UConn men’s basketball goes into the 2019-2020 season as the 71st-best team in the country according to the KenPom efficiency rankings. The Huskies are fifth in the AAC behind Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, and Wichita State, in that order.
UConn ended last season ranked 98th after opening as no. 101 and getting as high as no. 73 after a win over East Carolina on February 3rd. Dan Hurley’s squad proceeded to lose the next six games on its way to a 15-16 regular season finish followed by a postseason that ended with a blowout loss to Houston in the second round of the AAC Tournament.