| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Utah Utes |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Conference Link: | Big 12 Conference men's basketball |
| Short Conf: | Big 12 |
| Record: | 6–1 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Craig Smith |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Josh Eilert |
| Asst Coach2: | David Evans |
| Asst Coach3: | Lo Leath |
| Stadium: | Jon M. Huntsman Center (Capacity: 15,000) |
The 2024–25 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represents the University of Utah during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by fourth-year head coach Craig Smith, and play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is the Utes' first season in the Big 12 Conference.[1]
The Utes finished the 2023–24 season 22–15, 9–11 in Pac-12 play, to finish in a tie for 6th place. In the 2024 Pac-12 men's tournament, Utah won their first-round game against Arizona State before falling to Colorado in the quarterfinals.[2] The team played in the 2024 National Invitation Tournament, being the only Pac-12 team to accept one of two automatic bids for teams in the conference.[3] This marked the program's first appearance in a postseason tournament since the 2018 NIT six years prior. Utah advanced to the semi-finals before being eliminated by the Indiana State Sycamores.[4]
| Name | Num. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Carlson | 1 | F | 6'9" | 223 lbs | Senior | Woodbury, MN | Pursuing pro career (signed by QTSA United)[5] [6] | |
| Cole Bajema | 2 | G | 6'7" | 188 lbs | GS | Lynden, WA | Graduated | |
| Deivon Smith | 5 | G | 6'0" | 173 lbs | Senior | Decatur, GA | Transferred to St. John's[7] | |
| Wilguens Jr. Exacte | 11 | G | 6'6" | 236 lbs | Sophomore | Montreal, Canada | Transferred to Bowling Green[8] | |
| Keba Keita | 13 | C | 6'8" | 231 lbs | Sophomore | Bamako, Mali | Transferred to BYU[9] | |
| Luka Tarlac | 21 | G | 6'7" | 220 lbs | Sophomore | Belgrade, Serbia | Transferred to Cal Poly[10] | |
| Rollie Worster | 25 | G | 6'4" | 204 lbs | Senior | Missoula, MT | Transferred to Nebraska[11] | |
| Branden Carlson | 35 | C | 7'0" | 220 lbs | GS | South Jordan, UT | Graduated (signed by the Toronto Raptors)[12] |
| Name | Num. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miro Little | 1 | G | 6'3" | 194 lbs | Sophomore | Tampere, Finland | Baylor[13] | |
| Ezra Ausar | 2 | F | 6'8" | 242 lbs | Junior | Atlanta, GA | East Carolina[14] | |
| Brady Smith | 6 | G | 6'1" | 173 lbs | Sophomore | Logan, UT | Salt Lake CC | |
| Keanu Dawes | 8 | F | 6'9" | 218 lbs | Forward | Houston, TX | Rice[15] | |
| Caleb Lohner | 11 | F | 6'8" | 235 lbs | GS | Flower Mound, TX | BYU, Baylor[16] | |
| Mike Sharavjamts | 25 | G | 6'9" | 190 lbs | Junior | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Dayton, San Francisco[17] | |
| Zach Keller | 32 | F | 6'10" | 234 lbs | Junior | Highlands Ranch, CO | Wake Forest[18] | |
| Mason Madsen | 45 | G | 6'4" | 193 lbs | GS | Rochester, MN | Cincinnati, Boston College[19] |
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:[20] (#) 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.