The 2019–20 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the

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. The Orange were led by 44th-year head coach

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and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York as seventh-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Orange finished the season 18–14, and 10–10 in ACC play. The team was scheduled to play

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in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament before the tournament was cancelled due to the

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. The NCAA tournament and NIT were also cancelled due to the pandemic.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2018–19 season 20–14, 10–8 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They defeated

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in the second round of the 2019 ACC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champions

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. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where, as a No. 8 seed, they lost to Baylor in the first round.

Offseason

Departures

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

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