2019–20 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team represented Rutgers University–New Brunswick during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights were led by fourth-year head coach Steve Pikiell and played their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway, New Jersey as sixth-year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–11 and 11–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. Following the regular season, the Big Ten tournament and all subsequent postseason tournaments were canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, effectively ending the Knights's season.

2019–20 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record20–11 (11–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Steve Pikiell (4th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaLouis Brown Athletic Center
2019–20 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 17 Wisconsin146 .7002110  .677
No. 9 Michigan State146 .700229  .710
No. 12 Maryland146 .700247  .774
No. 21 Illinois137 .6502110  .677
No. 25 Iowa119 .5502011  .645
Penn State119 .5502110  .677
No. 19 Ohio State119 .5502110  .677
Rutgers119 .5502011  .645
Michigan1010 .5001912  .613
Purdue911 .4501615  .516
Indiana911 .4502012  .625
Minnesota812 .4001516  .484
Northwestern317 .150823  .258
Nebraska218 .100725  .219
Note: The 2020 Big Ten tournament was canceled prior to the second round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

In January 2020, Rutgers was nationally ranked for the first time since 1979.

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