Draft:2024–25 UConn Huskies men's basketball team

2024–25 UConn Huskies men's basketball
2024–25 UConn Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big East)
Head coach	Dan Hurley (7th season);
Associate head coach	Kimani Young
Assistant coaches	Tom Moore; Luke Murray;
Home arena	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion; XL Center
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
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 are led by sixth-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 in Storrs, Connecticut and the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

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
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
Andre Johnson Jr.	40	G	6'4"	170	Sophomore	Bristol, CT	Transferred

Incoming transfers[edit]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Tarris Reed	33	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]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Liam McNeeley #30 SF	Richardson, TX	Montverde Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Apr 26, 2024
Liam McNeeley #30 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 93
Ahmad Nowell #10 PG	Philadelphia, PA	Imhotep Institute Charter High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jul 23, 2023
Ahmad Nowell #10 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 88
Isaiah Abraham #24 PF	Fairfax, VA	Paul VI High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jul 14, 2023
Isaiah Abraham #24 PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 88
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 10 247Sports: 11
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 UConn Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 3, 2024. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

Roster[edit]

2023–24 UConn Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Solomon Ball	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Brewster Academy	Leesburg, VA
F	3	Jaylin Stewart	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Garfield	Seattle, WA
G	5	Hassan Diarra	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Texas A&M	Queens, NY
G	5	Hassan Diarra	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Texas A&M	Queens, NY
F	11	Alex Karaban	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS So	IMG Academy	Southborough, MA
F	23	Jayden Ross	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Long Island Lutheran	Bristow, VA
C	24	Youssouf Singare	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Our Saviour Lutheran	Bamako, Mali
F	35	Samson Johnson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	The Patrick School	Lomé, Togo

Head coach

Dan Hurley (Seton Hall)

Assistant coach(es)

Kimani Young (UTEP)
Tom Moore (Boston University)
Luke Murray (Fairfield)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* TBA	Northern Arizona	TBA TBA
November 11, 2023* TBA	Stonehill	TBA TBA
Big East regular season

Big East tournament
March 13–16, 2024 TBA	vs. TBA	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[3]

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
	Week
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.

References[edit]

^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/04/most-dominant-ncaa-tournament-champions/
^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/04/most-dominant-ncaa-tournament-champions/
^ "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". uconnhuskies.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[1] ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/04/most-dominant-ncaa-tournament-champions/

[2] ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/04/most-dominant-ncaa-tournament-champions/

[3] "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". uconnhuskies.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

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v t e UConn Huskies men's basketball
Venues	Willis Nichols Hawley Armory (1914–1954) Hugh S. Greer Field House (1954–1989) XL Center (1975–present) New Haven Coliseum (1978–1987) Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990–present) Webster Bank Arena (2013–2014)
Rivalries	Georgetown Syracuse UMass
Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky "UConn Husky" 6-overtime game 2011 Miracle Run Blue blood status
People	Head coaches NBA players Huskies of Honor Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics