| Sport: | basketball |
| Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Kent State Golden Flashes |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 6–2 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Rob Senderoff |
| Hc Year: | 14th |
| Asst Coach1: | Randal Holt |
| Ac1 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach2: | Jon Fleming |
| Ac2 Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach3: | Jalen Avery |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach4: | Luke Trondson |
| Ac4 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach5: | Tommy Luce |
| Ac5 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | MAC Center |
The 2024–25 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represents Kent State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by 14th-year head coach Rob Senderoff, play their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, in Kent, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference.
The Golden Flashes finished the 2023–24 season 17–17, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in eighth place.[1] They upset top-seeded Toledo[2] and Bowling Green,[3] before falling to Akron in the MAC tournament championship game.[4]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Rollins | 0 | G | 6'7" | 199 | RS Sophomore | Transferred to Western Illinois | ||
| Reggie Bass | 2 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Sophomore | Transferred to Lindenwood | ||
| Chris Payton Jr. | 4 | F | 6'7" | 226 | Graduate student | Exhausted eligibility | ||
| Giovanni Santiago | 11 | G | 6'1" | 170 | RS Senior | Exhausted eligibility | ||
| Tyem Freeman | 22 | G | 6'5" | 206 | Graduate student | Transferred to UIC | ||
| LA Hayes | 24 | G | 6'5" | 181 | Freshman | Transferred to Frank Phillips College | ||
| Jake Snyder | 31 | G | 6'1" | 175 | Graduate student | Exhausted eligibility |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquis Barnett | 2 | G | 6'4" | 195 | Senior | Presbyterian | ||
| Jamal Sumlin | 4 | G | 6'3" | 180 | RS Sophomore | Northwest Florida State College | ||
| Morgan Safford | 8 | G | 6'5" | 210 | Graduate student | Miami (OH) | ||
| Cian Medley | 11 | G | 5'11" | 165 | Sophomore | Saint Louis | ||
| Anthony Morales | 22 | F | 6'8" | 195 | Graduate student | Boston University |
On October 22, 2024 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Kent State was picked to finish third in the MAC regular season. Kent State received 3 votes to win the MAC Tournament.[5]
| style= | Predicted finish | style= | Team | style= | Votes (1st place) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 121 (11) | ||||
| 2 | 106 (1) | ||||
| 3 | Kent State | 99 | |||
| 4 | 95 | ||||
| 5 | 73 | ||||
| 6 | 72 | ||||
| 7 | 67 | ||||
| 8 | 55 | ||||
| 9 | 36 | ||||
| 10 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | 11 |
MAC Tournament Champions: Ohio (8), Kent State (3), Toledo (1)
Source[5]
| style= | Team | style= | Player | style= | Position | style= | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | VonCameron Davis | F | R-Sr. | ||||
| 2nd | Jalen Sullinger | G | Sr. | ||||
|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| MAC regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| MAC tournamentSources:[6] [7]