The 2024–25 Kent State Golden Flashes men's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by 14th-year head coach Rob Senderoff, played their home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, also known as the MAC Center, in Kent, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference.
Previous season The Golden Flashes finished the 2023–24 season 17–17, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in eighth place. They upset top-seeded Toledo and Bowling Green, before falling to Akron in the MAC tournament championship game.
Offseason
Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Julius Rollins 0 G 6'7" 199 RS Sophomore Chicago, Illinois Transferred to Western Illinois Reggie Bass 2 G 6'3" 185 Sophomore Muncie, Indiana Transferred to Lindenwood Chris Payton Jr. 4 F 6'7" 226 Graduate student Bloomington, Illinois Exhausted eligibility Giovanni Santiago 11 G 6'1" 170 RS Senior Bayamón, Puerto Rico Exhausted eligibility Tyem Freeman 22 G 6'5" 206 Graduate student Springfield, Missouri Transferred to UIC LA Hayes 24 G 6'5" 181 Freshman Cleveland, Ohio Transferred to Frank Phillips College Jake Snyder 31 G 6'1" 175 Graduate student Stow, Ohio Exhausted eligibility
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Marquis Barnett 2 G 6'4" 195 Senior Saginaw, Michigan Presbyterian Jamal Sumlin 4 G 6'3" 180 RS Sophomore Cleveland, Ohio Northwest Florida State College Morgan Safford 8 G 6'5" 210 Graduate student Columbus, Ohio Miami (OH) Cian Medley 11 G 5'11" 165 Sophomore Sicklerville, New Jersey Saint Louis Anthony Morales 22 F 6'8" 195 Graduate student Boston, Massachusetts Boston University
Recruiting class
Preseason On October 22, 2024 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Kent State was picked to finish third in the MAC regular season. Kent State received 3 votes to win the MAC Tournament.
Preseason rankings MAC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Ohio 121 (11) 2 Akron 106 (1) 3 Kent State 99 4 Toledo 95 5 Bowling Green 73 6 Miami (OH) 72 7 Ball State 67 8 Central Michigan 55 9 Eastern Michigan 36 10 Western Michigan 33 11 Northern Illinois 24 12 Buffalo 11
MAC Tournament Champions: Ohio (8), Kent State (3), Toledo (1)
Source
Preseason All-MAC Preseason All-MAC teamsTeamPlayerPositionYear1stVonCameron DavisFR-Sr.2ndJalen SullingerGSr. Source
Roster
Schedule and results
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