The 2024–25 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Penn State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Mike Rhoades, and played their home games at Bryce Jordan Center in State College, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference.
The Nittany Lions finished the season 16–15, 6–14 in Big Ten play, to finish in 17th place. As a result of finishing in the bottom three, they failed to qualify for the Big Ten tournament.
Previous season The Nittany Lions finished the 2023–24 season 16–17, 9–11 in Big Ten play, to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Michigan in the first round before losing to Indiana in the second round.
Offseason
Departures Penn State departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Kanye Clary 0 G 5' 11" 192 Sophomore Virginia Beach, VA Dismissed from the team; transferred to Mississippi State Jameel Brown 5 G 6' 4" 188 Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Transferred to Temple Bragi Guðmundsson 6 G 6' 5" 185 Freshman Grindavík, Iceland Transferred to Campbell Leo O'Boyle 11 F 6' 7" 225 GS Senior Scranton, PA Graduated Favour Aire 12 F 6' 11" 220 Sophomore Ekpoma, Nigeria Transferred to Bryant Demetrius Lilley 14 F 6' 10" 245 Sophomore Philadelphia, PA Transferred to La Salle Dan Conlan 15 G 6' 4" 186 Senior Sewickley, PA Walk-on; graduated RayQuawndis Mitchell 21 G 6' 5" 195 GS Senior Blaine, MN Graduated Qudus Wahab 22 F 6' 11" 245 GS Senior Lagos, Nigeria Graduated/signed to play professionally in Greece with Lavrio Andy Christos 33 G 6' 5" 186 Senior Madison, NJ Walk-on; graduated
Incoming transfers Penn State incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Freddie Dilione V 4 G 6' 5" 180 Sophomore Fayetteville, NC Tennessee Eli Rice 11 G 6' 8" 213 Sophomore Bradenton, FL Nebraska Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 14 F 6' 11" 215 Junior Fräschels, Switzerland Northern Illinois Kachi Nzech 15 C 6' 8" 230 Sophomore Upper Darby, PA Xavier
Recruiting classes 2024 recruiting class
2025 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=""|Regular season
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Rankings
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References