The 2024–25 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team represented Rutgers University–New Brunswick during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights were led by ninth-year head coach Steve Pikiell and played their home games at Jersey Mike's Arena in Piscataway, New Jersey as members of the Big Ten Conference. Following the team's loss in the Big Ten Tournament, they announced that they would not play in any postseason tournament.

Previous season The Scarlet Knights finished the 2023–24 season 15–17, 7–13 in Big Ten play to finish a tie for 12th place. As the No. 13 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Maryland in the first round.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Derek Simpson 0 G 6'3" 165 Sophomore Mount Laurel, NJ Transferred to Saint Joseph's Noah Fernandes 2 G 5'11" 180 GS Senior Mattapoisett, MA Graduated Mawot Mag 3 F 6'7" 216 Senior Melbourne, Australia Transferred to BYU Aundre Hyatt 5 F 6'6" 235 Senior Bronx, NY Graduated Aiden Terry 7 G 5'10" 160 Senior Mount Washington, KY Walk-on; graduated Oskar Palmquist 9 F 6'8" 220 Senior Kinna, Sweden Graduated/signed to play professionally in Sweden with Borås Basket Gavin Griffiths 10 G 6'8" 193 Freshman Simsbury, CT Transferred to Nebraska Clifford Omoruyi 11 C 6'11" 240 Senior Benin City, Nigeria Transferred to Alabama Antwone Woolfolk 13 F 6'9" 225 Sophomore Cleveland, OH Transferred to Miami (OH) Jacob Morales 15 G 6'4" 205 Sophomore Montvale, NJ Walk-on; not on team roster Antonio Chol 21 F 6'9" 220 Sophomore Buffalo, NY Transferred to Buffalo Daniel Vessey 23 G 6'3" 190 Freshman Princeton, NJ Walk-on; transferred to Columbia Austin Williams 24 G 6'4" 205 GS Senior Roseland, NJ Graduated Zach Hayn 53 G 6'2" 195 GS Senior Brooklyn, NY Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college Jordan Derkack 0 G 6'5" 205 Junior Colonia, NJ Merrimack Tyson Acuff 5 G 6'4" 210 Senior Detroit, MI Eastern Michigan PJ Hayes 23 F 6'6" 215 GS Senior Waconia, MN San Diego Zach Martini 99 F 6'7" 235 GS Senior Warren, New Jersey Princeton

Recruiting classes 2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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