The 2024–25 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by interim coach Josh Eilert and played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is the Utes' first season in the Big 12 Conference.
The school fired fourth-year head coach Craig Smith on February 24, 2025. Assistant coach Josh Eilert was named the interim coach.
Previous season The Utes finished the 2023–24 season 22–15, 9–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, Utah won their first-round game against Arizona State before losing to Colorado in the quarterfinals. The team received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament, being the only Pac-12 team to accept one of two automatic bids for teams in the conference. This marked the program's first appearance in a postseason tournament since the 2018 NIT. They defeated UC Irvine, Iowa, and VCU to advance to the semifinals. There they were eliminated by Indiana State.
The season marked the team's final season in the Pac-12, leaving to join the Big 12 in 2024.
Offseason
Departures NameNum.Pos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departureBen Carlson1F6'9"223 lbsSeniorWoodbury, MNPursuing pro career (signed by QTSA United)Cole Bajema2G6'7"188 lbsGSLynden, WAGraduatedDeivon Smith5G6'0"173 lbsSeniorDecatur, GATransferred to St. John'sWilguens Jr. Exacte11G6'6"236 lbsSophomoreMontreal, CanadaTransferred to Bowling GreenKeba Keita13C6'8"231 lbsSophomoreBamako, MaliTransferred to BYULuka Tarlac21G6'7"220 lbsSophomoreBelgrade, SerbiaTransferred to Cal PolyRollie Worster25G6'4"204 lbsSeniorMissoula, MTTransferred to NebraskaBranden Carlson35C7'0"220 lbsGSSouth Jordan, UTGraduated (signed by the Toronto Raptors)
Incoming transfers NameNum.Pos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious school(s)Miro Little1G6'3"194 lbsSophomoreTampere, FinlandBaylorEzra Ausar2F6'8"242 lbsJuniorAtlanta, GAEast CarolinaBrady Smith6G6'1"173 lbsSophomoreLogan, UTSalt Lake CCKeanu Dawes8F6'9"218 lbsForwardHouston, TXRiceCaleb Lohner11F6'8"235 lbsGSFlower Mound, TXBYU, BaylorMike Sharavjamts25G6'9"190 lbsJuniorUlaanbaatar, MongoliaDayton, San FranciscoZach Keller32F6'10"234 lbsJuniorHighlands Ranch, COWake ForestMason Madsen45G6'4"193 lbsGSRochester, MNCincinnati, Boston College
Recruiting classes
2024 recruiting class
Preseason Big 12 Preseason Poll Big 12 CoachesPoints 1.Kansas215 (9) 2.Houston211 (5) 3.Iowa State194 (1) 4.Baylor185 5.Arizona179 (1) 6.Cincinnati140 7.Texas Tech135 8.Kansas State133 9.BYU116 10.TCU90 11.UCF83 12.Arizona State64 13.West Virginia62 14.Oklahoma State46 15.Colorado37 16.Utah30Reference: (#) first-place votes
Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team First Team Player SchoolCaleb LoveArizonaLJ CryerHoustonJ’Wan RobertsTamin LipseyIowa StateHunter Dickinson†Kansas† denotes unanimous selectionReference: Second Team Player SchoolNorchad OmierBaylorJeremy RoachKeshon GilbertIowa StateDajuan Harris JrKansasColeman HawkinsKansas State† denotes unanimous selectionReference: 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
Schedule
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