2024–25 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2024–25 California Golden Bears men's basketball
2024–25 California Golden Bears men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Mark Madsen (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Adam Mazarei
Assistant coaches	Amorrow Morgan; Matt Scherbenske; Jarred Jackson; Ken Moses;
Home arena	Haas Pavilion ; (Capacity: 11,877)
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Boston College	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
California	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Clemson	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Duke	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Florida State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Georgia Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Louisville	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Miami (FL)	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
North Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
NC State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Notre Dame	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Pittsburgh	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
SMU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Stanford	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Syracuse	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Virginia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Virginia Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wake Forest	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2025 ACC tournament winner As of March 24, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 California Golden Bears men's basketball team will represent the University of California, Berkeley, in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They will be lead by head coach Mark Madsen, who will be in his second season as head coach. The Golden Bears will play their home games at Haas Pavilion first-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Golden Bears finished 13–19 overall and 9–11 in conference play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the seventh seed in the Pac-12 tournament they lost in the first round to tenth-seed Stanford. They were not invited to a post-season tournament.

Off-season

Departures

Departures
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School

2024 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	Height	Weight
		N/A	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: 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: "2024 California Commits". Rivals.com. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2023–24 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Fardaws Aimaq	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	GS	Steveston-London Secondary School Texas Tech	Vancouver, British Columbia
G	1	Rodney Brown Jr.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Rancho Christian School	Perris, CA
F	2	Monty Bowser	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Jr	Bishop O'Dowd High School	Oakland, CA
G	3	Keonte Kennedy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	GS	Westlake High School Memphis Xavier	Austin, TX
G	12	Jack McCloskey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Mater Dei High School	Santa Ana, CA
F	13	Devin Curtis	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Heritage Christian School	Northridge, CA
F	14	Grant Newell	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	IMG Academy (FL)	Chicago, IL
G	15	Jalen Cone	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	GS	Walkertown High School Northern Arizona Virginia Tech	Walkertown, NC
G	20	Jaylon Tyson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	John Paul II High School Texas Tech Texas	Plano, TX
F	22	ND Okafor	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	NBA Academy Latin America	Dundalk, Ireland
G	25	Mike Meadows	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	GS	Campbell Hall School Portland	Hollywood, CA
G	30	Wrenn Robinson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Jr	St. Ignatius College Preparatory City College of San Francisco	Oakland, CA
G	32	Jalen Celestine	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School	Ajax, Ontario
G	55	Devin Askew	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Jr	Mater Dei High School Texas	Sacramento, CA

Head coach

Mark Madsen (Stanford)

Assistant coach(es)

Adam Mazarei (Redlands)
Amorrow Morgan (Idaho State)
Matt Scherbenske (Kentucky)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 3, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
December 3* TBA	Missouri ACC–SEC Challenge	Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO
ACC tournament
	vs.	Spectrum Center Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

References

^ "2024–2025 Schedule". calbears.com. University of California. Retrieved August 3, 2024.

[1] "2024–2025 Schedule". calbears.com. University of California. Retrieved August 3, 2024.

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v t e California Golden Bears men's basketball
Venues	Original Harmon Gym (1907–1933) Oakland Civic Auditorium (alternate, 1914–1933) Oakland Coliseum-Arena (1997–1999) Haas Pavilion (1933–1997, 1999–present)
Culture & lore	The Bench Oski "Fight for California" "Big C"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Premo-Poretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championship in bolded italics