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.
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 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Previous season
editThe 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
editDepartures
editName | 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
editName | 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
edit2024 recruiting class
editName | 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: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 93 | ||||||
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: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 | ||||||
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: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 10 247Sports: 11 | ||||||
Sources:
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Roster
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Schedule and results
editDate 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 City, NY | |||||||||
Big East regular season | |||||||||||
December 18, 2024 TBD |
Xavier | TBD TBD | |||||||||
December 21, 2024 TBD |
at Butler | Hinkle Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN | |||||||||
January 1, 2025 TBD |
at DePaul | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | |||||||||
January 5, 2025 TBD |
Providence | TBD TBD | |||||||||
January 8, 2025 TBD |
at Villanova | Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 TBD |
at Georgetown Rivalry |
Capital One Arena Washington, D.C. | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 TBD |
Creighton | TBD TBD | |||||||||
January 21, 2025 TBD |
Butler | TBD TBD | |||||||||
January 25, 2025 TBD |
at Xavier | Cintas Center Cincinnati, OH | |||||||||
January 29, 2025 TBD |
DePaul | TBD TBD | |||||||||
February 1, 2025 TBD |
at Marquette | Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||
February 7, 2025 TBD |
St. John's | TBD TBD | |||||||||
February 11, 2025 TBD |
at Creighton | CHI Health Center Omaha Omaha, NE | |||||||||
February 15, 2025 TBD |
at Seton Hall | Prudential Center Newark, NJ | |||||||||
February 18, 2025 TBD |
Villanova | TBD TBD | |||||||||
February 23, 2025 TBD |
St. John's | TBD TBD | |||||||||
February 26, 2025 TBD |
Georgetown Rivalry |
TBD TBD | |||||||||
March 1, 2025 TBD |
at Providence | Amica Mutual Pavilion Providence, RI | |||||||||
March 4, 2025 TBD |
Marquette | TBD TBD | |||||||||
March 8, 2025 TBD |
Seton Hall | TBD TBD | |||||||||
Big East tournament | |||||||||||
March 13–16, 2024 TBA |
vs. TBA | Madison Square Garden New York City, NY | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Source[3]
Rankings
editWeek | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.