2019–20 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Eastern Illinois Panthers men's basketball team represented Eastern Illinois University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by eighth-year head coach Jay Spoonhour, played their home games at Lantz Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 17–15, 9–9 in OVC play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Jacksonville State in the first round of the OVC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Austin Peay.

Previous season
The Panthers finished the 2018–19 season 14–18, 7–11 in OVC play, to finish in sixth place. They lost to UT Martin in the first round of the OVC tournament.

Preseason
In a vote of conference coaches and sports information directors, Eastern Illinois was picked to finish in 7th place in the OVC.

Preseason All-OVC team
The Panthers had one player selected to the preseason all-OVC team.


 * Josiah Wallace – Guard

Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Ohio Valley regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Ohio Valley Conference tournament



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