2024–25 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2024–25
Team:Arkansas Razorbacks
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:0–0
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:1st
Ahc Year:1st
Ac3 Year:1st
Ac2 Year:2nd
Asst Coach4:Brad Calipari
Ac4 Year:1st
Stadium:Bud Walton Arena
(Capacity: 19,368)

The 2024–25 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team will represent the University of Arkansas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team will be led by first year head coach John Calipari, who accepted the job after he resigned from his position at Kentucky after 15 years.[1] Arkansas will play its home games at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

Previous season

Arkansas finished the season 16–17, 6–12 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. As the No. 12 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Vanderbilt before losing to South Carolina in the second round. This was Arkansas' first losing season since 2009-10.

Following the completion of the season, head coach Eric Musselman took the vacant USC Trojans job,[2] which Andy Enfield had left to become the head coach of the SMU Mustangs.

Offseason

Departures

Nearly all of Arkansas' 2023-24 roster either entered the transfer portal or graduated after the season was over and Musselman departed for USC. Trevon Brazile elected to return to the team after testing his NBA draft status.

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
4 G 6'4" 185 Senior Transferred to Oklahoma State
Layden Blocker 6 G 6'2" 175 Freshman Transferred to DePaul
Denijay Harris 7 F 6'7" 200 Senior Transferred to Southern Miss
Khalif Battle 0 G 6'5" 185 Senior Transferred to Gonzaga
Baye Fall 10 F 6'11" 200 Freshman Transferred to Kansas State
Tramon Mark 12 G 6'6" 185 Junior Transferred to Texas
Joseph Pinion 5 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Transferred to Arkansas State
Keyon Menifield 1 G 6'1" 150 Sophomore Entered transfer portal
El Ellis 3 G 6'3" 180 Grad Graduated
Chandler Lawson 8 F 6'8" 210 Grad Graduated
Jalen Graham 11 F 6'10" 220 Grad Graduated
Makhi Mitchell 15 F 6'10" 240 Grad Graduated
Jeremiah Davenport 24 G 6'6" 215 Grad Graduated

Incoming transfers

Arkansas signed the #1 ranked transfer class in the nation for 2024.

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
21 G 6'4" 190 Sophomore Transfer from Kentucky
3 F 6'8" 220 Junior Transfer from Kentucky
44 C 7'2" 235 Sophomore Transfer from Kentucky
1 G 6'4" 205 Senior Transfer from Florida Atlantic
0 F 6'11" 245 Senior Transfer from Tennessee
11 G 6'4" 185 Sophomore Transfer from Hawaii Pacific

Recruiting Class

2024 recruiting class

Arkansas signed six high school athletes for the 2024 class, three of whom signed in the late signing period in April 2024, while the other three signed over the summer. The three April signees had originally signed with Kentucky while John Calipari was still head coach there, but followed Calipari to Arkansas.

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Calipari steps down at Kentucky to become Arkansas head basketball coach . . April 10, 2024 .
  2. Web site: USC tabs Arkansas' Musselman to replace Enfield . April 4, 2024 .