2024–25 Central Arkansas Bears basketball team
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Conference | Atlantic Sun Conference |
Record | 3–9 (0–0 ASUN) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Brock Widders |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Farris Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Alabama | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lipscomb | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Florida | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Queens* | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 8 | .273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Gulf Coast | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 8 | .273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bellarmine | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 10 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Georgia* | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 11 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stetson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 10 | .091 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 ASUN tournament winner As of December 21, 2024 |
The 2024–25 Central Arkansas Bears basketball team represents the University of Central Arkansas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by first-year head coach John Shulman, play their home games at the Farris Center in Conway, Arkansas as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Previous season
[edit]The Bears finished the 2023–24 season 9–23, 5–11 in ASUN play to finish in 11th place.[1] They failed to qualify for the ASUN tournament, as only the top ten team qualify.[2]
On March 2, 2024, the school announced that they would be relieving head coach Anthony Boone of his duties, after four seasons at the helm.[3] On March 18, the school announced the hiring of former Alabama–Huntsville head coach John Shulman as the team's next head coach.[4]
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 5, 2024* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at BYU | L 50−88 | 0−1 |
Marriott Center (16,941) Provo, UT | |||||||
November 7, 2024* 9:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Utah | L 63−98 | 0−2 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (6,722) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
November 13, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Randall | W 108–49 | 1–2 |
Farris Center (1,585) Conway, AR | |||||||
November 16, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Western Illinois | L 61–63 | 1–3 |
Western Hall (753) Macomb, IL | |||||||
November 21, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Southeast Missouri State | L 73–77 OT | 1–4 |
Farris Center (1,311) Conway, AR | |||||||
November 24, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UNC Asheville | W 92–83 2OT | 2–4 |
Farris Center (655) Conway, AR | |||||||
November 30, 2024* 12:00 pm, ACCN/ESPN+ |
at Georgia Tech | L 68–87 | 2–5 |
McCamish Pavilion (3,414) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
December 4, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Little Rock I-40 Showdown |
L 57–63 | 2–6 |
Jack Stephens Center (1,247) Little Rock, AR | |||||||
December 7, 2024* 6:00 pm |
at Arkansas–Pine Bluff | L 78–84 | 2–7 |
H.O. Clemmons Arena (2,485) Pine Bluff, AR | |||||||
December 14, 2024* 3:00 pm, SECN+/ESPN+ |
vs. Arkansas | L 57–82 | 2–8 |
Simmons Bank Arena (15,535) North Little Rock, AR | |||||||
December 16, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
The Citadel SoCon/ASUN Challenge |
W 73–71 | 3–8 |
Farris Center (583) Conway, AR | |||||||
December 22, 2024* 12:00 pm, SECN+/ESPN+ |
at No. 14 Oklahoma | L 66–89 | 3–9 |
Lloyd Noble Center (6,244) Norman, OK | |||||||
December 29, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Southwestern Christian | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
ASUN regular season | |||||||||||
January 2, 2025 7:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Eastern Kentucky | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
January 4, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Bellarmine | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
January 9, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Stetson | Insight Credit Union Arena DeLand, FL | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Florida Gulf Coast | Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL | |||||||||
January 16, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at North Florida | UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Jacksonville | Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL | |||||||||
January 23, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Austin Peay | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
January 25, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Lipscomb | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
January 29, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
West Georgia | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
February 1, 2025 7:45 pm, ESPN+ |
at North Alabama | CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL | |||||||||
February 5, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Queens | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
February 8, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Austin Peay | F&M Bank Arena Clarksville, TN | |||||||||
February 13, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Jacksonville | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
February 15, 2025 3:30 pm, ESPN+ |
North Florida | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
February 18, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Queens | Curry Arena Charlotte, NC | |||||||||
February 20, 2025 6:45 pm, ESPN+ |
at West Georgia | The Coliseum Carrollton, GA | |||||||||
February 24, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
North Alabama | Farris Center Conway, AR | |||||||||
February 26, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Lipscomb | Allen Arena Nashville, TN | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "ASUN Basketball Tournament 2024 bracket, schedule, TV info". The Tennessean. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "Boone out as Head Basketball Coach at Central Arkansas". HoopDirt. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "University of Central Arkansas names new men's head Bears basketball coach". KARK. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Central Arkansas Athletics. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ "Central Arkansas Bears 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 18, 2024.