The 2019–20 Conference USA men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.

Conference play started in late December 2019 and will end in March 2020, after which 12 member teams will participate in the 2020 Conference USA tournament at The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.

[1] Western Kentucky was picked as the favorite in the champion in the preseason poll of Conference USA's fourteen coaches.

[2] () first place votes On April 11, 2019, Southern Miss head coach Doc Sadler announced his resignation after 5 seasons at the school.

[4] Notes: Javion Hamlet (North Texas) Bryson Williams (UTEP) Jhivvan Jackson (UTSA) Taveion Hollingsworth (Western Kentucky) Osasumwen Osaghae (FIU) Taevion Kinsey (Marshall) Umoja Gibson (North Texas) Keaton Wallace (UTSA) Jordan Shepherd (Charlotte) Jarrod West (Marshall) Carson Williams (Western Kentucky) Jared Savage (Western Kentucky) Andrew Taylor (Marshall) Tyson Jackson (Middle Tennessee) Jalen Benjamin (UAB) Jordan Rawls (Western Kentucky) Osasumwen Osaghae (FIU) Derric Jean (Louisiana Tech) Jarrod West (Marshall) Aaron Carver (Old Dominion) Jared Savage (Western Kentucky)