The 2019–20 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Mark Fox's first year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 14–18, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They defeated Stanford in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament and were set to take on UCLA in the quarterfinals before the remainder of the Pac-12 Tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season The Golden Bears finished the 2018–19 season with a record of 8–23, 3–15 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado.

On March 24, Wyking Jones was fired. He finished with a two-year record of 16–47 overall and 5–31 in the Pac-12. Former Georgia and Nevada head coach Fox was hired on March 29.

Off-season Departures Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Darius McNeill 1 G 6'3" 182 Sophomore Houston, TX Transferred to SMU Justice Sueing 10 F 6'7" 215 Sophomore Honolulu, HI Transferred to Ohio State Roman Davis 15 F 6'7" 210 RS junior Carson, CA Transferred Connor Vanover 23 F/C 7'3" 225 Freshman Little Rock, AR Transferred to Arkansas James Zhao 35 G 6'3" 184 Freshman Beijing, China Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons

Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Kareem South 10 G 6'2" 185 RS Senior Toronto, ON Transferred from Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. Was eligible to play immediately, since he graduated from Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.

2019 recruiting class

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

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

!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 tournament

|- style="background:#bbbbbb" | style="text-align:center"|March 12, 20206:00 pm, P12N | style="text-align:center"| (10) | vs. (2) UCLAQuarterfinals | colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | style="text-align:center"|T-Mobile ArenaParadise, NV

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