The 2024–25 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by first-year head coach David Riley, played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum in Pullman, Washington as first-year associate members in the West Coast Conference.

Previous season The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 25–10, 14–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They defeated Stanford in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing to Colorado in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the East region. There, they beat Drake in the first round before losing to Iowa State in the second round.

This was the final season of the Pac-12 conference, as it dissolved after the majority of Pac-12 schools left the conference to join other conferences. The Cougars would play in the West Coast Conference as an affiliate member for the next two years.

On February 19, 2024, the Cougars returned to the AP Poll for the first time since the 2007–08 season.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jaylen Wells 0 F 6'8" 205 Junior Sacramento, CA Declared for 2024 NBA draft; selected 39th overall by Memphis Grizzlies Myles Rice 2 G 6'3" 180 Freshman Columbia, SC Transferred to Indiana Jabe Mullins 3 G 6'6" 200 Senior Snoqualmie, WA Transferred to Montana State Shae Korpela 4 G 6'7" 195 Freshman Aspen, CO Walk-on; not on team roster Ben Olesen 5 G 6'0" 160 Senior Mill Creek, WA Walk-on; graduated Joseph Yesufu 11 G 6'0" 185 Senior Bolingbrook, IL Transferred to West Virginia Isaac Jones 13 C 6'9" 245 Senior Spanaway, WA Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Sacramento Kings Braden Korpela 14 G 6'7" 170 Freshman Aspen, CO Walk-on; not on team roster AJ Rohosy 15 F 6'9" 215 Sophomore San Anselmo, CA Walk-on; transferred Rueben Chinyelu 20 C 6'11" 245 Freshman Enugu Agidi, Nigeria Transferred to Florida Dylan Darling 22 G 6'2" 180 Sophomore Spokane, WA Transferred to Idaho State Andrej Jakimovski 23 F 6'8" 220 Senior Skopje, Macedonia Transferred to Colorado Kymany Houinsou 31 G 6'6" 205 Sophomore Mulhouse, France Transferred to Loyola Chicago AJ LaBeau 34 F 6'10" 230 Freshman Boise, ID Walk-on; transferred to Cornell Oscar Cluff 45 F 6'11" 255 Junior Sunshine Coast, Australia Transferred to South Dakota State

Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Cedric Coward 0 F 6'6" 206 Senior Fresno, CA Eastern Washington Ethan Price 3 F 6'10" 230 Senior Bury St Edmunds, England Eastern Washington LeJuan Watts 4 F 6'6" 233 Sophomore Fresno, CA Eastern Washington Nate Calmese 8 G 6'2" 164 Junior Gilbert, AZ Washington Rihards Vavers 15 F 6'7" 195 Sophomore Ādaži, Latvia Quinnipiac ND Okafor 22 F 6'9" 235 Junior Dundalk, Ireland California Dane Erikstrup 32 F 6'11" 226 Senior Beaverton, OR Eastern Washington

2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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