2024–25 UConn Huskies men's basketball team
2024–25 UConn Huskies men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big East Conference |
Record | 0–0 (0–0 Big East) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Kimani Young |
Assistant coaches | |
Home arena | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion XL Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UConn | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2024–25 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies will be led by seventh-year head coach Dan Hurley in the team's fifth season since their return to the Big East Conference. The Huskies play their home games at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on-campus in Storrs, Connecticut and the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The Huskies will be seeking to become the first team to win three straight national championships since UCLA won seven straight championships from 1966-67 to 1972-73.
Previous season
[edit]The Huskies finished the season 37–3, 18–2 in Big East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Xavier, St. John's, and Marquette to win the Big East tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They won the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, becoming the first back-to-back National Champions since Florida (who won the tournament in 2006 and 2007). They were the first team since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (therefore requiring six victories to win the championship), to win every game by at least 14 points. That broke their own record of winning every game by 13 points, set the previous year.[1] They set additional records in the NCAA tournament for largest combined margin of victory in all their games with 140 points; and by extension, the largest-average margin of victory of 23.3 points per game.[2]
Offseason
[edit]Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Tristen Newton | 2 | G | 6'5" | 195 | GS Senior | El Paso, TX | Graduated, Declared for 2024 NBA draft |
Stephon Castle | 5 | G | 6'6" | 215 | Freshman | Covington, GA | Declared for 2024 NBA draft |
Cam Spencer | 12 | G | 6'4" | 205 | GS Senior | Davidsonville, MD | Graduated, Declared for 2024 NBA draft |
Andrew Hurley | 20 | G | 6'1" | 170 | Senior | Glastonbury, CT | Graduated |
Donovan Clingan | 32 | C | 7'2" | 280 | Sophomore | Bristol, CT | Declared for 2024 NBA draft |
Apostolos Roumoglou | 33 | G | 6'8" | 215 | Sophomore | Xanthi, Greece | Transferred to Richmond |
Andre Johnson Jr. | 40 | G | 6'4" | 170 | Sophomore | Bristol, CT | Transferred to Utah Valley |
Incoming transfers
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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Tarris Reed | 5 | F | 6'10" | 265 | Junior | Branson, MO | Michigan |
Aidan Mahaney | 20 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Junior | Moraga, CA | St. Mary's |
Recruiting classes
[edit]2024 recruiting class
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Liam McNeeley #30 SF |
Richardson, TX | Montverde Academy | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Apr 26, 2024 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Ahmad Nowell #0 PG |
Philadelphia, PA | Imhotep Institute Charter High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Jul 23, 2023 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals:![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Isaiah Abraham #4 PF |
Leesburg, VA | Paul VI High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Jul 14, 2023 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals:![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 10 247Sports: 11 | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 14, 2024* TBA |
Rhode Island | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT | |||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2024* TBA |
Sacred Heart | TBA TBA | |||||||||
November 9, 2024* TBA |
New Hampshire | TBA TBA | |||||||||
November 13, 2024* TBA |
Le Moyne | TBA TBA | |||||||||
November 19, 2024* TBA |
Texas A&M-Commerce | TBA TBA | |||||||||
November 25, 2024* 2:30 p.m. |
vs. Memphis Maui Invitational |
Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | |||||||||
November 26, 2024* TBA |
vs. Colorado/Michigan State Maui Invitational |
Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | |||||||||
November 27, 2024* TBA |
vs. Auburn/Iowa State/Dayton/North Carolina Maui Invitational |
Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | |||||||||
November 30, 2024* TBA |
Maryland Eastern Shore | TBA TBA | |||||||||
December 4, 2024* TBA |
Baylor Big East–Big 12 Battle |
TBA TBA | |||||||||
December 8, 2024* TBA |
at Texas | Moody Center Austin, TX | |||||||||
December 14, 2024* TBA |
vs. Gonzaga | Madison Square Garden New York, New York, New York City, NY | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
AP | Not released | |||||||||||||||||||
Coaches |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.