The 2024–25 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third-year head coach Chris Jans, played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum located near Starkville, Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2023–24 season 21–14, 8–10 in SEC play to finish in 9th place. They defeated LSU in the second round, and Tennessee in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament before losing to Auburn in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the 8th seed in the west, where they lost in the first round to Michigan State.
Offseason
Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure D.J. Jeffries 0 F 6'7" 215 Graduate student Olive Branch, Mississippi Exhausted eligibility Tolu Smith III 1 F 6'11" 245 Graduate student Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Graduated; joined the Motor City Cruise Shakeel Moore 3 G 6'1" 190 Senior Greensboro, North Carolina Transferred to Kansas Dashawn Davis 10 G 6'2" 190 Graduate student Bronx, New York Exhausted eligibility Trey Fort 11 G 6'4" 200 Junior Jackson, Mississippi Transferred to Samford Jimmy Bell Jr. 15 F 6'10" 280 Graduate student Saginaw, Michigan Exhausted eligibility Jaquan Scott 22 F 6'8" 230 Junior Dallas, Texas Transferred to UTSA Isaac Stansbury 25 G 6'1" 170 Graduate student Bowling Green, Kentucky Exhausted eligibility
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Claudell Harris Jr. 0 G 6'4" 200 Senior Hahnville, Louisiana Boston College Kanye Clary 1 G 5'11" 190 Junior Virginia Beach, Virginia Penn State Riley Kugel 2 G 6'5" 210 Junior Orlando, Florida Florida Jeremy Foumena 7 C 6'11" 250 RS Sophomore Montreal, Quebec Rhode Island RJ Meléndez 22 F 6'7" 210 Senior Arecibo, Puerto Rico Georgia Michael Nwoko 23 C 6'10" 245 Sophomore Toronto, Ontario Miami (FL)
Recruiting class
Preseason On October 14, 2024 the SEC released their preseason media poll. Mississippi State was picked to finish tenth in the SEC regular season. Sophomore guard Josh Hubbard was named to the Second Team All-SEC.
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
Roster
Schedule and results
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Source
Rankings
References