The 2019–20 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by first-year head coach Ron Hunter, played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse in New Orleans, Louisiana as sixth-year members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season The Green Wave 4–27, 0–18 in AAC play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to Memphis.

On March 16, 2019, the school announced that Mike Dunleavy would not return as head coach. He finished 24–69 in three seasons at Tulane. On March 24, the school named Georgia State head coach Ron Hunter the new head coach.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jordan Cornish 0 G 6'6" 225 New Orleans, LA Graduated Moses Wood 4 F 6'8" 190 Reno, NV Transferred to UNLV Connor Crabtree 5 G 6'6" 190 Hillsborough, NC Transferred to Richmond Caleb Daniels 10 G 6'4" 205 New Orleans, LA Transferred to Villanova Bul Ajang 11 F 6'10" 225 Jonglei, South Sudan Medically retired Semir Sehic 21 F 6'9" 235 Cypress, TX Play professionally Blake Paul 23 F 6'9" 250 New Orleans, LA Graduated Shakwon Barett 24 G 6'5" 180 Toronto, ON Transferred to Northwest Florida State College

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School K. J. Lawson 1 F 6'8" 210 Memphis, TN Transferred from Kansas after graduating. Will have one year of eligibility beginning immediately. TeShaun Hightower 5 G 6'4" 190 Lithonia, GA Transferred from Georgia. Hightower was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Ibrahim Ali 11 G 6'10" 245 Lagos, Nigeria Transferred from Arkansas. Ali was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have four years of remaining eligibility. Nic Thomas 14 G 6'2' 185 Arlington, TX Transferred from Norfolk State after graduating. Will have one year of eligibility beginning immediately. Christion Thompson 25 G 6'4' 190 Baton Rouge, LA Transferred from Rhode Island after graduating. Will have one year of eligibility beginning immediately.

2019 recruiting class

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Dec. 1, 2019 - Ray Ona Embo quit the team. He elected to return home to France to pursue a professional career.

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| AAC regular season

!colspan=9 style=| AAC tournament

Source 1.Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Awards and honors American Athletic Conference honors Player of the Week Week 16: Teshaun Hightower

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