The 2024–25 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, as members of the Southeastern Conference. The Longhorns were led by second-year head coach Rodney Terry. They finished the season 19–16, 6–12 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 13th place. As the No. 13 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Vanderbilt and Texas A&M before losing to Tennessee in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. There they lost to Xavier in the First Four.

On March 23, 2025, the school fired head coach Rodney Terry. The next day, the school named Xavier head coach Sean Miller the team's new coach.

The season marked the first season for Texas as members of the Southeastern Conference.

Previous season The Longhorns finished the 2023–24 season 21–13, 9–9 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they lost Kansas State in the second round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated Colorado State in the first round before losing to Tennessee in the round of 32.

The season marked the last for Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Offseason

Returning players Texas returners 2 G 6'3" 180 lbs Junior Mansfield, TX 12 F 6'6" 195 lbs Junior Highlands Ranch, CO 22 F 6'7" 180 lbs Sophomore Houston, TX 24 G 5'10" 165 lbs Sophomore Duncanville, TX 5 F 6'11" 231 lbs Graduate student Holly Springs, NC 20 F 6'6" 220 lbs Sophomore Austin, TX 21 F 6'8" 235 lbs Senior El Paso, TX

Departures Texas departures 30 F 6'6" 210 lbs Austin, TX Signed with Mons-Hainaut 1 F 6'9" 225 lbs Pflugerville, TX Signed with Toronto Raptors 9 G 6'5" 200 lbs Vauxhall, NJ Signed with Grand Rapids Gold 3 G 6'0" 175 lbs Rockwall, TX Signed with Utah Jazz 14 F 6'5" 200 lbs McKinney, TX Transferred to Lubbock Christian 0 G 6'5" 180 lbs Missouri City, TX Transferred to Stephen F. Austin 23 F 6'8" 205 lbs Tampa, FL Transferred to Cincinnati 13 G 6'1" 190 lbs Dallas, TX Transferred to Vermont 4 G 6'0" 175 lbs Junior Racine, WI Transferred to Memphis

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers Texas incoming transfers Arthur Kaluma 6 F 6'7" 225 lbs Senior Glendale, AZ Kansas State Jayson Kent 25 PF 6'8" 205 lbs Senior Oak Forest, IL Indiana State Jordan Pope 0 G 6'2" 165 lbs Junior Napa, CA Oregon State Julian Larry 1 G 6'3" 185 lbs Senior Frisco, TX Indiana State Malik Presley 13 G 6'6" 170 lbs Sophomore San Marcos, TX Vanderbilt Tramon Mark 12 G 6'6" 185 lbs Senior Dickinson, TX Arkansas

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

Preseason

Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Bob Cousy AwardJordan PopeGJuniorJerry West AwardTre JohnsonGFreshmanNaismith TrophyTre JohnsonGFreshmanJulius Erving AwardArthur KalumaFSenior

SEC media poll SEC media poll 1 Alabama 2 Auburn 3 Tennessee 4 Arkansas 5 Texas A&M 6 Florida 7 Texas 8 Kentucky 9 Ole Miss 10 Mississippi State 11 South Carolina 12 Georgia 13 Missouri 14 LSU 15 Oklahoma 16 Vanderbilt Source:

Preseason All-SEC teams Position Player Class Third TeamGTramon MarkGraduate Student

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Roster

Schedule and results

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Awards and honors

Weekly SEC honors SEC Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week Tre Johnson G November 11, 2024 SEC Men’s Basketball Co-Player of the Week Jordan Pope G December 23, 2024 SEC Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week Tre Johnson G January 27, 2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week Tre Johnson G February 3, 2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week Tre Johnson G February 17, 2025 SEC Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week Tre Johnson G March 3, 2025

Conference honorsAll-SEC Second Team Tre Johnson GAll-SEC Freshman Team Tre Johnson GSEC Freshman of the Year Tre Johnson G Source:https://www.secsports.com/news/2025/03/2025-sec-mens-basketball-awards-announced

Rankings

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