2024–25 BYU Cougars men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Next Year:2025–26
Team:BYU Cougars
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Record:0–0
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach2:Brandon Dunson
Asst Coach4:Tim Fanning

The 2024–25 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars are led by first-year head coach Kevin Young and played their home games at Marriott Center in Provo, Utah as second-year members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 23–11, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated UCF in the second round before losing to Texas Tech. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the East region. The Cougars lost in the first round to Duquesne.

On April 12, 2024, head coach Mark Pope left the school to take the head coaching position at Kentucky.[1]

The season marked the first for BYU as members of the Big 12, having left the West Coast conference to join the Big 12 on July 1, 2023.[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Noah Waterman 0 F 6'11" 215 Junior Transferred to Louisville
2 F 6'7" 200 Junior Transferred to Kentucky
4 F 6'10" 213 Junior Transferred to New Mexico
Tredyn Christensen 10 F 6'7" 235 Senior Walk-on; graduated
Spencer Johnson 20 G 6'5" 185 Senior Graduated
Marcus Adams Jr. 23 F 6'8" 200 Freshman Transferred to Cal State Northridge
Tanner Hayhurst 24 G 6'6" 204 Freshman Walk-on; transferred
Aly Khalifa 50 F/C 6'11" 230 Junior Transferred to Louisville

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Keba Keita C 6'8" 235 Junior Utah
Mawot Mag F 6'7" 216 GS Senior Rutgers
Max Triplett F/C 6'9" 210 Junior Snow College

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-04-12 . Kentucky hires Mark Pope: BYU coach, player on Wildcats' 1995-96 national title team succeeds John Calipari . 2024-04-15 . CBSSports.com . en.
  2. Web site: 2023-07-01 . BYU officially joins Big 12 Conference . 2024-04-15 . ABC4 Utah . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule. byucougars.com. July 20, 2024.