Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2024–25 |
Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
Next Year: | 2025–26 |
Team: | Houston Christian Huskies |
Conference: | Southland Conference |
Short Conf: | Southland |
Record: | 2–6 |
Conf Record: | 0–0 |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Evan Lavery |
Asst Coach2: | Cam Clark |
Asst Coach3: | Terry Johnson |
Asst Coach4: | Adam Cytlak |
Asst Coach5: | Nick Hilton |
The 2024–25 Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team represents Houston Christian University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by 1st-year head coach Craig Doty, play their home games at Sharp Gymnasium in Houston, Texas as members of the Southland Conference.
The Huskies finished the 2023–24 season 6–23, 4–14 in Southland play to finish in a tie for eighth place.[1] They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament, as only the top eight teams qualify, losing out on the tiebreaker.[2]
On March 7, 2024, the school announced that they fired head coach Ron Cottrell, after leading the team for 33 years.[3] On March 15, the school announced that they would be hiring Emporia State head coach Craig Doty as the team's new head coach.[4]
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 16, 2024. Receiving 143 votes overall, the Huskies were picked to finish twelfth in the conference.[5] [6]
1 | McNeese | 242 (21) | |
2 | Stephen F. Austin | 208 | |
3 | Nicholls | 205 (3) | |
4 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 191 | |
5 | Lamar | 143 | |
6 | Southeastern | 121 | |
7 | Incarnate Word | 117 | |
8 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 112 | |
9 | Northwestern State | 90 | |
10 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 54 | |
10 | New Orleans | 54 | |
12 | Houston Christian | 48 |
No Huskies were selected as members of a preseason all-conference team.[5]
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