The 2024–25 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first year head coach John Calipari, who accepted the job after he resigned from his position at Kentucky after 15 years. Arkansas played its home games at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas as a member of the Southeastern Conference.

The Arkansas Razorbacks drew an average home attendance of 18,996, the 4th-highest of all college basketball teams.https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div

Previous season

Arkansas finished the season 16–17, 6–12 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. As the No. 12 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Vanderbilt before losing to South Carolina in the second round. This was Arkansas' first losing season since 2009–10.

Following the completion of the season, head coach Eric Musselman took the vacant USC Trojans job, which Andy Enfield had left to become the head coach of the SMU Mustangs. On April 10, former Kentucky coach John Calipari was hired to be Arkansas' head coach.

Offseason Departures Nearly all of Arkansas' 2023-24 roster either entered the transfer portal or graduated after the season was over and Musselman departed for USC. Trevon Brazile elected to return to the team after testing his NBA draft status. Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Davonte Davis 4 G 6'4" 185 Senior Jacksonville, AR Transferred to Oklahoma State Layden Blocker 6 G 6'2" 175 Freshman Little Rock, AR Transferred to DePaul Denijay Harris 7 F 6'7" 200 Senior Columbus, MS Transferred to Southern Miss Khalif Battle 0 G 6'5" 185 Senior Hillside, NJ Transferred to Gonzaga Baye Fall 10 F 6'11" 200 Freshman Dakar, Senegal Transferred to Kansas State Tramon Mark 12 G 6'6" 185 Junior Dickinson, TX Transferred to Texas Joseph Pinion 5 G 6'5" 195 Sophomore Morrilton, AR Transferred to Arkansas State Keyon Menifield 1 G 6'1" 150 Sophomore Flint, MI Quit basketball to be a rapper El Ellis 3 G 6'3" 180 Grad Durham, NC Graduated Chandler Lawson 8 F 6'8" 210 Grad Memphis, TN Graduated Jalen Graham 11 F 6'10" 220 Grad Phoenix, AZ Graduated Makhi Mitchell 15 F 6'10" 240 Grad Washington, DC Graduated Jeremiah Davenport 24 G 6'6" 215 Grad Cincinnati, OH Graduated

Incoming transfers Arkansas signed the #1 ranked transfer class in the nation for 2024. Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School 21 G 6'4" 190 Sophomore Camden, NJ Transfer from Kentucky 3 F 6'8" 220 Junior Pittsburgh, PA Transfer from Kentucky 44 C 7'2" 235 Sophomore Vodice, Croatia Transfer from Kentucky 1 G 6'4" 205 Senior Gary, IN Transfer from Florida Atlantic 0 F 6'11" 245 Senior Durham, NC Transfer from Tennessee 11 G 6'4" 185 Sophomore San Diego, CA Transfer from Hawaii Pacific

Recruiting class 2024 recruiting class Arkansas signed six high school athletes for the 2024 class, three of whom signed in the late signing period in April 2024, while the other three signed over the summer. The three April signees had originally signed with Kentucky while John Calipari was still head coach there, but followed Calipari to Arkansas.

2025 recruiting class Arkansas signed three high school players to its 2025 class, to include two McDonald's All-Americans (Acuff, Thomas) and the top player in the state of Arkansas (Sealy). Arkansas also signed a top international player (Rtail) who has played professionally in Europe. This class is ranked the #4 class in the country according to On3.com, ESPN, and 247Sports, and the #5 class by Rivals.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References