# 2024–25 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team

The 2024–25 Texas State Bobcats men's basketball team represented Texas State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fifth-year head coach Terrence Johnson, played their home games at Strahan Arena in San Marcos, Texas as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

## Previous season

The Bobcats finished the 2023–24 season 14–17, 7–11 in Sun Belt play, to finish in a tie for tenth place. In the Sun Belt Conference tournament, the Bobcats beat Old Dominion in the first round, Southern Miss in the second round, and Troy in the quarterfinals, before losing to James Madison in the semifinals.

## Preseason
### Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll

The Bobcats were picked to finish in seventh place in the conference's preseason poll. Graduate student forward Tyrel Morgan was named to the conference preseason third team.
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team (1st place Votes) |
| 1 | Arkansas State - 193 (12) |
| 2 | James Madison - 170 (1) |
| 3 | Troy - 155 (1) |
| 4 | Louisiana - 144 |
| 5 | Southern Miss - 133 |
| 6 | App State - 122 |
| 7 | Texas State – 89 |
| T8 | Georgia Southern - 85 |
| T8 | Old Dominion - 85 |
| 10 | Marshall - 79 |
| 11 | South Alabama - 78 |
| 12 | Georgia State - 75 |
| 13 | Coastal Carolina - 34 |
| 14 | ULM - 28 |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Eastern Michigan MAC–SBC Challenge | W 64–44 | 1–0 | 15 – Gumbs | 8 – O’Garro | 4 – Gumbs | Strahan Arena (1,292) San Marcos, TX |
| November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | McMurry | W 102–62 | 2–0 | 27 – Gumbs | 10 – Gumbs | 6 – O'Garro | Strahan Arena (1,387) San Marcos, TX |
| November 12, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at TCU | L 71–76 | 2–1 | 17 – Pope | 8 – Turner | 6 – Drinnon | Schollmaier Arena (4,815) Fort Worth, TX |
| November 16, 2024* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Abilene Christian | L 60–72 | 2–2 | 19 – Turner | 14 – Love | 3 – Gumbs | Moody Coliseum (1,801) Abilene, TX |
| November 21, 2024* 4:30 p.m., ESPNU | | vs. Bradley Myrtle Beach Invitational Quarterfinals | L 68–82 | 2–3 | 19 – Gumbs | 7 – Tied | 3 – Tied | HTC Center (660) Conway, SC |
| November 22, 2024* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Princeton Myrtle Beach Invitational consolation 2nd round | W 83–80 | 3–3 | 27 – Morgan | 8 – Pope | 7 – Gumbs | HTC Center (1,352) Conway, SC |
| November 24, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | vs. Ohio Myrtle Beach Invitational 5th place game | W 74–65 | 4–3 | 24 – Pope | 11 – Morgan | 5 – Gumbs | HTC Center (1,431) Conway, SC |
| December 1, 2024* 4:00 p.m. | | at Texas Southern | W 72–59 | 5–3 | 18 – Turner | 9 – Morgan | 7 – Tied | H&PE Arena (385) Houston, TX |
| December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Arlington Baptist | W 97–49 | 6–3 | 15 – Green | 11 – Pope | 9 – Drinnon | Strahan Arena (817) San Marcos, TX |
| December 8, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Rice | W 75–66 | 7–3 | 20 – Morgan | 10 – Morgan | 6 – Gumbs | Strahan Arena (1,597) San Marcos, TX |
| December 14, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Florida Atlantic | L 80–89 | 7–4 | 19 – Morgan | 9 – O'Garro | 5 – Morgan | Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL |
| December 21, 2024 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Georgia Southern | W 83–61 | 8–4 (1–0) | 23 – Pope | 10 – Morgan | 8 – Gumbs | Strahan Arena San Marcos, TX |
| December 29, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UT Arlington | L 72–80 | 8–5 | 22 – Morgan | 8 – Morgan | 9 – Gumbs | Strahan Arena (1,023) San Marcos, TX |
| January 2, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Marshall | L 71–77 | 8–6 (1–1) | 17 – Morgan | 9 – O'Garro | 2 – Gumbs | Cam Henderson Center (3,694) Huntington, WV |
| January 4, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Appalachian State | L 61–72 | 8–7 (1–2) | 16 – Morgan | 5 – Morgan | 3 – Tied | Holmes Center (2,512) Boone, NC |
| January 9, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Troy | W 74–73 | 9–7 (2–2) | 27 – Pope | 10 – Pope | 4 – Gumbs | Trojan Arena (2,123) Troy, AL |
| January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Southern Miss | L 88–92 $^{OT}$ | 9–8 (2–3) | 30 – Drone | 8 – Morgan | 5 – Gumbs | Reed Green Coliseum (3,130) Hattiesburg, MS |
| January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Georgia State | W 94–80 | 10–8 (3–3) | 20 – Pope | 13 – Green | 6 – Gumbs | Strahan Arena (2,292) San Marcos, TX |
| January 18, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Southern Miss | W 85–82 $^{OT}$ | 11–8 (4–3) | 28 – Pope | 12 – Tied | 7 – Turner | Strahan Arena (1,349) San Marcos, TX |
| January 23, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Louisiana | W 89–74 | 12–8 (5–3) | 25 – Pope | 9 – O'Garro | 2 – Tied | Cajundome (867) Lafayette, LA |
| January 25, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Arkansas State | L 65–80 | 12–9 (5–4) | 21 – O'Garro | 13 – O'Garro | 6 – Gumbs | First National Bank Arena (5,791) Jonesboro, AR |
| January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Louisiana | L 61–70 | 12–10 (5–5) | 17 – Gumbs | 7 – O'Garro | 4 – Turner | Strahan Arena (1,709) San Marcos, TX |
| February 1, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Arkansas State | L 74–85 | 12–11 (5–6) | 17 – Pope | 5 – Pope | 6 – Tied | Strahan Arena (1,441) San Marcos, TX |
| February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Old Dominion | L 64–75 | 12–12 (5–7) | 23 – Pope | 10 – O'Garro | 5 – Gumbs | Chartway Arena (5,474) Norfolk, VA |
| February 8, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Central Michigan MAC–SBC Challenge | L 70–85 | 12–13 | 13 – Pope | 6 – Turner | 6 – Gumbs | McGuirk Arena (1,244) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 13, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Louisiana–Monroe | W 72–60 | 13–13 (6–7) | 22 – Pope | 9 – Turner | 6 – Drinnon | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,135) Monroe, LA |
| February 15, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at South Alabama | L 65–70 $^{OT}$ | 13–14 (6–8) | 20 – Pope | 15 – Pope | 3 – Drone | Mitchell Center (2,169) Mobile, AL |
| February 19, 2025 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 80–63 | 14–14 (7–8) | 16 – Pope | 10 – Turner | 5 – Turner | Strahan Arena (1,691) San Marcos, TX |
| February 22, 2025 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | South Alabama | W 93–92 $^{OT}$ | 15–14 (8–8) | 20 – Morgan | 12 – Pope | 6 – Drone | Strahan Arena (2,523) San Marcos, TX |
| February 25, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Troy | L 69–74 | 15–15 (8–9) | 25 – Pope | 7 – Morgan | 3 – Tied | Strahan Arena (1,291) San Marcos, TX |
| February 28, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | James Madison | W 102–93 $^{2OT}$ | 16–15 (9–9) | 23 – Pope | 6 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Strahan Arena (1,526) San Marcos, TX |
| Sun Belt tournament |||||||||
| March 6, 2025 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (7) | vs. (10) Old Dominion Third round | L 61–64 | 16–16 | 15 – Pope | 10 – O'Garro | 4 – Benson | Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. |||||||||
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