| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Washington State Cougars |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | WCC |
| Record: | 0–0 |
| Conf Record: | 0–0 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Donald Brady |
| Asst Coach2: | Jerry Brown |
| Asst Coach3: | Blake Fernandez |
| Asst Coach4: | Derrick Wrobel |
| Asst Coach5: | George Galanopoulos |
The 2024–25 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team are led by head coach David Riley in his 1st season. The Cougars played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington, as first year associate members in the West Coast Conference.
The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 25–10, 14–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They defeated Stanford in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to Colorado in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the East region. There they beat Drake in the first round before losing to Iowa State in the second round.
The season marked the final season of the Pac-12 conference as the conference dissolved after the majority of Pac-12 schools left the conference to join other conferences. They will play in the West Coast Conference as an affiliate member for the next two years.
On February 19, 2024, the Cougars returned to the AP Poll for the first time since the 2007–08 season.[1]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | F | 6'8" | 205 | Junior | Declared for 2024 NBA draft; selected 39th overall by Memphis Grizzlies | |||
| Myles Rice | 2 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Freshman | Transferred to Indiana | ||
| Jabe Mullins | 3 | G | 6'6" | 200 | Senior | Transferred to Montana State | ||
| Shae Korpela | 4 | G | 6'7" | 195 | Freshman | Walk-on; not on team roster | ||
| Ben Olesen | 5 | G | 6'0" | 160 | Senior | Walk-on; graduated | ||
| Joseph Yesufu | 11 | G | 6'0" | 185 | Senior | Transferred to West Virginia | ||
| 13 | C | 6'9" | 245 | Senior | Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Sacramento Kings | |||
| Braden Korpela | 14 | G | 6'7" | 170 | Freshman | Walk-on; not on team roster | ||
| AJ Rohosy | 15 | F | 6'9" | 215 | Sophomore | Walk-on; transferred | ||
| 20 | C | 6'11" | 245 | Freshman | Transferred to Florida | |||
| Dylan Darling | 22 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Sophomore | Transferred to Idaho | ||
| 23 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Senior | Transferred to Colorado | |||
| Kymany Houinsou | 31 | G | 6'6" | 205 | Sophomore | Transferred to Loyola Chicago | ||
| AJ LaBeau | 34 | F | 6'10" | 230 | Freshman | Walk-on; transferred to Cornell | ||
| Oscar Cluff | 45 | F | 6'11" | 255 | Junior | Transferred to South Dakota State |
| Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Coward | 0 | F | 6'6" | 206 | Senior | Eastern Washington | ||
| Ethan Price | 3 | F | 6'10" | 230 | Senior | Eastern Washington | ||
| LeJuan Watts | 4 | F | 6'6" | 233 | Sophomore | Eastern Washington | ||
| Nate Calmese | 8 | G | 6'2" | 164 | Junior | Washington | ||
| Rihards Vavers | 15 | F | 6'7" | 195 | Sophomore | Quinnipiac | ||
| ND Okafor | 22 | F | 6'9" | 235 | Junior | California | ||
| Dane Erikstrup | 32 | F | 6'11" | 226 | Senior | Eastern Washington |
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