The 2024–25 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by Tad Boyle in his 15th season as head coach. The Buffaloes played their home games at CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado as members of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season The Buffaloes finished the 2023–24 season 26–11, 13–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place. They defeated Utah and Washington State to advance to the championship game of the Pac-12 tournament. There they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 10 seed in the South region. They defeated Boise State in the First Four and Florida in the First Round to advance to the round of 32. There they lost to Marquette.
In July 2023, the school announced it would leave the Pac-12 Conference to rejoin the Big 12 in August 2024. The Buffaloes had previously been members of the Big 12 through 2011.
Offseason Departures Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown ReasonLuke O'Brien0G6'8"222SeniorLittleton, COGraduate transferred to Georgia TechTristan da Silva23F6'9"220SeniorMunich, GermanyGraduated; declared for the 2024 NBA draft; selected 18th overall by the Orlando MagicJ'Vonne Hadley1F6'6"205SeniorSaint Paul, MNGraduate transferred to LouisvilleEddie Lampkin Jr.44F6'11"265SeniorHouston, TXGraduate transferred to SyracuseK. J. Simpson2G6'0"189JuniorWest Hills, CADeclared for the 2024 NBA draft; selected 42nd overall by the Charlotte HornetsCody Williams10F6'8"190FreshmanGilbert, AZDeclared for the 2024 NBA draft; selected 10th overall by the Utah JazzJoe Hurlburt24F6'11"235FreshmanEnderlin, NDTransferred to Davidson
Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Trevor Baskin 6 F 6'9" 200 Jr Arvada, CO Colorado Mesa Andrej Jakimovski 23 F 6'8" 220 Sr Skopje, North Macedonia Washington State Elijah Malone 50 C 6'10" 265 Sr Lagrange, IN Grace College
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 and results
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