The 2024–25 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by seventh-year head coach Dan Hurley in the team's fifth season since their return to the Big East Conference. The Huskies played their home games at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on-campus in Storrs, Connecticut and the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The Huskies sought to become the first team to win three straight national championships since UCLA won seven straight championships from 1966–67 to 1972–73. However, after a rocky regular season that earned them a #8 seed in the 2025 NCAA tournament, UConn narrowly lost to the eventual champion Florida in the second round, 77–75, ending their three-peat bid.
Previous season The Huskies finished the season 37–3, 18–2 in Big East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Xavier, St. John's, and Marquette to win the Big East tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They won the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, becoming the first back-to-back National Champions since Florida (who won the tournament in 2006 and 2007). They were the first team since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (therefore requiring six victories to win the championship), to win every game by at least 14 points. That broke their own record of winning every game by 13 points, set the previous year.https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/04/most-dominant-ncaa-tournament-champions/ They set additional records in the NCAA tournament for largest combined margin of victory in all their games with 140 points; and by extension, the largest-average margin of victory of 23.3 points per game.https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/04/most-dominant-ncaa-tournament-champions/
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Tristen Newton 2 G 6'5" 195 GS Senior El Paso, TX Graduated Stephon Castle 5 G 6'6" 215 Freshman Covington, GA Declared for 2024 NBA draft Cam Spencer 12 G 6'4" 205 GS Senior Davidsonville, MD Graduated Andrew Hurley 20 G 6'1" 170 Senior Glastonbury, CT Graduated Donovan Clingan 32 C 7'2" 280 Sophomore Bristol, CT Declared for 2024 NBA draft Apostolos Roumoglou 33 G 6'8" 215 Sophomore Xanthi, Greece Transferred to Richmond Andre Johnson Jr. 40 G 6'4" 170 Sophomore Bristol, CT Transferred to Utah Valley
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school 5 F 6'10" 265 Junior Branson, MO Michigan 20 G 6'3" 180 Junior Moraga, CA Saint Mary's
Recruiting classes 2024 recruiting class
2025 Recruiting Class
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Schedule and results
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