2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
| 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |||
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| Preseason AP #1 | TBD | ||
| Regular season | November 4, 2024 – March 16, 2025 | ||
| NCAA Tournament | 2025 | ||
| Tournament dates | March 18 – April 7, 2025 | ||
| National Championship | Alamodome San Antonio, Texas |
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NCAA Division I basketball seasons
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The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season will begin on November 4, 2024. The regular season will end on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the first four on March 18 and ending with championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio on April 7.
Contents
Rule changes
TBD
Season headlines
- May 29, 2024 – Stephen F. Austin announced it would leave the Western Athletic Conference on July 1 to rejoin the Southland Conference after a three-year absence.[1]
- July 1 – IUPUI's athletic teams will rename to Indiana University Indianapolis (IU Indianapolis) after the Indiana and Purdue university systems split the university into IU Indianapolis and Purdue University in Indianapolis.[2]
Milestones and records
TBD
Conference membership changes
A total of 23 schools joined new conferences for the 2024–25 season. Of these, 20 moved within Division I, two began reclassification from NCAA Division II, and Chicago State ended its two-year stint as an all-sports independent to join the Northeast Conference.
The 2024–25 will be the last season in their respective conferences for five Division I schools.
| School | 2024–25 conference | Future conference |
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| Delaware | CAA | C-USA |
| Grand Canyon | WAC | WCC |
| Missouri State | Missouri Valley | C-USA |
| Seattle | WAC | WCC |
| UMass | Atlantic 10 | MAC |
Arenas
New arenas
- West Georgia will transition from Division II to Division I and play at the Coliseum in Carrollton, Georgia where they played since 2009 but this will be their first season playing in Division I after playing 41 years in Division II. They will be ineligible for any postseason play in 2025.
- Georgia Southern will leave the Hanner Fieldhouse after 55 seasons there for the new Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center. The team will play its first game in the Hill Convocation Center in November 2024.[3]
- St. Thomas will play their final season at Schoenecker Arena, where they have played since 1981, before moving to the new Lee and Penny Anderson Arena, which will open in the 2025–26 season.[4]
- Vermont was originally slated to open their new arena, Tarrant Event Center, as a replacement for the current arena, Patrick Gym. Construction was to continue in 2021 but it has been delayed indefinitely.[5]
Seasonal outlook
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The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching polls
Pre-season polls
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Final polls
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Top 10 matchups
Rankings reflect the AP poll Top 25.
Regular season
Postseason
Regular season
Early season tournaments
Head-to-head conference challenges
| Conference matchup | Dates | Conference winner | Conference loser | Record |
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| Big East–Big 12 Battle | December 3–9 |
Upsets
| Winner | Score | Loser | Date | Tournament/event | Notes |
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Conference winners and tournaments
Each of the 31 Division I athletic conferences will end its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference receives the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. Unless otherwise noted, the winners of these tournaments will receive automatic invitations to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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Per the NCAA, an upset occurs when the losing team in an NCAA tournament game was seeded at least two seed lines better than the winning team.
| Round | West | Midwest | South | East |
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| Round of 32 | ||||
| Sweet 16 | ||||
| Elite 8 | ||||
| Final 4 | ||||
| National Championship | ||||
Conference standings
Award winners
2025 Consensus All-Americans
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Coaching changes
Many teams will change coaches during the season and after it ends.
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See also
References
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