| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
| Next Year: | 2025–26 |
| Team: | UCF Knights |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Record: | 6–2 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Johnny Dawkins |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Asst Coach1: | Robbie Laing |
| Ac1 Year: | 9th |
| Asst Coach2: | Mamadou N'Diaye |
| Ac2 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach3: | Tyson Waterman |
| Ac3 Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach4: | Adam Hood |
| Ac4 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach5: | Carlos Dotson |
| Ac5 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | Addition Financial Arena |
The 2024–25 UCF Knights men's basketball team represents the University of Central Florida during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, marking their second season as members of the Big 12 Conference. The Knights, in the program's 56th season of basketball, are led by ninth-year head coach Johnny Dawkins and play their home games at the Addition Financial Arena.
The Knights finished the 2023–24 season 17–16, 7–11 in Big 12 Play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They defeated Oklahoma State in the First Round of the Big 12 Tournament before losing in the second round to BYU. The Knights received an at-large bid to the NIT, where they were defeated by South Florida in the first round.[1] [2]
Big 12 Preseason Poll
| Big 12 Coaches | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kansas | 215 (9) | ||
| 2. | Houston | 211 (5) | ||
| 3. | Iowa State | 194 (1) | ||
| 4. | Baylor | 185 | ||
| 5. | Arizona | 179 (1) | ||
| 6. | Cincinnati | 140 | ||
| 7. | Texas Tech | 135 | ||
| 8. | Kansas State | 133 | ||
| 9. | BYU | 116 | ||
| 10. | TCU | 90 | ||
| 11. | UCF | 83 | ||
| 12. | Arizona State | 64 | ||
| 13. | West Virginia | 62 | ||
| 14. | Oklahoma State | 46 | ||
| 15. | Colorado | 37 | ||
| 16. | Utah | 30 | ||
| Reference:[3] (#) first-place votes | ||||
Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team
| Player | School | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Love | Arizona | |||
| LJ Cryer | Houston | |||
| J’Wan Roberts | ||||
| Tamin Lipsey | Iowa State | |||
| Hunter Dickinson† | Kansas | |||
| † denotes unanimous selection Reference: | ||||
| Player | School | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norchad Omier | Baylor | |||
| Jeremy Roach | ||||
| Keshon Gilbert | Iowa State | |||
| Dajuan Harris Jr | Kansas | |||
| Coleman Hawkins | Kansas State | |||
| † denotes unanimous selection Reference: | ||||
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See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.