2024–25 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 0–0 (0–0 Big 12) |
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Home arena | Marriott Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of August 26, 2024 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2024–25 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars are led by first-year head coach Kevin Young and played their home games at Marriott Center in Provo, Utah as second-year members of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season
[edit]The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 23–11, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated UCF in the second round before losing to Texas Tech. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the East region. The Cougars lost in the first round to Duquesne.
On April 12, 2024, head coach Mark Pope left the school to take the head coaching position at Kentucky.[1]
The season marked the first for BYU as members of the Big 12, having left the West Coast conference to join the Big 12 on July 1, 2023.[2]
Offseason
[edit]Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Noah Waterman | 0 | F | 6'11" | 215 | Junior | Savannah, NY | Transferred to Louisville |
Jaxson Robinson | 2 | F | 6'7" | 200 | Junior | Ada, OK | Transferred to Kentucky |
Atiki Ally Atiki | 4 | F | 6'10" | 213 | Junior | Mwanza, Tanzania | Transferred to New Mexico |
Tredyn Christensen | 10 | F | 6'7" | 235 | Senior | Eagle Mountain, UT | Walk-on; graduated |
Spencer Johnson | 20 | G | 6'5" | 185 | ![]() |
American Fork, UT | Graduated |
Marcus Adams Jr. | 23 | F | 6'8" | 200 | Freshman | Harbor City, UT | Transferred to Cal State Northridge |
Tanner Hayhurst | 24 | G | 6'6" | 204 | ![]() |
Eagle, ID | Walk-on; transferred |
Aly Khalifa | 50 | F/C | 6'11" | 230 | ![]() |
Alexandria, Egypt | Transferred to Louisville |
Incoming transfers
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Keba Keita | C | 6'8" | 235 | Junior | Bamako, Mali | Utah | |
Mawot Mag | F | 6'7" | 216 | GS Senior | Melbourne, Australia | Rutgers | |
Max Triplett | F/C | 6'9" | 210 | Junior | Huntsville, UT | Snow College |
Recruiting classes
[edit]2024 recruiting class
[edit]Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Egor Demin SG |
Russia | Real Madrid | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | May 28, 2024 | |
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Kanon Catchings #9 SF |
Brownsburg, IN | Overtime Elite | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Jun 18, 2024 | |
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Brody Kozlowski #17 PF |
Draper, UT | Corner Canyon High School | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Apr 22, 2024 | |
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Elijah Crawford #18 PG |
Augusta, GA | Brewster Academy | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | May 21, 2024 | |
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Brooks Bahr #39 SG |
Keller, TX | Keller High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Nov 6, 2023 | |
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Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 30, 2024* TBA |
Colorado Christian | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 5, 2024* TBA |
Central Arkansas | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
November 8, 2024* TBA |
UC Riverside | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
November 13, 2024* TBA |
Queens (NC) | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
November 16, 2024* TBA |
Idaho | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
November 23, 2024* TBA |
Mississippi Valley State | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
November 28, 2024* TBA |
vs. NC State/Ole Miss/Purdue Rady Children's Invitational |
LionTree Arena San Diego, CA | |||||||||
November 29, 2024* TBA |
vs. NC State/Ole Miss/Purdue Rady Children's Invitational |
LionTree Arena San Diego, CA | |||||||||
December 3, 2024* TBA |
at Providence Big East–Big 12 Battle |
Amica Mutual Pavilion Providence, RI | |||||||||
December 11, 2024* TBA |
Fresno State | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
December 14, 2024* TBA |
vs. Wyoming | Delta Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
December 20, 2024* TBA |
Florida A&M | Marriott Center Provo, UT | |||||||||
Big 12 regular season | |||||||||||
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Big 12 tournament | |||||||||||
March 10–15, 2025 TBA |
vs. | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. |
Source[3]
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Kentucky hires Mark Pope: BYU coach, player on Wildcats' 1995-96 national title team succeeds John Calipari". CBSSports.com. 2024-04-12. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "BYU officially joins Big 12 Conference". ABC4 Utah. 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". byucougars.com. Retrieved July 20, 2024.