| Sport: | basketball |
| Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Ball State Cardinals |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 3–5 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Michael Lewis |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Assoc Coach: | Lou Gudino |
| Ahc Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach1: | Ben Botts |
| Ac1 Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach2: | Justin Brown |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach3: | Buzzy Caruthers |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | Worthen Arena |
The 2024–25 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team represents Ball State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by third-year head coach Michael Lewis, play their home games at Worthen Arena in Muncie, Indiana as members of the Mid-American Conference.
The Cardinals finished the 2023–24 season 15–16, 7–11 in MAC play, to finish in ninth place.[1] They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament, as only the top eight teams qualify.[2]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalin Anderson | 1 | G | 6'3" | 190 | Junior | Transferred to Incarnate Word | ||
| Micah Bell | 4 | G | 6'3" | 168 | RS Freshman | Transferred to South Plains College | ||
| Davion Bailey | 5 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Junior | Transferred to Incarnate Word | ||
| Basheer Jihad | 11 | F | 6'9" | 239 | Junior | Transferred to Arizona State | ||
| Trent Middleton Jr. | 13 | G | 6'3" | 177 | Freshman | Transferred to Delaware | ||
| Jack Futa | 14 | G | 6'5" | 189 | Sophomore | Transferred to Aquinas College | ||
| Quincy Adams | 15 | G | 6'5" | 172 | RS Freshman | Transferred to Western New Mexico | ||
| Joey Brown | 23 | G | 6'5" | 184 | Freshman | Transferred to Tyler Junior College |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jermahri Hill | 1 | G | 6'5" | 185 | Junior | South Plains College | ||
| Juanse Gorosito | 4 | G | 6'1" | 190 | Junior | Portland | ||
| Payton Sparks | 5 | C | 6'10" | 265 | Senior | Indiana | ||
| Joey Hart | 20 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Sophomore | Kentucky | ||
| Jeremiah Hernandez | 33 | G | 6'5" | 192 | Graduate student | Southern Indiana |
On October 22, 2024 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Ball State was picked to finish seventh in the MAC regular season.[3]
| style= | Predicted finish | style= | Team | style= | Votes (1st place) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 121 (11) | ||||
| 2 | 106 (1) | ||||
| 3 | 99 | ||||
| 4 | 95 | ||||
| 5 | 73 | ||||
| 6 | 72 | ||||
| 7 | Ball State | 67 | |||
| 8 | 55 | ||||
| 9 | 36 | ||||
| 10 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | 11 |
MAC Tournament Champions: Ohio (8), Kent State (3), Toledo (1)
Source[3]
| style= | Team | style= | Player | style= | Position | style= | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Payton Sparks | Center | Senior | ||||
|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| MAC regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| MAC tournamentSources:[4] [5]