| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Prev Year: | 2023–24 |
| Next Year: | 2025–26 |
| Team: | Virginia Cavaliers |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 5–2 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Head Coach: | Ron Sanchez |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Assoc Coach: | Jason Williford |
| Ahc Year: | 16th |
| Asst Coach1: | Orlando Vandross |
| Ac1 Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach2: | Isaiah Wilkins |
| Ac2 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach3: | Brad Soderberg |
| Ac3 Year: | 11th |
| Arena: | John Paul Jones Arena |
The 2024–25 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represents the University of Virginia during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by interim head coach Ron Sanchez after former head coach Tony Bennett announced his retirement before the start of the season on October 17, 2024.[1] They will play their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
See main article: 2023–24 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team.
The 2023–24 Cavaliers finished the season 23–11 and 13–7 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye to the quarterfinals, where they defeated third seed Boston College in overtime before losing to eventual champion NC State in overtime in the semifinals. They earned a controversial at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were placed as a tenth seed in the First Four in the Midwest region. They lost their matchup with Colorado State 67–42 to end their season.
On October 18, 2024, longtime head coach Tony Bennett announced his surprise retirement.[2] Bennett posted a 364–136 record at UVA, guiding the Cavaliers to the 2019 NCAA Championship, two ACC Tournament titles, six ACC regular-season championships and 10 NCAA tournament appearances. Bennett was named ACC Coach of the Year in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.
Former Charlotte head coach and longtime assistant Ron Sanchez was named the interim head coach following Bennett's announcement.[3]
| 2 | G | 6'3" | 194 | Graduated | ||||
| 13 | G | 6'8" | 216 | Drafted 28th overall in the 2024 NBA draft[4] | ||||
| 22 | F | 6'8" | 242 | Graduated | ||||
| Tristan How | 24 | F | 6'7" | 210 | Graduated | |||
| Jake Groves | 34 | F | 6'9" | 211 | Graduated | |||
| Leon Bond III | 35 | G/F | 6'5" | 200 | Transferred to Northern Iowa[5] | |||
| Jalen Warley | 1 | G | 6'7" | 205 | Entered Transfer Portal before start of season[6] |
| Jalen Warley | 1 | G | 6'7" | 205 | Florida State[7] | |||
| Elijah Saunders | 2 | F | 6'8" | 225 | San Diego State[8] | |||
| Dai Dai Ames | 7 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Kansas State[9] | |||
| TJ Power | 23 | F | 6'9" | 221 | Duke[10] | |||
| Carter Lang | 35 | F | 6'9" | 235 | Vanderbilt[11] |
| Dean and Markel Families Head Coach | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Jason Williford | Associate head coach | 7 | 16 | |||
| Orlando Vandross | Assistant Coach | 7 | 10 | |||
| Assistant Coach | 1 | 4 | Virginia | |||
| Assistant Coach | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Larry Mangino | Director of player development | 4 | 9 | |||
| Chase Coleman | Graduate assistant | 1 | 1 | Virginia | ||
| Athlete Development Mentor and Special Assistant | 1 | 1 | Virginia | |||
| Mike Curtis | Strength and conditioning coach | 16 | 16 | Virginia | Richmond, VA | |
| Ethan Saliba | Head Athletic Trainer | 27 | 42 | |||
| Ronnie Wideman | Associate AD for Basketball Administration/Operations | 15 | 16 |
|-!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
|-!colspan=12 style=""| ACC tournament[12]
See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.