The 2024–25 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by fourth-year head coach Mike Jones, play their home games at the First Horizon Coliseum and Fleming Gymnasium in Greensboro, North Carolina as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
| 2024–25 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 2–2 (0–0 SoCon) |
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| Home arena | First Horizon Coliseum Fleming Gymnasium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 2 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Greensboro | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 SoCon tournament winner As of November 23, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
editThe Spartans finished the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season with a record of 21–11, 12–6 in Southern Conference play, to finish in second place. As the No. 3 seed in the SoCon tournament, they lost to East Tennessee State in the quarterfinals.
Guard Kobe Langley was awarded the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Year and named to the SoCon All-Defensive Team. Mikael Brown-Jones, Keyshaun Langley, and Kobe Langley were named to the All SoCon first, second, and third teams respectively.
Offseason
editDeparting players
edit| Name | Number | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Keyshaun Langley | 0 | G | 6'1" | 175 | Graduate Student | High Point, North Carolina | Completed college eligibility |
| Mikael Brown-Jones | 2 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Senior | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Graduated, transferred to Ole Miss |
| Kobe Langley | 3 | G | 6'1" | 180 | Graduate Student | High Point, North Carolina | Completed college eligibility |
| Jaylon Gibson | 11 | F | 6'9" | 225 | Junior | Zebulon, North Carolina | Transferred to Charleston Southern |
| Tim Ceaser | 24 | F | 6'9" | 205 | Senior | Marion, Arkansas | Graduated |
| Jevon Johnson | 25 | F | 6'3" | 170 | Sophomore | Durham, North Carolina |
Incoming transfers
edit| Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| Clinton Efinda | F | 6'6" | 220 | Sophomore | Naas, Ireland | Ellsworth Community College |
| Ronald Polite III | G | 6'2" | 182 | Senior | Oxon Hill, Maryland | George Mason |
| Malik Henry | F | 6'8" | 195 | Senior | Longview, Texas | George Mason |
| Kenyon Giles | G | 5'10" | 165 | Junior | Chesapeake, Virginia | Radford |
| Demetrius Davis | F | 6'8" | 195 | Graduate Student | Atlanta, Georgia | Chattanooga |
2024 recruiting class
edit| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Isaiah Washington G |
Fayetteville, North Carolina | Winston Salem Christian School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 193 lb (88 kg) | Jun 5, 2024 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports:
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Roster
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Schedule and results
edit| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Non-Conference Regular Season | |||||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Florida Gulf Coast | W 73-64 | 1–0 |
17 – Tied | 10 – Breath | 3 – Polite | First Horizon Coliseum (2,252) Greensboro, NC | ||||
| November 11, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
at SMU | L 68–81 | 1–1 |
21 – Giles | 10 – Jones | 4 – Saizonou | Moody Coliseum (4,930) Dallas, TX | ||||
| November 16, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
North Carolina Wesleyan | W 99–54 | 2–1 |
16 – Ahemed | 10 – Jones | 4 – Giles | Fleming Gymnasium (692) Greensboro, NC | ||||
| November 21, 2024* 6:30 p.m., FS1 |
at No. 16 Indiana | L 58–69 | 2–2 |
17 – Polite | 9 – Breath | 4 – Jones | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN | ||||
| November 25, 2024* 11:00 pm, FloHoops |
vs. Long Beach State Ball Dawgs Classic |
Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV | |||||||||
| November 26, 2024* 11:00 pm, FloHoops |
vs. San Jose State Ball Dawgs Classic |
Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV | |||||||||
| November 27, 2024* 7:30 pm, FloHoops |
vs. UTEP Ball Dawgs Classic |
Lee's Family Forum Henderson, NV | |||||||||
| December 3, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
High Point | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| December 7, 2024* 2:00 pm |
at North Carolina A&T Battle of Market Street |
Corbett Sports Center Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| December 14, 2024* 5:00 pm |
at North Florida | UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL | |||||||||
| December 17, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
William Peace | Fleming Gymnasium Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| December 21, 2024* 7:00 pm |
at Elon | Schar Center Elon, NC | |||||||||
| December 28, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
VUL | Fleming Gymnasium Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| SoCon Regular Season | |||||||||||
| January 1, 2025 12:00 pm, CBSSN |
at Wofford | Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium Spartanburg, SC | |||||||||
| January 4, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Furman | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| January 9, 2025 5:00 p.m., CBSSN |
at Chattanooga | McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, TN | |||||||||
| January 11, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Samford | Pete Hanna Center Homewood, AL | |||||||||
| January 15, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
The Citadel | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| January 18, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Western Carolina | Ramsey Center Cullowhee, NC | |||||||||
| January 22, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Mercer | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| January 25, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at VMI | Cameron Hall Lexington, VA | |||||||||
| January 29, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
East Tennessee State | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| February 1, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Wofford | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| February 5, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at The Citadel | McAlister Field House Charleston, SC | |||||||||
| February 8, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Western Carolina | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| February 12, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
VMI | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| February 15, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Furman | Timmons Arena Greenville, SC | |||||||||
| February 19, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
at East Tennessee State | Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN | |||||||||
| February 22, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Mercer | Hawkins Arena Macon, GA | |||||||||
| February 27, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Chattanooga | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| March 1, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN2 |
Samford | First Horizon Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||||
| SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
| March 7-10, 2025 |
vs. TBD | Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, NC | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
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Awards and honors
edit- Donovan Atwell
References
edit- ^ "2024–25 UNCG Spartans Men 's Schedule and Results". uncgspartans.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ https://uncgspartans.com/news/2024/10/16/mens-basketball-atwell-voted-to-socon-preseason-all-conference-team.aspx