2019–20 VCU Rams men's basketball team
The 2019–20 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams were by Mike Rhoades in his third season as head coach at VCU. The Rams played their home games at Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
VCU opened the season with a 6–0 record, making it the first time in program history for the Rams to win their first six games, and were ranked for the first time in three seasons. In February, chains of injuries and underperformances caused the program to lose seven of their final nine games, giving the program their worst losing streak since the 1997–98 season. This caused the program to finish with a regular season record of 18–13 and 8–10 in conference play. VCU was seeded eighth in the 2020 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament, and were slated to play UMass in the second round. The game, and the tournament, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. VCU finished the season 18–13, making it the 20th consecutive season VCU finished with a winning overall record.
Background
The Rams, surpassing preseason expectations, won the A-10 regular season, posting a 25–8 record and 16–2 record in Atlantic 10 play and earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. There they lost to UCF in the opening round of the tournament.Offseason
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| 15 | G | 190 | Hinesville, Georgia | Graduated | |||
| 22 | F | 210 | Jacksonville, Florida | Graduated | |||
| 5 | F | 225 | Melbourne, Florida | Transferred to UCF | |||
| 24 | G | 185 | Houston, Texas | Transferred to Colorado State |
2019 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=|Atlantic 10 regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Atlantic 10 Tournament