The 2019–20 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Buccaneers, led by fifth-year head coach Steve Forbes, played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee, as members of the Southern Conference.

They defeated VMI, Western Carolina and Wofford to become champions of the SoCon tournament.

In the SoCon tournament, they defeated Chattanooga in the quarterfinals,[2] before losing to Wofford in the semifinals.

[3] They received an invitation to the CIT, where they lost to Green Bay in the first round.