They were led by ninth-year head coach Mark Turgeon and played their home games at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland, as members of the Big Ten Conference.

With a win over Michigan on March 8, 2020, the Terrapins earned a share of their first-ever Big Ten regular season championship.

Their season ended following the cancellation of postseason tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In May 2019, assistant Kevin Broadus was hired as the new head coach at Morgan State.

[2] Turgeon hired DeAndre Haynes as Broadus' replacement in June 2019.