The 2024–25 New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lobos, led by fourth-year head coach Richard Pitino, played their home games at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico as members of the Mountain West Conference. The Lobos finished 27–8 with a 17–3 record in Mountain West play, finishing as Mountain West regular season champions. They defeated San Jose State in the first round of the Mountain West conference tournament before losing to Boise State in the semifinals.
New Mexico received an at-large bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where it was named the 10-seed in the South Regional. The Lobos upset 7-seed Marquette in the first round before losing to 2-seed Michigan State in the second round.
The New Mexico Lobos drew an average home attendance of 13,051, the highest of all basketball teams from New Mexico.https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div
Previous season The Lobos finished the 2023–24 season 26–10, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Mountain West tournament, they beat Air Force in the first round, Boise State in the quarterfinals, Colorado State in the semifinals, and San Diego State in the championship to clinch the NCAA tournament. As the No. 11 seed in the West Region, they lost to Clemson in the first round.
Offseason
Departures New Mexico departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jemarl Baker Jr. 0 G 6'5" 205 GS Senior Menifee, CA Graduated Jamal Mashburn Jr. 5 G 6'2" 195 Senior Miami, FL Transferred to Temple Jaelen House 10 G 6'0" 170 GS Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated Isaac Mushila 12 F 6'5" 210 GS Senior Lubumbashi, Congo Graduated JT Toppin 15 F 6'9" 210 Freshman Dallas, TX Transferred to Texas Tech Sebastian Forsling 21 C 7'0" 245 Junior Floda, Sweden Left the team; signed professional contract with the Norrköping Dolphins
Incoming transfers New Mexico incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school CJ Noland 0 G 6'4" 215 GS Senior Waxahachie, TX North Texas Atiki Ally Atiki 6 F 6'10" 220 Senior Mwanza, Tanzania BYU Ibrahima Sacko 7 F 6'6" 225 Sophomore Conakry, Guinea Georgia Tech Filip Borovićanin 8 F 6'9" 225 Junior Belgrade, Serbia Arizona
Recruiting classes
2024 recruiting class
2025 recruiting class There are no current recruits for 2025.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Source
Rankings
References