| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
| Next Year: | 2025–26 |
| Team: | Incarnate Word Cardinals |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 4–3 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Shane Heirman |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach1: | Ben Lang |
| Ac1 Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach2: | David Marek |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach3: | Barron Thelmon |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | McDermott Center (Capacity: 2,000) |
The 2024–25 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represents the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals are led by second-year head coach Shane Heirman and play their home games at the McDermott Center in San Antonio, Texas as members of the Southland Conference.
The Cardinals finished the 2023–24 season 8–23, 3–15 in Southland play to finish in last place.[1] They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament, as only the top eight teams qualify.[2]
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 16, 2024. Receiving 117 votes overall, the Cardinals were picked to finish seventh in the conference.[3] [4]
| 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 |
Jalin Anderson was selected as a second–team member of a preseason all–conference team.[3]
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