The 2024–25 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars were led by first-year head coach Kevin Young and played their home games at Marriott Center in Provo, Utah as second-year members of the Big 12 Conference.

The BYU Cougars drew an average home attendance of 17,054, the 7th-highest of all college basketball teams.https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div

Previous season The Cougars finished the 2023–24 season 23–11, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated UCF in the second round before losing to Texas Tech. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the East region. The Cougars lost in the first round to Duquesne.

On April 12, 2024, head coach Mark Pope left the school to take the head coaching position at Kentucky.

The season marked the first for BYU as members of the Big 12, having left the West Coast conference to join the Big 12 on July 1, 2023.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Noah Waterman 0 F 6'11" 215 Junior Savannah, NY Transferred to Louisville Jaxson Robinson 2 F 6'7" 200 Junior Ada, OK Transferred to Kentucky Atiki Ally Atiki 4 F 6'10" 213 Junior Mwanza, Tanzania Transferred to New Mexico Tredyn Christensen 10 F 6'7" 235 Senior Eagle Mountain, UT Walk-on; graduated Spencer Johnson 20 G 6'5" 185 Senior American Fork, UT Graduated Marcus Adams Jr. 23 F 6'8" 200 Freshman Harbor City, UT Transferred to Cal State Northridge Tanner Hayhurst 24 G 6'6" 204 Freshman Eagle, ID Walk-on; transferred College of Southern Idaho Aly Khalifa 50 F/C 6'11" 230 Junior Alexandria, Egypt Transferred to Louisville

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Keba Keita 13 C 6'8" 235 Junior Bamako, Mali Utah Mawot Mag 0 F 6'7" 216 RS Senior Melbourne, Australia Rutgers Max Triplett 20 F/C 6'9" 210 Junior Huntsville, UT Snow College

Recruiting classes 2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Rankings

Awards Two BYU players received All-Big 12 awards for the season. Richie Saunders was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and recognized as the conference's Most Improved Player, and Egor Dëmin received honorable mention All-Big 12 honors and was named to the conference's All-Freshman team.

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