2024–25 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team explained

Sport:basketball
Year:2024–25
Prev Year:2023–24
Next Year:2025–26
Team:Utah State Aggies
Conference:Mountain West Conference
Short Conf:MW
Record:7–0
Conf Record:0–0
Head Coach:Jerrod Calhoun
Hc Year:1st
Assoc Coach:Eric Haut
Asst Coach1:Eric Brown
Asst Coach2:Mantoris Robinson
Asst Coach3:Eric Daniels
Asst Coach4:Ben Asher
Arena:Smith Spectrum
Champion:NIT Season Tip-Off champions

The 2024–25 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represents Utah State University in the Mountain West Conference during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Jerrod Calhoun, the Aggies play their home games on campus at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah.

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2023–24 season 28–7, 14–4 in MWC play to win the regular season conference championship. They defeated Fresno State in the quarterfinals of the MWC tournament before losing to San Diego State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated TCU in the first round before losing to No. 1-seeded Purdue.

On March 25, 2024, head coach Danny Sprinkle left the school to become the head coach at Washington.[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Landon Brenchley 0 G 6'4" 209 Sophomore Walk-on; transferred
1 G/F 6'8" 250 Junior Transferred to Washington[2]
Garrison Phelps 2 G 6'6" 192 Freshman Transferred
Darius Brown II 10 G 6'2" 195 Senior Graduated
Dallin Grant 11 G/F 6'8" 218 Freshman Transferred to Utah Tech
Josh Uduje 14 G 6'5" 189 Junior Transferred to San Jose State[3]
21 F 6'10" 226 Junior Transferred
Javon Jackson 22 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Transferred to UIC
Max Agbonkpolo 23 G/F 6'9" 194 Senior Graduate transferred to Montana State[4]
Kalifa Sakho 34 F 6'11" 220 Junior Transferred to Sam Houston State
Nigel Burris 35 F 6'7" 224 Sophomore Transferred to Weber State[5]

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college
Braden Housley 0 G 6'4" 180 Sophomore Southern Utah
Pavle Stošić 1 F 6'9" 196 Sophomore Gonzaga
Tucker Bowman 3 G 5'9" 160 Sophomore Central Arkansas
Dexter Akanno 7 G/F 6'5 210 GS Senior Oregon State
Drake Allen 8 G 6'4" 190 GS Senior Utah Valley
Deyton Albury 13 G 6'2" 190 Senior Queens (NC)
Aubin Gateretse 21 C 6'11" 210 Senior Stetson

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-03-25 . Washington hires Danny Sprinkle: Utah State coach leaving for Huskies after leading Aggies to NCAA Tournament . 2024-03-27 . CBSSports.com . en.
  2. News: Great Osobor to Earn $2M in NIL After CBB Transfer to Washington from Utah State. Bleacher Report. Tyler. Conway. May 13, 2024. September 20, 2024.
  3. News: Joshua Uduje transfers to Spartans. Eurobasket.com. May 25, 2024. September 20, 2024.
  4. News: Montana State men's basketball: Max Agbonkpolo commits, Jaden Geron finds new school. Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Parker. Cotton. May 6, 2024. September 20, 2024.
  5. News: Weber State basketball: Former Big Sky top freshman Burris brings ‘details of winning’ to WSU. Standard-Examiner. Brett. Hein. May 2, 2024. September 20, 2024.
  6. Web site: Utah State 2024–25 schedule. UtahStateAggies.com. July 30, 2024.