The 2024–25 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represented Georgia State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by third-year head coach Jonas Hayes, played their home games at the GSU Convocation Center in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season The Panthers finished the 2023–24 season 14–17, 8–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They were upset by Marshall in the second round of the Sun Belt tournament.

Offseason

Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Dwon Odom 1 G 6'2" 182 Junior Alpharetta, Georgia Transferred to Tulsa Jamaine Mann 2 F 6'6" 230 Junior Hampton, Georgia Transferred to Gardner–Webb Julian Mackey 3 G 6'2" 170 Junior Grayson, Georgia Transferred to Houston Christian Rickey Bradley Jr. 4 G 6'2" 185 Sophomore Milwaukee, Wisconsin Transferred to VMI Brenden Tucker 5 G 6'3" 195 Senior Lawrenceville, Georgia Graduated Jay'Den Turner 10 F 6'5" 205 Graduate student High Point, North Carolina Exhausted eligibility Edward Nnamoko 21 C 6'10" 225 Sophomore Lagos, Nigeria Transferred to New Mexico State Leslie Nkereuwem 23 F 6'8" 232 Graduate student Lawrenceville, Georgia Exhausted eligibility Lucas Taylor 31 G 6'5" 200 Junior Raleigh, North Carolina Transferred to Syracuse Matt Davis — G 6'7" 195 Junior Alpharetta, Georgia Entered the transfer portal

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Justin Archer 2 F 6'7" 210 Graduate student North Brunswick, New Jersey Radford Cesare Edwards 4 C 6'10" 235 Senior Hartsville, South Carolina Missouri State Zarique Nutter 7 F 6'7" 210 Senior Newark, New Jersey Northern Illinois Darnell Evans 8 G 6'0" 165 Senior Amityville, New York Caldwell Jelani Hamilton 10 G 6'6" 205 RS Freshman Marietta, Georgia Iowa State Malachi Brown 22 G 6'1" 175 Sophomore Buford, Georgia Seton Hall Nick McMullen 33 F 6'8" 235 Senior Greensboro, North Carolina UNC Asheville

Recruiting class

Preseason Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Panthers were picked to finish in 12th place in the conference's preseason poll. Senior guard Toneari Lane was named to the preseason All-SBC Second Team. Senior guard Myles Tate was named to the conference preseason third team.

Coaches poll 1 Arkansas State - 193 (12) 2 James Madison - 170 (1) 3 Troy - 155 (1) 4 Louisiana - 144 5 Southern Miss - 133 6 App State - 122 7 Texas State - 89 T8 Georgia Southern - 85 T8 Old Dominion - 85 10 Marshall - 79 11 South Alabama - 78 12 Georgia State - 75 13 Coastal Carolina - 34 14 ULM - 28

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=""| Sun Belt regular season

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