2019–20 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

The 2019–20 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Mark Fox's first year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference.^[1] They finished the season 14–18, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They defeated Stanford in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament and were set to take on UCLA in the quarterfinals before the remainder of the Pac-12 Tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019–20 California Golden Bears men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	14–18 (7–11 Pac–12)
Head coach	Mark Fox (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Andrew Francis Chris Harriman Marty Wilson
Home arena	Haas Pavilion (Capacity: 11,877)
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 13 Oregon	13	–	5		.722			24	–	7		.774
UCLA	12	–	6		.667			19	–	12		.613
USC	11	–	7		.611			22	–	9		.710
Arizona State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Arizona	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Colorado	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Stanford	9	–	9		.500			20	–	12		.625
Oregon State	7	–	11		.389			18	–	13		.581
Utah	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
California	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	16		.500
Washington	5	–	13		.278			15	–	17		.469
Note: The 2020 Pac-12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Golden Bears finished the 2018–19 season with a record of 8–23, 3–15 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament to Colorado.

On March 24, Wyking Jones was fired. He finished with a 2-year record of 16–47 overall and 5–31 in the Pac-12.^[2] Former Georgia and Nevada head coach Fox was hired on March 29.^[3]

Off-season

Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Darius McNeill	1	G	6'3"	182	Sophomore	Houston, TX	Transferred to SMU
Justice Sueing	10	F	6'7"	215	Sophomore	Honolulu, HI	Transferred to Ohio State
Roman Davis	15	F	6'7"	210	RS Junior	Carson, CA	Transferred
Connor Vanover	23	F/C	7'3"	225	Freshman	Little Rock, AR	Transferred to Arkansas
James Zhao	35	G	6'3"	184	Freshman	Beijing, China	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Kareem South	10	G	6'2"	185	RS Senior	Toronto, ON	Transferred from Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. Will be eligible to play immediately since South graduated from Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.

2019 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Joel Brown PG	Toronto, ON	Brewster Academy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oct 2, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
D. J. Thorpe C	Austin, TX	Lake Travis High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sep 21, 2018
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:
Dimitris Klonaras SG	Thessaloniki, Greece	PAOK B.C.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals: N/A   247Sports:     ESPN: N/A
Lars Thiemann C	Leverkusen, Germany	Bayern Giants Leverkusen	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Kuany Kuany PF	Melbourne, Australia	Prolific Prep	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	May 9, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2019 California Commits". Rivals.com. "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2020 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Monty Bowser PF	Oakland, CA	Bishop O'Dowd High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Oct 9, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: N/A
Jalen Celestine SG	Brookville, NY	Long Island Lutheran High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Nov 5, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports: N/A    ESPN: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2020 California Commits". Rivals.com. "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2019–20 California Golden Bears men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Jacob Orender (W) 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 178 lb (81 kg) RS Sr Lafayette Jacksonville Beach, Florida G 1 Joel Brown 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Brewster Academy Brampton, Ontario G 2 Juhwan Harris-Dyson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Jr Heritage Christian Northridge, California G 3 Paris Austin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Boise State Oakland, California G 10 Kareem South 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Sr Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Toronto, Ontario F 12 Kuany Kuany 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 194 lb (88 kg) Fr Prolific Prep Melbourne, Australia F 13 Jules Erving (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Jr Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Atlanta, Georgia F 15 Grant Anticevich 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Jr Newington College Sydney, Australia G 20 Matt Bradley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Wasatch Academy San Bernardino, California F/C 21 Lars Thiemann 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Fr Bayer Giants U19 Krefeld, Germany F 22 Andre Kelly 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 255 lb (116 kg) So Lincoln HS Stockton, California G 23 David Serge (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Oaks Christian Newbury Park, California F 24 Jacobi Gordon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 216 lb (98 kg) So Aspire Academy Houston, Texas G 25 Logan Alters 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr NSU University School Miami, Florida F 33 D. J. Thorpe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Lake Travis HS Lake Travis, Texas G 34 Dimitrios Klonaras 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr P.A.O.K. BC Thessaloniki, Greece F 42 Blake Welle (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 213 lb (97 kg) So Aptos HS Santa Cruz, California	Head coach Mark Fox (Eastern New Mexico) Assistant coach(es) Andrew Francis (Villanova) Chris Harriman (Augusta State) Marty Wilson (Pepperdine) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2019* 7:00 pm		Saint Martin's	W 98–75		23 – South	7 – Kelly	7 – Austin	Haas Pavilion (1,278) Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N		Pepperdine	W 87–71	1–0	25 – Bradley	10 – Tied	3 – 3 Tied	Haas Pavilion (3,780) Berkeley, CA
November 12, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N		UNLV	W 79–75 ^OT	2–0	23 – Bradley	5 – Bradley	2 – 4 Tied	Haas Pavilion (3,423) Berkeley, CA
November 15, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N		California Baptist 2K Empire Classic campus-site game	W 82–62	3–0	23 – Anticevich	9 – Anticevich	4 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (4,115) Berkeley, CA
November 18, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N		Prairie View A&M 2K Empire Classic campus-site game	W 54–50	4–0	16 – Bradley	6 – Anticevich	3 – Brown	Haas Pavilion (2,242) Berkeley, CA
November 21, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 1 Duke 2K Empire Classic semifinal	L 52–87	4–1	8 – South	5 – Kelly	3 – Brown	Madison Square Garden (12,606) New York, NY
November 22, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 22 Texas 2K Empire Classic 3rd place game	L 45–62	4–2	22 – Bradley	9 – Anticevich	3 – Austin	Madison Square Garden (12,500) New York, NY
November 26, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N		UC Davis	W 72–66	5–2	19 – Bradley	11 – Anticevich	4 – South	Haas Pavilion (3,063) Berkeley, CA
December 4, 2019* 8:00 pm, CBSSN		at San Francisco	L 64–76	5–3	20 – South	6 – Austin	3 – Brown	The Sobrato Center (3,006) San Francisco, CA
December 7, 2019* 2:00 pm		at Santa Clara	L 52–71	5–4	14 – Bradley	4 – Tied	3 – South	Leavey Center (2,326) Santa Clara, CA
December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N		Fresno State	W 69–63	6–4	24 – Bradley	6 – Kelly	2 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (3,211) Berkeley, CA
December 14, 2019* 7:30 pm, P12N		Saint Mary's	L 77–89	6–5	26 – Kelly	4 – Tied	5 – Bradley	Haas Pavilion (5,734) Berkeley, CA
December 21, 2019* 2:30 pm, P12N		vs. Boston College Al Attles Classic	L 60–64	6–6	21 – Bradley	9 – Tied	3 – South	Chase Center (6,209) San Francisco, CA
December 29, 2019* 3:00 pm, P12N		Harvard	L 63–71	6–7	15 – Bradley	7 – Kelly	4 – Austin	Haas Pavilion (4,317) Berkeley, CA
Pac-12 regular season
January 2, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPN2		at Stanford	L 52–68	6–8 (0–1)	16 – Anticevich	10 – Anticevich	2 – Brown	Maples Pavilion (3,691) Stanford, CA
January 9, 2020 7:30 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 73–66	7–8 (1–1)	26 – Bradley	10 – Bradley	4 – Bradley	Haas Pavilion (3,953) Berkeley, CA
January 11, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N		Washington	W 61–58 ^OT	8–8 (2–1)	17 – Bradley	7 – Anticevich	3 – 3 tied	Haas Pavilion (4,660) Berkeley, CA
January 16, 2020 7:30 pm, P12N		at USC	L 56–88	8–9 (2–2)	13 – Bradley	5 – 3 tied	4 – Kelly	Galen Center (4,312) Los Angeles, CA
January 19, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPNU		at UCLA	L 40–50	8–10 (2–3)	17 – Bradley	9 – Thorpe	4 – Kelly	Pauley Pavilion (5,970) Los Angeles, CA
January 26, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPNU		Stanford	W 52–50	9–10 (3–3)	15 – Austin	8 – Anticevich	4 – Austin	Haas Pavilion (9,168) Berkeley, CA
January 30, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 11 Oregon	L 72–77	9–11 (3–4)	25 – Bradley	5 – Tied	3 – Tied	Haas Pavilion (6,117) Berkeley, CA
February 1, 2020 1:00 pm, P12N		Oregon State	W 69–67	10–11 (4–4)	23 – Bradley	11 – Anticevich	11 – Anticevich	Haas Pavilion (6,322) Berkeley, CA
February 6, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N		at No. 24 Colorado	L 65–71	10–12 (4–5)	17 – Bradley	7 – Kelly	3 – Tied	CU Events Center (6,656) Boulder, CO
February 8, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	L 45–60	10–13 (4–6)	13 – Bradley	8 – Kelly	4 – Austin	Jon M. Huntsman Center (10,766) Salt Lake City, UT
February 13, 2020 7:30 pm, FS1		Arizona	L 52–68	10–14 (4–7)	19 – Bradley	9 – Kelly	2 – 3 tied	Haas Pavilion (6,291) Berkeley, CA
February 16, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPNU		Arizona State	L 75–80	10–15 (4–8)	22 – Bradley	9 – Kelly	5 – Austin	Haas Pavilion (6,046) Berkeley, CA
February 19, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 66–57	11–15 (5–8)	19 – Austin	8 – Bradley	4 – Brown	Beasley Coliseum (2,860) Pullman, WA
February 22, 2020 3:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	L 52–87	11–16 (5–9)	14 – Bradley	6 – Anticevich	2 – Kuany	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,873) Seattle, WA
February 27, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 21 Colorado	W 78–62	12–16 (6–9)	26 – Bradley	6 – Bradley	4 – Anticevich	Haas Pavilion (5,134) Berkeley, CA
February 29, 2020 3:00 pm, P12N		Utah	W 86–79 ^OT	13–16 (7–9)	21 – Bradley	9 – Kelly	4 – Austin	Haas Pavilion (6,420) Berkeley, CA
March 5, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 13 Oregon	L 56–90	13–17 (7–10)	15 – Bradley	7 – Kelly	3 – Austin	Matthew Knight Arena (7,651) Eugene, OR
March 7, 2020 1:30 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	L 56–74	13–18 (7–11)	18 – Austin	10 – Kelly	5 – Austin	Gill Coliseum (4,545) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 tournament
March 11, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N	(10)	vs. (7) Stanford First round	W 63–51	14–18	18 – Tied	8 – Anticevich	3 – Austin	T-Mobile Arena (7,452) Paradise, NV
March 12, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N	(10)	vs. (2) UCLA Quarterfinals	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[5]					T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

1. "Men's College Basketball Preview: Who is the best in the Bay?". The Mercury News. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
2. Borzello, Jeff (March 24, 2019). "California fires coach Jones after 8-23 season". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
3. "Mark Fox Named Men's Basketball Coach" (Press release). California Golden Bears. March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
4. "2019–2020 Schedule". calbears.com. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
5. "2020 Pac-12 Tournament canceled Thursday amid coronavirus pandemic concerns".