The 2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, founding members of the Southeastern Conference, played their home games at Rupp Arena and were led by Mark Pope in his first season as head coach for the Wildcats.

The Kentucky Wildcats drew an average home attendance of 20,334, the 2nd-highest of all basketball teams in the world.https://www.espn.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2025/sort/homeTotalhttps://stats.ncaa.org/rankings/change_sport_year_div

Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2023–24 season with a record of 23–8, 13–5 in SEC play to finish in a 3-way tie for second place in the SEC. Despite being the number two seed in the SEC tournament, they were upset in the quarterfinal round by Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they got upset by Oakland in the first round, finishing the season with an overall record of 23–10 record. This marked John Calipari's final season as Kentucky's head coach, he left for Arkansas a month later.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure 0 G 6'3" 176 Freshman Hickory, NC Declared for 2024 NBA draft 1 G 6'8" 203 Freshman Philadelphia, PA Declared for 2024 NBA draft 2 F 7'1" 226 Freshman Roselle, NJ Transferred to Ohio State 3 G 6'8" 222 Sophomore Leetsdale, PA Transferred to Arkansas 4 F 6'9" 231 GS Senior Pittsburgh, PA Graduated 12 G 6'6" 195 GS Senior Chicago, IL Graduated/2024 NBA draft 14 F 6'5" 200 GS Senior Mount Sterling, KY Graduated 15 G 6'3" 187 Freshman London, KY Declared for 2024 NBA draft 20 G 6'5" 203 Freshman Linton, IN Transferred to Ball State 21 G 6'4" 192 Freshman Camden, NJ Transferred to Arkansas 23 G 6'8" 202 Freshman Decatur, AL Transferred to Georgetown 25 G 5'8" 175 Senior Camden, NJ Walk-on; graduated 33 F 7'0" 247 Sophomore Owerri, Nigeria Transferred to Kansas State 44 F 7'2" 234 Freshman Vodice, Croatia Transferred to Arkansas

Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college 00 G 6'5" 210 Junior Somerset, NJ Oklahoma 1 G 6'2" 207 GS Senior Moreno Valley, CA San Diego State 2 G 6'7" 200 GS Senior Ada, OK BYU 4 G 6'6" 205 GS Senior Washington Heights, NY Dayton 7 F 6'10" 220 GS Senior West Chester, PA Wake Forest 10 C 6'11" 245 Sophomore Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State 15 F 6'7" 244 Senior Spring Valley, NY Fairleigh Dickinson 22 C 6'10" 255 GS Senior Nottingham, England Drexel 77 G 6'3" 190 GS Senior Tartu, Estonia West Virginia

Class of 2024 commitments

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References