The 2024–25 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley, in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by Mark Madsen in his second season as head coach. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as first-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Golden Bears started the season with victories over in-state foes Cal State Bakersfield and Cal Poly before traveling to Nashville, Tennessee to face Vanderbilt; the Golden Bears lost 85–69. They returned to California to defeat rival USC 71–66. They hosted the Cal Classic, where they won all three games. They then made another trip to the eastern US, where they lost 98–93 to Missouri as part of the ACC–SEC Challenge. They lost their ACC opener 89–81 against rivals Stanford. These two losses were part of a stretch where the team went 1–6; their only victory was over Northwestern State. Other losses in the stretch included at twenty-third ranked San Diego State, and ACC losses against Pittsburgh and Clemson. The Golden Bears went 4–2 over their next six games, with losses to Virginia Tech and North Carolina. They defeated Miami in overtime, Virginia, NC State, and Florida State. The Golden Bears finished the season with a stretch of games where they went 2–9. Their only two wins were against NC State and Boston College. They lost to just two ranked teams over the stretch, third-ranked Duke and fourteenth-ranked Louisville. They also dropped games to rival Stanford, to Georgia Tech in overtime, and suffered a four-overtime loss to Notre Dame on the final day of the regular season.

The Golden Bears finished the season 14–19 and 6–14 in ACC play to finish in fifteenth place. As the fifteenth seed in the 2025 ACC tournament they defeated Virginia Tech in double-overtime in the first round. In the second round, they faced rival Stanford for a third time during the season. They lost 78–73 to lose to their rivals three total times during the season. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.

Previous season

The Golden Bears finished 13–19 overall and 9–11 in conference play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the seventh seed in the Pac-12 tournament, they lost in the first round to tenth-seed Stanford. They were not invited to a post-season tournament.

Off-season Departures Departures Fardaws Aimaq 0 F 6'11" 245 Vancouver, Canada Graduated Rodney Brown Jr. 1 G 6'6" 180 Perris, California Transferred to Virginia Tech Monty Bowser 2 F 6'7" 195 Oakland, California Transferred to Northern Arizona Keonte Kennedy 3 G 6'5" 190 Austin, Texas Graduated Grant Newell 14 F 6'9" 220 Chicago, Illinois Transferred to North Texas Jalen Cone 15 G 5'11" 175 Walkertown, North Carolina Graduated Jaylon Tyson 20 G 6'7" 215 Allen, Texas Drafted 20th overall in the 2024 NBA draft ND Okafor 22 F 6'9" 235 Dundalk, Ireland Transferred to Washington State Wrenn Robinson 30 G 6'2" 185 Oakland, California Entered transfer portal Jalen Celestine 32 G 6'7" 215 Ajax, Ontario Transferred to Baylor Devin Askew 55 G 6'3" 198 Sacramento, California Transferred to Long Beach State

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Joshua Ola-Joseph 1 F 6'7" 215 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Minnesota Andrej Stojaković 2 G 6'7" 205 Carmichael, California Stanford DeJuan Campbell 3 G 6'2" 205 Hampton, Virginia Western Carolina Spencer Mahoney 7 F 6'9" 230 New York, New York Washington State Jovan Blacksher Jr. 10 G 5'11" 165 Oakland, California Grand Canyon Mady Sissoko 12 C 6'9" 250 Bafoulabé, Mali Michigan State BJ Omot 20 F 6'8" 185 Mankato, Minnesota North Dakota Christian Tucker 22 G 6'3" 178 Chandler, Arizona UTSA Rytis Petraitis 31 F 6'7" 210 Arlington, Texas Air Force Lee Dort 34 F 6'10" 245 McKinney, Texas Vanderbilt

2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results Source:

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