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2024–25 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team

2024–25 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball

Big 12 Conference
No. 13
No. 15
24–13 (14–6 Big 12)
Tommy Lloyd (4th season)
Jack Murphy (6th season)
Steve Robinson (4th season)
TJ Benson (1st season)
Ken Nakagawa (1st season)
Rem Bakamus (1st season)
McKale Center

The 2024–25 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by Tommy Lloyd in his fourth season as head coach. The season marked the Wildcats' 51st season at McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and their first season as members of the Big 12 Conference.

The Arizona Wildcats drew an average home attendance of 14,058, the 18th-highest of all college basketball teams.

The Wildcats finished the 2023–24 season 27–9, 15–5 in Pac-12 Conference play, winning their 18th and final Pac-12 regular season title and overall 1 seed in the Pac-12 tournament. They lost their semifinal match up against eventual tournament champion Oregon 75–68. The Wildcats were invited to their 34th NCAA tournament appearance, receiving the number 2 seed in the West Regional. They lost in the Sweet Sixteen to number 6 seed Clemson 77–72.

Former assistant coach Riccardo Fois accepted an assistant coaching job with the Sacramento Kings in the NBA. TJ Benson was promoted to assistant coach after spending the previous three seasons as a Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator for the program. Ken Nakagawa was promoted to assistant coach after spending the previous three seasons as the Director of Advanced Scouting. Rem Bakamus was promoted to assistant coach after spending the previous three seasons as the Director of Player Development.

Due to COVID-19, the NCAA ruled in October 2020 that the 2020–21 season would not count against the eligibility of any basketball player, thus giving all players the option to return in 2022–23. Additionally, any players who have declared for the 2024 NBA draft—including seniors, who must opt into this year's draft—have the option to return if they make a timely withdrawal from the draft and end any pre-draft relationships with agents. Thus, separate lists will initially be maintained for confirmed and potential departures.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
Dylan Anderson	44	F	7'0"	240 lb	Jr	Gilbert, AZ	Transferred to Boise State
Oumar Ballo	11	C	7'0"	260 lb	Sr	Koulikoro, Mali	Transferred to Indiana
Filip Borovicanin	1	G	6'9"	225 lb	Jr	Belgrade, Serbia	Transferred to New Mexico
Kylan Boswell	4	G	6'2"	200 lb	Jr	Champaign, IL	Transferred to Illinois
Keshad Johnson	16	F	6'7"	225 lb	GS	Oakland, CA	Out of eligibility
Pelle Larsson	3	G	6'6"	215 lb	Sr	Nacka, Sweden	Declared for NBA Draft
Paulius Murauskas	23	F	6'8"	225 lb	So	Kaunas, Lithuania	Transferred to Saint Mary's
Reference:

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
Tobe Awaka	30	F	6'8"	250 lb	Jr	Hyde Park, NY	Transfer from Tennessee
Addison Arnold	2	G	6'3"	190 lb	Fr	Simi Valley, CA	walk-on
Anthony Dell’Orso	3	G	6'6"	190 lb	Jr	Melbourne, Australia	Transfer from Campbell
Sven Djopmo	42	G	6'2"	175	Fr	Reims, France	walk-on
Jackson Francois	8	G	6'5"	160 lb	Jr	Las Vegas, NV	Transfer from Missouri (walk-on)
Liam Lloyd	11	G	6'5"	190 lb	Sr	Spokane, WA	Transfer from Northern Arizona
Trey Townsend	4	F	6'6"	230 lb	Sr	Oxford, MI	Transfer from Oakland

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Carter Bryant Power forward	Newport Beach, CA	Corona Centennial High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Apr 26, 2023
Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (89)
Emmanuel Stephen Center	Lagos, Nigeria	Dream City Christian (AZ)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Sep 3, 2023
Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (82)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:

"2024 Arizona Wildcats Recruiting Class". ESPN.

"2024 Team Ranking". Rivals. "2024 Arizona 24/7 Sports Commits". 247Sports. | | | | | |

2024 overall class rankings

Website	National rank	Conference rank	5-star recruits	4-star recruits	Total
ESPN	--	--	0	3	3
On3 Recruits	6	2	--	3	3
Rivals	3	3	0	3	3
247 Sports	3	1	--	3	3

*ESPN has not made 2024 recruiting class rankings yet.

Arizona announced on August 20, 2024 that the Wildcat cats would host their annual Red-Blue Game at the McKale Center on October 4, 2024. Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye are serving as the hosts for the game for the second year in a row. The game is being streamed on ESPN+. The night began with a three-point contest featuring Carter Bryant, Anthony Dell'Orso, Liam Lloyd and Caleb Love. Dell'Orso and Love made the finals with Love winning the shootout making 17 of 25 three pointers. The second event of the night featured a dunk contest featureTobe Awaka, Jaden Bradley, Carter Bryant and KJ Lewis. Bryant and Lewis advanced to the finals with Carter Bryant winning with a total score of 59 points out of 60. The dunk contest was judged by Jefferson, Frye and former player Corey Williams.

The night ended with the team splitting into two squads, Team Blue & Team Red. Team Red defeated Team Blue, 47–44. Caleb Love lead all scorers with 19 points, followed by Anthony Dell'Orso on Team Blue with 15 points.

Big 12 Preseason Poll

Big 12 Coaches	Points
Kansas	215 (9)
Houston	211 (5)
Iowa State	194 (1)
Baylor	185
Arizona	179 (1)
Cincinnati	140
Texas Tech	135
Kansas State	133
BYU	116
TCU	90
UCF	83
Arizona State	64
West Virginia	62
Oklahoma State	46
Colorado	37
Utah	30
Reference: (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team

Player	School
Caleb Love	Arizona
LJ Cryer	Houston
J’Wan Roberts
Tamin Lipsey	Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson†	Kansas
† denotes unanimous selectionReference:

Second Team

Player	School
Norchad Omier	Baylor
Jeremy Roach
Keshon Gilbert	Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr	Kansas
Coleman Hawkins	Kansas State
† denotes unanimous selectionReference:

Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State
Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Jerry West Award	Caleb Love	SG	Gr.
Naismith College Player of the Year
John R. Wooden Award
Oscar Robertson Award
Julius Erving Award	KJ Lewis	SF	So.
Karl Malone Award	Trey Townsend	PF	Gr.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award	Motiejus Krivas	C	So.

Roster below is based on the 2024–25 roster with outgoing players removed and incoming players added. The roster will undergo multiple changes as players leave via the NBA draft or transfers and players are added via the transfer portal and recruiting.

Note: Players' year is based on remaining eligibility. The NCAA did not count the 2020–21 season towards eligibility.

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
Tobe Awaka	Motiejus Krivas (+)	Emmanuel Stephen	Will Menaugh
Trey Townsend	Henri Veesaar	Luke Champion	Jackson Francois
K.J. Lewis	Carter Bryant	Grant Wietman	Jackson Cook
Caleb Love	Anthony Dell'Orso	Liam Llyod	Will Kuykendall
Jaden Bradley	Conrad Martinez	Addison Arnold	Sven Djopmo

The Wildcats non-conference schedule was announced on September 9, 2024. Arizona has confirmed games against Duke at McKale Center, Wisconsin in Madison, and has been confirmed to play in the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis, which includes Gonzaga, Indiana, Louisville, Providence, West Virginia, Oklahoma and Davidson. Due to the tournament format, Arizona will be guaranteed one game in the 2025 Big 12 tournament.

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
October 21, 2024*7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 10	Eastern New Mexico	W 117–54	–	24 – T. Townsend	15 – T. Awaka	5 – T. Townsend	McKale Center (13,157)Tucson, AZ
October 28, 2024*7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 10	Point Loma	W 113–64	–	18 – T. Townsend	10 – T. Townsend	5 – J. Bradley	McKale Center (13,240)Tucson, AZ
November 4, 2024*8:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 10	Canisius	W 93–64	1–0	17 – C. Love	9 – T. Awaka	6 – C. Love	McKale Center (13,597)Tucson, AZ
November 9, 2024*2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 10	Old Dominion	W 102–44	2–0	18 – T. Awaka	15 – T. Awaka	4 – C. Martinez	McKale Center (13,982)Tucson, AZ
November 15, 2024*7:00 p.m., Peacock	No. 9	at Wisconsin	L 88–103	2–1	22 – J. Bradley	13 – T. Awaka	2 – .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Tied	Kohl Center (16,838)Madison, WI
November 22, 2024*8:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 17	No. 12 Duke	L 55–69	2–2	18 – J. Bradley	7 – T. Townsend	5 – M. Krivas	McKale Center (14,634)Tucson, AZ
November 27, 2024*5:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 24	vs. Davidson Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals	W 104–72	3–2	21 – A. Dell’Orso	10 – Tied	4 – Tied	Imperial Arena (1,737)Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 28, 2024*3:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 24	vs. Oklahoma Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinal	L 77–82	3–3	17 – C. Love	5 – Tied	3 – Tied	Imperial Arena (456)Paradise Island, Bahamas
November 29, 2024*3:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 24	vs. West Virginia Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd place game	L 76–83 OT	3–4	24 – C. Love	8 – T. Awaka	5 – J. Bradley	Imperial Arena (796)Paradise Island, Bahamas
December 7, 2024*12:00 p.m., CBSSN		Southern Utah	W 102–66	4–4	19 – A. Dell’Orso	9 – C. Bryant	5 – K. Lewis	McKale Center (13,747)Tucson, AZ
December 14, 2024*1:00 p.m., ESPN2		vs. No. 24 UCLA Rivalry	L 54–57	4–5	12 – J. Bradley	7 – Tied	6 – J. Bradley	Footprint Center (8,437)Phoenix, AZ
December 18, 2024*7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Samford	W 96–64	5–5	23 – C. Love	8 – T. Townsend	8 – J. Bradley	McKale Center (12,847)Tucson, AZ
December 21, 2024*2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Central Michigan	W 94–41	6–5	24 – C. Love	10 – T. Awaka	5 – Tied	McKale Center (13,093)Tucson, AZ
December 30, 20246:00 p.m., ESPN+		TCU	W 90–81	7–5(1–0)	33 – C. Love	7 – C. Love	8 – K. Lewis	McKale Center (13,560)Tucson, AZ
January 4, 202512:30 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 16 Cincinnati	W 72–67	8–5(2–0)	15 – J. Bradley	8 – H. Veesaar	4 – H. Veesaar	Fifth Third Arena (11,212)Cincinnati, OH
January 7, 20255:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 21 West Virginia	W 75–56	9–5(3–0)	21 – K. Lewis	7 – Tied	5 – J. Bradley	WVU Coliseum (10,566)Morgantown, WV
January 11, 20258:00 p.m., ESPN		UCF	W 88–80	10–5(4–0)	16 – C. Love	8 – C. Love	6 – C. Love	McKale Center (13,039)Tucson, AZ
January 14, 20259:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 25 Baylor	W 81–70	11–5(5–0)	19 – H. Veesaar	7 – H. Veesaar	7 – K. Lewis	McKale Center (14,034)Tucson, AZ
January 18, 202512:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Texas Tech	L 54–70	11–6(5–1)	11 – J. Bradley	14 – T. Awaka	3 – J. Bradley	United Supermarkets Arena (15,098)Lubbock, TX
January 21, 20259:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Oklahoma State	W 92–78	12–6(6–1)	27 – C. Love	7 – T. Awaka	4 – J. Bradley	Gallagher-Iba Arena (6,355)Stillwater, OK
January 25, 20251:00 p.m., ESPN+		Colorado	W 78–63	13–6(7–1)	20 – A. Dell’Orso	15 – T. Awaka	6 – Tied	McKale Center (14,688)Tucson, AZ
January 27, 20258:30 p.m., ESPN		No. 3 Iowa State	W 86–75 OT	14–6(8–1)	25 – C. Love	12 – T. Awaka	6 – Tied	McKale Center (14,688)Tucson, AZ
February 1, 202511:00 a.m., CBS		at Arizona State Rivalry	W 81–72	15–6(9–1)	27 – C. Love	10 – C. Bryant	7 – C. Love	Desert Financial Arena (13,544)Tempe, AZ
February 4, 20259:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 20	at BYU	W 85–74	16–6(10–1)	18 – C. Love	9 – T. Awaka	5 – K. Lewis	Marriott Center (17,274)Provo, UT
February 8, 20258:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 20	No. 13 Texas Tech	W 82–73	17–6(11–1)	16 – Tied	11 – T. Awaka	6 – C. Love	McKale Center (14,688)Tucson, AZ
February 11, 20256:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 13	at Kansas State	L 70–73	17–7(11–2)	15 – K. Lewis	11 – C. Bryant	4 – J. Bradley	Bramlage Coliseum (8,914)Manhattan, KS
February 15, 202512:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 13	No. 6 Houston	L 58–62	17–8(11–3)	17 – C. Love	6 – Tied	7 – C. Love	McKale Center (14,688)Tucson, AZ
February 17, 20258:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 19	at Baylor	W 74–67	18–8(12–3)	14 – T. Awaka	12 – T. Awaka	6 – C. Bryant	Foster Pavilion (7,500)Waco, TX
February 22, 20258:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 19	BYU	L 95–96	18–9(12–4)	27 – C. Love	10 – T. Awaka	5 – Tied	McKale Center (14,688)Tucson, AZ
February 26, 20257:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	Utah	W 83–66	19–9(13–4)	23 – C. Love	10 – T. Awaka	7 – C. Love	McKale Center (14,264)Tucson, AZ
March 1, 20257:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 22	at No. 9 Iowa State	L 67–84	19–10(13–5)	18 – J. Bradley	6 – Tied	3 – C. Love	Hilton Coliseum (14,267)Ames, IA
March 4, 20259:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 24	Arizona State Rivalry	W 113–100	20–10(14–5)	22 – H. Veesaar	9 – T. Awaka	7 – J. Bradley	McKale Center (14,688)Tucson, AZ
March 8, 20252:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 24	at Kansas	L 76–83	20–11(14–6)	21 – J. Bradley	7 – T. Townsend	3 – C. Love	Allen Fieldhouse (15,300)Lawrence, KS
March 13, 20256:30 p.m., ESPN	(3)	vs. (6) Kansas Quarterfinals	W 88–77	21–11	19 – Tied	5 – Tied	6 – C. Love	T-Mobile Center (15,491)Kansas City, MO
March 14, 20256:30 p.m., ESPN2	(3)	vs. (2) No. 9 Texas Tech Semifinals	W 86–80	22–11	27 – C. Love	8 – K. Lewis	6 – K. Lewis	T-Mobile Center (13,946)Kansas City, MO
March 16, 20253:00 p.m., ESPN	(3)	vs. (1) No. 2 Houston Championship	L 64–72	22–12	19 – C. Love	9 – T. Awaka	2 – J. Bradley	T-Mobile Center (13,768)Kansas City, MO
March 21, 2025*4:35 p.m., TruTV	(4 E) No. 21	vs. (13 E) Akron First Round	W 93–65	23–12	19 – J. Bradley	8 – T. Townsend	5 – A. Dell’Orso	Climate Pledge Arena (16,978)Seattle, WA
March 23, 2025*6:40 p.m., TBS	(4 E) No. 21	vs. (5 E) No. 25 Oregon Second Round	W 87–83	24–12	29 – C. Love	14 – T. Awake	4 – Tied	Climate Pledge Arena (17,102)Seattle, WA
March 27, 20256:39 p.m., CBS	(4 E) No. 21	vs. (1 E) No. 1 Duke Sweet Sixteen	L 93–100	24–13	35 – C. Love	6 – H. Veesaar	5 – J. Bradley	Prudential Center (18,617)Newark, NJ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. East=. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source:

This section will be filled in as the season progresses.

Source:

Recipient (Position)	Award (Big 12 Conference)	Stats (PPG/RPG/APG)	Week	Date awarded	Ref.
Caleb Love	Big 12 Player of the Week	24.5 PPG/3.5 RPG/4.5 APG	Week 12	February 3, 2025
Tobe Awaka	Big 12 Newcomber of the Week	14.0 PPG/10.0 RPG/1.0 APG/1.5 SPG	Week 13	February 10, 2025

Honors	Player	Position	Ref.
Jerry West Award	Caleb Love	SG

Honors	Player	Position	Ref.
Jerry West Award	Caleb Love	SG

Recipient (Position)	Award (Big 12 Conference)	Stats (PPG/RPG/APG)
Caleb Love (SG)	All Big 12 First Team	17.0 PPG/4.3 RPG/4.0 APG/1.3 SPG
Tobe Awaka (PF)	All Big 12 Honorable Mention	8.8 PPG/8.0 RPG
Henri Veesaar (PF)	All Big 12 Honorable Mention	10.9 PPG/5.4 RPG/1.5 APG/1.0 SPG/1.6 BPG

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