The 2024–25 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represented Bowling Green State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons, led by second-year head coach Todd Simon, played their home games at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference.

Previous season The Falcons finished the 2023–24 season 19–12, 10–8 in MAC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Central Michigan, before being upset by Kent State in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament. They received an invitation to the CIT, where they would fall to eventual tournament runner-up Purdue Fort Wayne in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Marcus Hill 0 G 6'4" 185 Junior Rockford, Illinois Transferred to NC State DJ Smith 2 G 6'0" 160 Junior North Little Rock, Arkansas Transferred to Robert Morris PJ Edwards 4 G 6'4" 200 Sophomore Springfield, Illinois Transferred to Grambling State Da'Shawn Phillip 5 G 6'5" 180 Senior Baltimore, Maryland Graduated Jason Spurgin 7 C 7'0" 250 Senior Toowoomba, Australia Graduated Anthony McComb III 10 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Dayton, Ohio Transferred to New Hampshire Rashaun Agee 12 F 6'8" 225 Senior Chicago, Illinois Transferred to USC EJay Greer 12 G 6'8" 170 Freshman Lansdowne, Pennsylvania Transferred to Alabama A&M JZ Zaher 17 G 6'0" 170 Sophomore Fenton, Michigan Declared for the 2024 NBA draft

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Javontae Campbell 2 G 6'2" 155 Junior Muskogee, Oklahoma Northern Oklahoma Braelon Green 5 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Southfield, Michigan Arizona State Marcus Johnson 6 F 6'7" 265 Senior Akron, Ohio Wheeling Wilguens Jr. Exacte 7 F 6'6" 236 Sophomore Montreal, Quebec Utah Derrick Butler 10 G 6'2" 195 Senior Charlotte, North Carolina Central Michigan Mohamed Maxamud 12 F 6'10" 190 Junior Westerville, Ohio Labette Community College Preston Squire 13 F 6'11" 225 Sophomore Ephraim, Utah Salt Lake Community College Youssef Khayat 23 F 6'9" 215 Junior Beirut, Lebanon Michigan

Recruiting class

Preseason On October 22, 2024, the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Bowling Green was picked to finish fifth in the MAC regular season.

Preseason rankings MAC preseason poll 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 No Falcons were named to the first or second Preseason All-MAC teams.

Roster

Schedule and results

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