The 2024–25 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats, led by fourth-year head coach Wes Miller, played their home games at Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio as second-year members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Bearcats finished the season 22–15 and 7–11 in Big 12 play to finish in 11th place in the conference standings, thus earning the 11th seed in the 2024 Big 12 Tournament. They defeated West Virginia, and Kansas in the Big 12 tournament before losing to Baylor in the quarterfinals.

The Bearcats were invited to play in the NIT, where they defeated San Francisco and Bradley before falling to Indiana State in the quarterfinals.

Offseason Coaching staff changes Former assistant coach Josh Loeffler accepted the head coaching job at Loyola. South Carolina assistant Tim Buckley was hired as an assistant coach. Jake Thelen, previously director of player development/assistant coach, accepted the head coaching job at Covington Catholic High School. Former UC graduate assistant Jaylen Stowe, an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at High Point, was hired as an assistant coach.

Departures Due to COVID-19, the NCAA ruled in October 2020 that the 2020–21 season would not count against the eligibility of any basketball player, thus giving all players the option to return in 2022–23. Additionally, any players who hde declared for the 2024 NBA draft—including seniors, who must opt into this year's draft—had the option to return if they made a timely withdrawal from the draft and ended any pre-draft relationships with agents.

Cincinnati Departures John Newman III G/F 215 Greensboro, NC Completed college eligibility Landen Long G 185 Cincinnati, OH Completed college eligibility Ody Oguama F 230 Raleigh, NC Completed college eligibility Viktor Lakhin C 240 Anapa, Russia Graduated; transferred to Clemson Jamille Reynolds F 275 St. Petersburg, FL Transferred to South Florida Sage Tolentino C 240 Honolulu, HI Transferred to UNC Asheville

Incoming transfers Cincinnati incoming transfers Arrinten Page C 245 Atlanta, GA USC Three years Connor Hickman G 200 Bloomington, IN Bradley One year Dillon Mitchell F 205 Tampa, FL Texas Two years

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

2025 recruiting class

Preseason Big 12 Preseason Poll Big 12 CoachesPoints 1.Kansas215 (9) 2.Houston211 (5) 3.Iowa State194 (1) 4.Baylor185 5.Arizona179 (1) 6.Cincinnati140 7.Texas Tech135 8.Kansas State133 9.BYU116 10.TCU90 11.UCF83 12.Arizona State64 13.West Virginia62 14.Oklahoma State46 15.Colorado37 16.Utah30Reference: (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team First Team Player SchoolCaleb LoveArizonaLJ CryerHoustonJ’Wan RobertsTamin LipseyIowa StateHunter Dickinson†Kansas† denotes unanimous selectionReference: Second Team Player SchoolNorchad OmierBaylorJeremy RoachKeshon GilbertIowa StateDajuan Harris JrKansasColeman HawkinsKansas State† denotes unanimous selectionReference: Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Rankings

References