The 2024–25 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins were led by sixth-year head coach Mick Cronin, and played their home games at Pauley Pavilion as first year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 13–7 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Wisconsin in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated Utah State in the first round before losing to Tennessee in the second round.

Offseason Departures UCLA DeparturesNameNumPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for Departure Adem Bona 3 F 6'10" 245 Sophomore Ebonyi, Nigeria Declared for 2024 NBA draft; Selected 41st overall by Philadelphia 76ers Will McClendon 4 G 6'3" 205 Sophomore Las Vegas, NV Transferred to San Jose State Ilane Fibleuil 8 G 6'6" 200 Freshman Massy, France Returned to France to play professionally Berke Büyüktuncel 9 F 6'9" 245 Freshman Bursa, Turkey Transferred to Nebraska Kenneth Nwuba 14 F/C 6'10" 255 Senior Lagos, Nigeria Graduated Logan Cremonesi 20 F 6'8" 225 Junior Oceanside, CA Walk-on; Graduated Jan Vide 27 G 6'6" 200 Freshman Domžale, Slovenia Transferred to Loyola Marymount

Incoming transfersNameNumPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes Kobe Johnson 0 G 6'6" 200 Senior Milwaukee, WI USC Eric Dailey Jr. 3 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Palmetto, FL Oklahoma State Dominick Harris 8 G 6'3" 190 Senior Murrieta, CA Loyola Marymount William Kyle III 24 F 6'9" 230 Junior Bellevue, NE South Dakota State Tyler Bilodeau 34 F 6'9" 220 Junior Kennewick, WA Oregon State Skyy Clark 55 G 6'3" 205 Junior Los Angeles, California Louisville

2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

Awards and honors March 11, 2025 – Kobe Johnson was named to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team March 11, 2025 – Tyler Bilodeau was named to the All-Big Ten Conference third-team March 18, 2025 – Tyler Bilodeau was named to the NABC All-Pacific District first-team March 19, 2025 – Jack Seidler and Lazar Stefanović were named to the Winter Academic All-Big Ten Team

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