The 2024–25 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by fourth-year head coach Tony Barbee, played their home games at McGuirk Arena in Mount Pleasant, Michigan as members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 14–17, 7–11 in MAC play to finish in a tie for 10th place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.

On April 3, 2025, the school fired head Tony Barbee. On April 14, the school named Ferris State head coach Andy Bronkema the team's new head coach.

Previous season The Chippewas finished the 2023–24 season 18–13, 12–6 in MAC play, to finish in fourth place. They were defeated by Bowling Green in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament.

Offseason

Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Brian Taylor 0 G 6'6" 220 Graduate student Detroit, Michigan Graduated Bryce Eaton 1 G 6'0" 170 Freshman Detroit, Michigan Transferred to Saint Peter's Derrick Butler 3 G 6'2" 195 Junior Charlotte, North Carolina Transferred to Bowling Green Jemal Davis 4 F 6'8" 205 Junior St. Thomas, USVI Transferred to UNC Asheville Josiah Sanders 5 F 6'5" 235 RS Freshman Phoenix, Arizona Entered the transfer portal KJ Oduor 11 C 6'9" 225 Sophomore Kisumu, Kenya Transferred to Wayne State Aidan Rubio 13 G/F 6'6" 200 Sophomore Flint, Michigan Transferred to UNC Asheville Markus Harding 15 F 6'10" 255 Junior Toronto, Ontario Transferred to Indiana State Noah Adamczyk 24 G 6'0" 180 Freshman Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Transferred to Northeastern Junior College Paul McMillan IV 34 G 6'2" 175 Sophomore Cincinnati, Ohio Transferred to Canisius Max Majerle 44 G 6'4" 200 Sophomore Scottsdale, Arizona Transferred to Pima Community College

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jakobi Heady 0 G/F 6'6" 200 Senior Sauk Village, Illinois Bethune–Cookman Kyler VanderJagt 4 G 6'4" 205 Junior Grand Rapids, Michigan Belmont Quentin Heady 5 F 6'6" 200 Sophomore Sauk Village, Illinois South Suburban College Damarion Bonds 7 G 6'6" 180 Junior Pontiac, Michigan Henry Ford College Trey Phillips 11 G 6'6" 180 Sophomore Scottsdale, Arizona Southern Nazarene Bryan Ndjonga 13 F 6'9" 200 Sophomore Yaoundé, Cameroon Cal State Northridge Ugnius Jarusevicius 21 F 6'10" 220 Junior Alytus, Lithuania Cal State Bakersfield Armani Mighty 26 C 6'10" 240 Junior Toronto, Ontario Boston College

Recruiting class

Preseason On October 22, 2024 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Central Michigan was picked to finish eighth in the MAC regular season.

Preseason rankings MAC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Ohio 121 (11) 2 Akron 106 (1) 3 Kent State 99 4 Toledo 95 5 Bowling Green 73 6 Miami (OH) 72 7 Ball State 67 8 Central Michigan 55 9 Eastern Michigan 36 10 Western Michigan 33 11 Northern Illinois 24 12 Buffalo 11

MAC Tournament Champions: Ohio (8), Kent State (3), Toledo (1)

Source

Preseason All-MAC Preseason All-MAC teamsTeamPlayerPositionYearFirstAnthony PritchardGuardSenior Source

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season

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