic Sun Conference regular season
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Atlantic Sun tournament
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Source
References
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