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	3–1 (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 represents 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
BYU	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
No. 18 Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
No. 1 Kansas	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Colorado	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
No. 5 Iowa State	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Kansas State	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
TCU	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Utah	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
No. 7 Houston	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
No. 13 Baylor	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
UCF	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
No. 17 Arizona	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of November 23, 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]

Departures


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

Incoming transfers

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

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

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.

Preseason

Big 12 Preseason Poll

	Big 12 Coaches	Points
1.	Kansas	215 (9)
2.	Houston	211 (5)
3.	Iowa State	194 (1)
4.	Baylor	185
5.	Arizona	179 (1)
6.	Cincinnati	140
7.	Texas Tech	135
8.	Kansas State	133
9.	BYU	116
10.	TCU	90
11.	UCF	83
12.	Arizona State	64
13.	West Virginia	62
14.	Oklahoma State	46
15.	Colorado	37
16.	Utah	30
Reference:^[3] (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team

Player	School
Caleb Love	Arizona
LJ Cryer	Houston
J’Wan Roberts	Houston
Tamin Lipsey	Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson†	Kansas
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:^[3]

Second Team

Player	School
Norchad Omier	Baylor
Jeremy Roach	Baylor
Keshon Gilbert	Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr	Kansas
Coleman Hawkins	Kansas State
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:^[3]

Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State
Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Roster

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

Head coach

Darian DeVries (Northern Iowa)

Assistant coach(es)

Chester Frazier (Illinois)
Tom Ostrom (Minnesota)
Kory Barnett (Indiana)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and Results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 18, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Charleston	W 94–61	–	18 – DeVries	8 – Andre	4 – DeVries	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Robert Morris	W 87–59	1–0	18 – DeVries	12 – Hansberry	5 – Small	WVU Coliseum (9,229) Morgantown, WV
November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UMass	W 75–69	2–0	17 – DeVries	8 – DeVries	4 – Small	WVU Coliseum (10,017) Morgantown, WV
November 15, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+	at Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl	L 62–86	2–1	16 – Powell	6 – Harris	2 – Tied	Petersen Events Center (10,882) Pittsburgh, PA
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Iona	W 86–43	3–1	23 – Small	9 – Hansberry	5 – Small	WVU Coliseum (8,591) Morgantown, WV
November 27, 2024* 2:30 p.m., ESPN	vs. Gonzaga Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals						Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 28, 2024* 12:00/2:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2	vs. Indiana/Louisville Battle 4 Atlantis						Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 29, 2024* 11:00 a.m./3:00/5:30 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2	vs. Arizona/Davidson/Oklahoma/Providence Battle 4 Atlantis						Imperial Arena Paradise Island, Bahamas
December 6, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	Georgetown Big East–Big 12 Battle						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
December 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Carolina Central						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
December 14, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bethune–Cookman						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
December 22, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Mercyhurst						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
Big 12 regular season
December 31, 2024 ESPN+	at Kansas						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 4, 2025 12:00 p.m., CBSSN	Oklahoma State						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 7, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 12, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Colorado						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
January 15, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Houston						Fertitta Center Houston, TX
January 18, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Iowa State						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 21, 2025 9:00 p.m., CBSSN	Arizona State						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 25, 2025 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Kansas State						Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Houston						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cincinnati rivalry						Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati, OH
February 5, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
February 8, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Utah						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 11, 2025 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	BYU						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2	at Baylor						Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	Cincinnati rivalry						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 22, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Texas Tech						United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
February 25, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	TCU						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
March 1, 2025 10:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU	at BYU						Marriott Center Provo, UT
March 4, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Utah						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
March 8, 2025 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	UCF						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
Big 12 tournament
March 11–15, 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^[4]

References

^ "2023-24 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ "2023-24 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule". CBS Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kansas Selected As Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite, KU's Dickinson Named Preseason Player of the Year". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 10, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". wvusports.com. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

[1] "2023-24 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[2] "2023-24 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule". CBS Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

[Big_12_Preseason_Poll/Honors-3] "Kansas Selected As Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite, KU's Dickinson Named Preseason Player of the Year". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 10, 2024.

[4] "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". wvusports.com. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

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2024–25 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

Preseason

Roster

Schedule and Results

See Also

References