The 2020-21 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team will represent the University of Massachusetts.

The season will represent the 112th season of basketball in the school's history.

The status and timing of the season depends on how the University, the Atlantic 10 Conference, and the NCAA react to the continuing threat of COVID-19 on health for all involved.

• Current Record: TBD
• Conference Record: TBD

• Jamaica Classic. UM is slated to participate in the 2020 Classic.¹⁾²⁾³⁾ The event is scheduled for November 20-22 (Fri-Sun), which is the weekend before Thanksgiving. 9/3/20 update: there's a possibility this event may shift its location to Florida, still to be determined.⁴⁾
• Akron (Home): A return game from Akron is expected, but not confirmed.⁵⁾ We played at Akron in the 2019-20 season. A home-and-home basketball series may have been tied in with the UMass/Akron football games contract.⁶⁾⁷⁾
• Bryant (Home): This will likely be a one-off game, but not certain.⁸⁾
• Central Florida (Away): This season's game starts a home-and-home series. UMass will host UCF in the 2021-22 season.⁹⁾ The 2020 game was expected to take place in late November, as the team traveled back north from the Jamaica event.¹⁰⁾
• Fairfield (Home): A return game from Fairfield is expected, but not confirmed.¹¹⁾ We gave Fairfield a road game in the 2019-20 season.
• Harvard (Home): This season's game will conclude a series.¹²⁾ The Ivy League has said it will not have games in any sport during “the fall semester”.^13)14)15) How this impacts the HU/UM game remains to be seen.
• Northeastern (Away): This season's game will conclude a series.¹⁶⁾
• Rutgers (Home): This season's game will conclude a series.¹⁷⁾¹⁸⁾
• Sacred Heart (Home): This will likely be a one-off game, but not certain.¹⁹⁾
• UMass-Lowell (Home): We have hosted UML for our season opener for the past four seasons. Assuming this will continue, but not confirmed.
• The Atlantic 10 Tournament will be at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn NY, March 10-14.²⁰⁾
• Athletic Director Ryan Bamford has stated that he will continue to explore opportunities in conjunction with football and men's basketball scheduling, like what we've done with Akron, Rutgers, South Carolina and Georgia.²¹⁾²²⁾
• UMass will not be participating in the A-10 / Mountain West Challenge Series this season. UM was one of the teams left out of the mix.²³⁾²⁴⁾

The conference announced these pairings on July 30.²⁵⁾ Exact dates will be set later.

Things may change significantly prior to the start of the season. Here's what we're tracking and projecting.

	#	Name	Height	Weight	Class	Pos.	Hometown / HS / Prep / College Transfer	Status
	13	DeGray, Ronnie	6-7	220	Fr.	F	Parker, CO / Woodstock Academy	Verbal commitment announced 4/6/202026)
	4	Dominguez, Dyondre	6-8	195	Fr.	F	Providence, RI / Woodstock Academy	Verbal commitment announced 2/29/202027)
	11	Fernandes, Noah	5-11	172	So.*	G	Mattapoisett, MA / Woodstock Academy / Wichita State	Incoming transfer.28) Granted a waiver to the usual NCAA transfer rules, eligible to play in 2020-21.29)
	1	Garcia, Javohn	6-2	175	Fr.	PG	Pickerington, OH / Brewster Academy	NLI signed 11/14/201930), Verbal commitment announced 10/18/201931)
	10	Gasperini, Mark	6-10	245	Gr.	F/C	Moscow, Russia / Brimmer and May School / American Univ.	Incoming transfer.32) As a graduate student, he will be eligible to play immediately.
	5	McCrory, Cairo	6-5	185	Fr.	SG	Hartford, CT / Masters/Northwest Catholic / Woodstock Academy	NLI signed 11/14/1933), Verbal commitment announced 8/2/201934)35)
	3	Mitchell, Kolton	6-3	175	So.	G	Fort Myers, FL / Victory Rock Prep	Assumed to return
	33	Mitchell, Tre	6-9	235	So.	F/C	Pittsburgh, PA / Woodstock Academy	Assumed to return
	12	Pierre, Carl	6-4	190	Sr.	G	Boston, MA / Boston College HS	Assumed to return and again serve as team captain
	2	Santos, Preston	6-6	180	So.	G/F	Warwick, RI / Woodstock Academy	Assumed to return
	24	Walker, Dibaji	6-7	190	Jr.*	F	Columbus, OH / Woodstock Academy / Cleveland State	Assumed to return
	23	Weeks, TJ	6-4	185	Fr.*	G	Warwick, RI / Woodstock Academy	Assumed to return

* Eligibility difference.

• Noah Fernandes transferred into UMass for the 2020-21 season.³⁶⁾ Will have to sit out under NCAA transfer rules, but will retain three years of eligibility.
• Dibaji Walker transferred into UMass for the 2019-20 season. Received a waiver from the NCAA to allow him to play without sitting out a year. Will be classified as a Junior in 2020-21.³⁷⁾
• TJ Weeks is expected to request a medical redshirt for the 2019-20 season, in the hopes of regaining a full season of eligibility and four full years. Unclear if that will be granted, as technically he went over the 30% threshold of games played.³⁸⁾

2019-20 players lost:
Baptiste, Djery - Eligibility exhausted.
Buggs, John - Opted to transfer during the off-season.³⁹⁾⁴⁰⁾
Chatman, Sy - Transferred out after the Fall 2019 semester.⁴¹⁾⁴²⁾ Ultimately chose Illinois State.⁴³⁾
Clergeot, Keon - Expected to graduate in Spring 2020, and has opted to transfer and play elsewhere as a grad student.⁴⁴⁾ Ultimately chose Southeastern Louisiana.⁴⁵⁾
Diallo, Samba - Opted to transfer after the end of the season, will continue to play at Manhattan College.⁴⁶⁾⁴⁷⁾
East, Sean - Opted to transfer after the end of the season, will continue to play at Bradley.⁴⁸⁾⁴⁹⁾
Higginbottom, Davonte - expected to graduate in Spring 2020, would have college athletics eligibility left, but not expected to return.
Jackson, CJ - Opted to transfer after the end of the season.⁵⁰⁾ Ultimately chose Florida Southwestern State (JuCo)⁵¹⁾⁵²⁾
West, Randall - Eligibility exhausted.