The 2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Waves, led by first-year head coach Ed Schilling, played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season The Waves finished the 2023–24 season 13–20, 5–11 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 8 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Pacific in the first round, before losing to San Diego in the second round.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Houston Mallette 0 G 6'5" 185 Junior Alameda, CA Transferred to Alabama Michael Ajayi 1 G/F 6'7" 220 Junior Kent, WA Transferred to Gonzaga Jalen Pitre 2 F 6'8" 220 Sophomore Long Beach, CA Transferred to Sacramento State Malik Moore 3 G 6'5" 190 Sophomore Ventura, CA Transferred to Montana Paul Jordan 10 F 6'6" 200 Sophomore Glen Cove, NY Walk-on; not return Cord Stansberry 13 G 6'3" 180 Freshman Long Beach, CA Transferred to Western Carolina Jevon Porter 14 F 6'11" 225 Sophomore Columbia, MO Transferred to Loyola Marymount Ethan Anderson 20 G 6'0" 215 GS senior Los Angeles, CA Graduated Nils Cooper 21 G 6'5" 180 Freshman Los Angeles, CA Transferred to UC Davis Curtis Williams 23 G/F 6'6" 180 Freshman Beaumont, CA Transferred to Northwest Florida State College John Squire 24 F 6'8" 220 Freshman Sausalito, CA Not on team roster Martin Gumwel 34 C 6'11" 230 Freshman Temecula, CA Not on team roster Aladji Gassama 35 F/C 6'9" 215 Sophomore Bamako, Mali Transferred to Drury

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Aaron Clark 3 G 6'6" 195 Sophomore Easton, PA Wake Forest Alonso Faure 4 F 6'10" 230 GS senior Busot, Spain Loyola (MD) Moe Odum 5 G 6'1" 160 Junior New York, NY Pacific Stefan Todorović 7 F 6'8" 190 Senior Belgrade, Serbia San Francisco Zion Bethea 8 G 6'4" 205 Senior South Orange, NJ Delaware Javon Cooley 23 G 6'5' 205 GS senior Chicago, IL Marist Alex Leiba 24 C 6'10" 245 GS senior Old Bridge, NJ Penn State Harrisburg

Recruiting classes 2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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