The 2019–20 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team represented the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

The Highlanders, led by fourth-year head coach Brian Kennedy, played their home games at the Wellness and Events Center in Newark, New Jersey as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

On June 14, 2020, it was announced that on they would become a full member of the America East Conference beginning July 1, 2020.

In the ASUN tournament, they defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the quarterfinals,[2] before losing to Lipscomb in the semifinals.

[3] They received an invitation to the CIT, where they defeated Quinnipiac in the first round,[4] before losing to Hampton in the quarterfinals.