2019–20 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

The 2019–20 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by tenth-year head coach Russell Turner competing in the Bren Events Center. UC Irvine is a member of the Big West Conference. The team won their second straight Big West Regular Season title before the 2020 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament and subsequently, the remainder of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and postseason tournaments were canceled as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The team finished 21–11, and has won at least a share of 3 of the last 4 Big West Regular season titles. The program has won at least 20 games in 7 of the last 8 seasons. Turner became the winningest coach in program history on Jan 15 surpassing Pat Douglass total of 197 wins and won his 4th Big West Coach of the Year Award. Evan Leonard, Eyassu Worku, and Tommy Rutherford all recorded their 1000th point during the season, the first time the program has had 3 players score 1,000 career points in the same season. The team was 12th in the nation in FG % defense holding opponents to (38.8%) shooting, 11th in total rebounds (1,269), 3rd in rebounding margin (+9.4). Brad Greene pulled down a Bren Events Center record 21 rebounds on Jan. 11 vs. Hawai'i.

2019–20 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
Big West regular season champions
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record21–11 (13–3 Big West)
Head coach
  • Russell Turner (10th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBren Events Center
(Capacity: 5,000)
2019–20 Big West men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UC Irvine133 .8132111  .656
Cal State Northridge106 .6251517  .469
UC Santa Barbara106 .6252110  .677
Hawai'i88 .5001713  .567
UC Davis88 .5001418  .438
UC Riverside79 .4381715  .531
Cal State Fullerton610 .3751120  .355
Long Beach State610 .3751121  .344
Cal Poly412 .250723  .233
Note: The 2020 Big West tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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