| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
| Next Year: | 2025–26 |
| Team: | McNeese Cowboys |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 4–4 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach1: | Brandon Chambers |
| Asst Coach3: | Shawn Forrest |
The 2024–25 McNeese Cowboys basketball team represents McNeese State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cowboys, led by second-year head coach Will Wade, play their home games on-campus at The Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as members of the Southland Conference.
The Cowboys finished the 2023–24 season 30–4, 17–1 in Southland play to finish as Southland regular season champions.[1] They defeated Lamar[2] and Nicholls to win the Southland tournament title, earning their first trip to the NCAA tournament since 2002.[3] In the NCAA tournament, they received the #12 seed in the Midwest Region,[4] where they would fall to Gonzaga in the First Round.[5]
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 16, 2024. Receiving 143 votes overall and 21 first place votes, the Cowboys were picked to finish first in the conference.[6] [7]
| 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 |
Christian Shumate, Quadir Copeland, and Joe Charles were selected as first team members of a preseason all-conference team. Javohn Garcia and Brandon Murray were selected as second team members.[6]
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