Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2024–25 |
Prev Year: | 2023-24 |
Next Year: | 2025-26 |
Team: | Milwaukee Panthers |
Conference: | Horizon League |
Short Conf: | Horizon |
Record: | 5–4 |
Conf Record: | 0–0 |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Asst Coach1: | Jake Williams |
Asst Coach2: | Ben Walker |
Asst Coach3: | Jose Winston |
The 2024–25 Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball team represents the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by third-year head coach Bart Lundy, play their home games at the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and select games at the on-campus Klotsche Center as members of the Horizon League.
The Panthers finished the 2023–24 season in sixth place in the Horizon League with a record of 20–15, including 12–8 in conference play. They defeated eleventh-seeded Detroit Mercy Titans at the Klotsche Center in the first round of the Horizon League tournament, then going on to upset third-seeded Green Bay in the quarterfinals, earning their second-straight trip to the conference semifinals in Indianapolis. The Panthers upset fifth-seeded Northern Kentucky in the semifinals to earn their first championship game appearance since 2017. In the finals, Milwaukee was defeated by top seed Oakland, 83–76.
Name | No. | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Markeith Browning II | 1 | G | 6'4" | 196 | RS Junior | Ypsilanti, MI | Transferred to Lindenwood | |
B.J. Freeman | 10 | F | 6'6" | 200 | Junior | Selma, NC | Transferred to Arizona State | |
Dominic Ham | 27 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Senior | Atlanta, GA | Graduated | |
Zach Howell | 3 | G | 6'5" | 200 | Sophomore | Springfield, MO | Transferred to Drury | |
Elijah Jamison | 2 | G | 6'3" | 196 | Sophomore | Louisburg, NC | Transferred to UNC Wilmington | |
Makuei Riek | 17 | G | 6'6" | 170 | Freshman | Rochester, MN | Transferred to Fairfield | |
Pierce Spencer | 0 | G | 6'3" | 175 | RS Junior | Porter, TX | Graduated | |
Angelo Stuart | 5 | G | 6'1" | 175 | RS Senior | Queens, NY | Graduated | |
Langston Wilson | 13 | G | 6'9" | 215 | Graduate Student | Upper Darby, PA | Exhausted eligibility |
Name | No. | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
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Themus Fulks | 1 | G | 6'1" | 175 | RS Senior | Winston-Salem, NC | Louisiana | |
Danilo Jovanovich | 24 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Junior | Milwaukee, WI | Louisville | |
John Lovelace Jr. | 00 | G | 6'7" | 205 | Junior | Milwaukee, WI | Youngstown State | |
A.J. McKee | 5 | G | 6'2" | 200 | RS Senior | Charlotte, NC | Queens (NC) | |
Jamichael Stillwell | 3 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Junior | Atlanta, GA | Miami Dade College |
The Panthers were picked to finish in first place in the Horizon League preseason coaches poll, tied with Purdue Fort Wayne, receiving a total of 421 points and 15 first-place votes. Guards AJ McKee and Erik Pratt were selected to the Preseason All-League Second-Team.[1]
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