Despite being a virtual lock to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, all postseason play was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

[5] Utah Valley head coach Mark Pope, who previously spent four seasons as an assistant at BYU under Rose, was hired in April to be his replacement.

[8] During the 2018–19 season, BYU had two seniors that finished their eligibility to play college basketball - McKay Cannon and Luke Worthington.

[9] Worthington will continue with the BYU basketball team as a graduate assistant alongside former teammate Nate Austin.

A month later in August, Hardnett decided to transfer to the University of Missouri-Kansas City and will be eligible to play immediately.

[13] Rylan Bergersen transferred to the University of Central Arkansas, a Division I program, with two years of eligibility remaining.

[16] On February 5, 2020, Utah Valley University announced Leifson would transfer to UVU with 3 seasons of eligibility remaining.

[21] On May 6, Blaze Nield announced via social media that he would transfer from Utah State Eastern with three years of eligibility remaining.

Cameron Pearson joins the team as a walk-on after serving a mission in Chile and utilizing a redshirt year.

[49] Sources: BYU was selected to finish third in the West Coast Conference in the Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll behind Gonzaga and Saint Mary's.

Yoeli Childs and TJ Haws were named to the 2019-2020 All-WCC Pre-season Men's Basketball Team.

[50] For the second straight year, Yoeli Childs was among 20 college basketball forwards named to the Karl Malone watch list.

[51] The Karl Malone Award selects the nation's top power forward in NCAA college basketball.

[53][54] Several media outlets ranked BYU among the top 100 Division I college basketball preseason teams for the 2019–20 season.

A summary of the various preseason rankings that included BYU is as follows: Several players were injured or were subject to suspensions during the offseason that will affect their ability to play during the regular season.

Yoeli Childs was suspended by the NCAA for paperwork errors in the NBA draft exploration process that will cause him to miss the first nine games of the regular season.

[63] Gavin Baxter injured his shoulder in a practice during September which will likely result in his missing the entire 2019–20 season.

[64] It was revealed in November that Jesse Wade has for some time had a knee injury which is likely to prevent him from playing for a long-term period.

In September 2019, the West Coast Conference (WCC) agreed to a multi-year deal through the 2026–27 season with ESPN and the CBS Sports Network to broadcast numerous basketball games each year.