2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Darian DeVries (1st season);
Associate head coach	Chester Frazier
Assistant coaches	Tom Ostrom; Kory Barnett; Nick Norton; Cavel Witter;
Home arena	WVU Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team will represent West Virginia University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers are coached by first year head coach Darian DeVries, and play their home games at the WVU Coliseum located in Morgantown, West Virginia as members of the Big 12 Conference.

2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arizona	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Baylor	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
BYU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Colorado	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Houston	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Iowa State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kansas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kansas State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
TCU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UCF	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Utah	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of September 5, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the 2023–24 season 9–23, 4–14 in Big 12 Play to finish in a tie for last place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to Cincinnati.^[1]^[2]


Name	Pos.	Number	Height	Weight	Previous School	Hometown	Reason for Leaving
Noah Farrakhan	1	G	6'2"	165	Junior	Hillside, NJ	Transferred to Hampton
Kobe Johnson	2	G	6'3"	210	Junior	Canton, OH	Transferred to Saint Louis
Kerr Kriisa	3	G	6'3"	190	Senior	Tartu, Estonia	Transferred to Kentucky
Jeremiah Bembry	5	F	6'5"	185	Freshman	Brooklyn, NY	Transferred
Jesse Edwards	7	C	6'11"	230	GS Senior	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves
Quinn Slazinski	11	F	6'9"	215	GS Senior	Houston, TX	Graduated
Akok Akok	13	F	6'10"	225	GS Senior	Manchester, MH	Graduated
Seth Wilson	14	G	6'2"	215	Junior	Lorain, OH	Transferred to Akron
RaeQuan Battle	21	G	6'5"	190	Senior	Tulalip, WA	Graduated
Josiah Harris	22	F	6'7"	200	Sophomore	Canton, OH	Transferred to Akron
Patrick Suemnick	24	F	6'8"	230	Junior	Green Bay, WI	Transferred to Oklahoma State

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Eduardo Andre	0	C	6'11"	248	GS Senior	London, England	Fresno State
Joseph Yesufu	1	G	6'0"	185	GS Senior	Bolingbrook, IL	Washington State
Toby Okani	5	G	6'8"	210	GS Senior	Orange, NJ	UIC
Javon Small	7	G	6'3"	195	Senior	South Bend, IN	Oklahoma State
Jake Auer	8	G	6'0"	178	GS Senior	Clive, IA	Rockhurst
Sencire Harris	10	G	6'4"	160	Sophomore	North Canton, OH	Illinois
Tucker DeVries	12	G/F	6'7"	210	Senior	Waukee, IA	Drake
Amani Hansberry	13	F/C	6'8"	225	Sophomore	Silver Spring, MD	Illinois
Jayden Stone	14	G	6'4"	200	GS Senior	Perth, Australia	Detroit Mercy

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jonathan Powell #21 SF	Centerville, OH	Centerville High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	May 6, 2024
Jonathan Powell #21 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81
Emerson Tenner #57 PG	Cordova, TN	Cordova High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A	Apr 4, 2024
Emerson Tenner #57 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 79
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
C	0	Eduardo Andre	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	GS	Fresno State	London, England
G	1	Joseph Yesufu	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	GS	Washington State	Bolingbrook, IL
G	2	Dylan Jay (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	PHH Prep (AZ)	Chelan, WA
G	3	KJ Tenner	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Cordova HS	Memphis, TN
G	4	Aden Tagaloa-Nelson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	So	Woodford County HS	Lexington, KY
G	5	Toby Okani	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	UIC	Orange, NJ
G	7	Javon Small	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Oklahoma State	South Bend, IN
G	8	Jake Auer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Rockhurst	Clive, IA
F	9	Ofri Naveh	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So		Neot Golan, Israel
G	10	Sencire Harris	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	RS So	Illinois	North Canton, OH
G/F	12	Tucker DeVries	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Drake	Waukee, IA
F	13	Amani Hansberry	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Illinois	Silver Spring, MD
G	14	Jayden Stone	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	GS	Detroit Mercy	Perth, Australia

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 18, 2024* TBA	Charleston	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* TBA	Robert Morris	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
November 8, 2024* TBA	UMass	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
November 15, 2024* TBA	at Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl	Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
November 20, 2024* TBA	Iona	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
November 27, 2024* 2:30 pm EST	vs. Gonzaga Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals	Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 28, 2024* TBA	vs. Indiana/Louisville Battle 4 Atlantis	Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 29, 2024* TBA	vs. Arizona/Davidson/Oklahoma/Providence Battle 4 Atlantis	Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas
December 6, 2024* TBA	Georgetown Big East–Big 12 Battle	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
December 10, 2024* TBA	North Carolina Central	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
December 14, 2024* TBA	Bethune–Cookman	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
December 22, 2024* TBA	Mercyhurst	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
Big 12 regular season

Big 12 tournament
March 10–15, 2025 TBA	vs.	T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[3]