| Sport: | basketball |
| Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | UIC Flames |
| Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Short Conf: | MVC |
| Record: | 4–3 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Rob Ehsan |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Assoc Coach: | Kevin Devitt |
| Ahc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Johnny Hill |
| Ac1 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach2: | David Berkun |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach3: | Ryan Davis |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach4: | Jaime Smith |
| Ac4 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | Credit Union 1 Arena |
The 2024–25 UIC Flames men's basketball team represents the University of Illinois Chicago during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by first-year head coach Rob Ehsan, play their home games at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Flames finished the 2023–24 season 12–21, 4–16 in MVC play to finish in eleventh place.[1] They defeated Southern Illinois,[2] before losing to Bradley in the quarterfinals of the MVC tournament.[3]
On March 10, 2024, the school announced the firing of head coach Luke Yaklich, ending his four-year tenure at the helm.[4] On April 1, the school announced that Stanford assistant Rob Ehsan would be named Yaklich's successor.[5]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew King | 0 | G | 6'3" | 189 | Sophomore | Transferred to Elon | ||
| Isaiah Rivera | 1 | G | 6'5" | 210 | Senior | Transferred to DePaul | ||
| Steven Clay | 2 | G | 6'4" | 185 | Sophomore | Transferred to Morehead State | ||
| CJ Jones | 3 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Sophomore | Transferred to Kansas State | ||
| Toby Okani | 5 | G | 6'8" | 210 | Senior | Transferred to West Virginia | ||
| Ethyn Brown | 10 | G | 5'11" | 185 | Sophomore | Transferred to Quincy | ||
| Nathan Ojukwu | 13 | F | 6'6" | 215 | Freshman | Transferred to Northwest Florida State | ||
| Marquise Kennedy | 14 | G | 6'1" | 190 | Graduate student | Exhausted eligibility | ||
| Griffin Yaklich | 15 | G | 6'6" | 210 | Senior | Transferred to Roosevelt | ||
| Yusef Salih | 23 | G | 6'2" | 192 | Junior | Transferred to East Texas A&M | ||
| Jaden Brownell | 33 | F | 6'9" | 230 | RS Sophomore | Transferred to Samford | ||
| Cameron Fens | 54 | C | 6'10" | 255 | Sophomore | Transferred to South Dakota |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Henderson II | 0 | G | 5'9" | 155 | Sophomore | Niagara | ||
| Jordan Mason | 2 | G | 6'4" | 175 | Junior | Texas State | ||
| Modestas Kancleris | 5 | F | 6'9" | 205 | RS Senior | Cal State Bakersfield | ||
| Tyem Freeman | 8 | G | 6'5" | 205 | Graduate student | Kent State | ||
| Koby Jeffries | 9 | G | 6'3" | 195 | RS Senior | UT Martin | ||
| Saša Ciani | 21 | F | 6'9" | 240 | Sophomore | Xavier | ||
| Javon Jackson | 22 | G | 6'3" | 190 | Junior | Utah State | ||
| Joshua Reaves | 23 | G | 6'4" | 205 | Graduate student | Mount St. Mary's |
|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=|MVC tournamentSources:[6] [7]