The 2019–20 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dons, led by first-year head coach Todd Golden, played their home games at the War Memorial Gymnasium or the Chase Center as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 22–12, 9–7 in WCC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Loyola Marymount in the second round and Pacific in the third round to advance to the semifinals of the WCC tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.

Previous season The Dons finished the 2018–19 season 21–10, 9–7 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the Third Round to Pepperdine of the WCC tournament. Despite having 21 wins and a better record they were not invited to a postseason tournament.

On March 27, Kyle Smith left for San Francisco to accept the head coach position at Washington State. He finished with a five-year record of 63–40 with two CBI appearances. The Dons promoted assistant Todd Golden to head coaching position the following day.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Frankie Ferrari 2 G 5'11" 179 Senior Burlingame, CA Graduated Michael Orlich 3 G 5'11" 180 Junior Fresno, CA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Matthew McCarthy 10 F 6'9" 232 Senior Melbourne, Australia Graduated Nate Renfro 15 F 6'8" 202 Senior Tucson, AZ Graduated Dylan Belquist 21 F 6'6" 190 Freshman Los Gatos, CA Transferred to Salt Lake CC Nathan Krill 31 F 6'7" 210 RS Senior St. Helena, CA Graduated Mladen Djordjevic 45 G 6'3" 184 Senior Belgrade, Serbia Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Damari Milstead 15 G 6'2" 190 Junior Oakland, CA Transferred from Grand Canyon. Under NCAA transfer rules, Milstead will have to sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

2019 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| WCC regular season

!colspan=9 style=| WCC tournament

Source:

References