# 2024–25 Big South Conference men's basketball season

The 2024–25 Big South Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2024 and will end with the 2025 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2025.

## Head coaches
### Coaching Changes

Jeremy Luther was promoted to head coach at Gardner-Webb on March 27, 2024.
Marty Richter was named head coach at USC Upstate on April 5, 2024.

### Coaches

| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Season | Overall record | Big South record | NCAA Tournaments |
| Charleston Southern | Saah Nimley | Charleston Southern (asst.) | 2nd | 14–29 (.326) | 8–13 (.381) | 0 |
| Gardner-Webb | Jeremy Luther | Gardner-Webb (asst.) | 1st | 10–19 (.345) | 5–11 (.313) | 0 |
| High Point | Alan Huss | Creighton | 2nd | 53–14 (.791) | 27–5 (.844) | 1 |
| Longwood | Griff Aldrich | Hampden-Sydney (asst.) | 7th | 127–99 (.562) | 64–56 (.533) | 2 |
| Presbyterian | Quinton Ferrell | Charleston (asst.) | 6th | 62–120 (.341) | 30–71 (.297) | 0 |
| Radford | Darris Nichols | Flordia (asst.) | 4th | 67–62 (.519) | 33–33 (.500) | 0 |
| USC Upstate | Marty Richter | Drake (asst.) | 1st | 6–25 (.194) | 2–14 (.125) | 0 |
| UNC Asheville | Mike Morrell | Texas (asst.) | 7th | 115–98 (.540) | 68–48 (.586) | 1 |
| Winthrop | Mark Prosser | Western Carolina | 4th | 76–51 (.598) | 43–23 (.652) | 0 |
Notes:
* Season and record numbers are inclusive of the 2024–25 season.

## Preseason
### Preseason coaches poll

2024–25 Big South Preseason Coaches Poll :
| Rank | Team (First place votes) | Points |
| 1 | High Point (17) | 161 |
| 2 | Winthrop (1) | 134 |
| 3 | Longwood | 121 |
| 4 | UNC Asheville | 104 |
| 5 | Charleston Southern | 98 |
| 6 | Gardner-Webb | 63 |
| 7 | Radford | 56 |
| 8 | Presbyterian | 54 |
| 9 | USC Upstate | 19 |

### Preseason All-Conference Team

* First team
* Kezza Giffa, High Point
* Kelton Talford, Winthrop
* Kimani Hamilton, High Point
* Juslin Bodo Bodo, High Point
* Taje' Kelly, Charleston Southern
* Preseason MVP: Kezza Giffa, High Point

## Regular season
### Player of the Week awards

| Week | Player of the Week | Rookie of the Week |
| 1 | Darryl Simmons, Gardner–Webb Kory Mincey, Presbyterian | Mister Dean, USC Upstate |
| 2 | Jarvis Moss, Radford | Mister Dean (2), USC Upstate |
| 3 | Toyaz Solomon, UNC Asheville | Zion Walker, Radford |
| 4 | Taje' Kelly, Charleston Southern | Carmelo Adkins, USC Upstate |
| 5 | RJ Johnson, Charleston Southern | Carmelo Adkins (2), USC Upstate |
| 6 | Breylin Garcia, USC Upstate | Kameron Taylor, UNC Asheville |
| 7 | Taje' Kelly (2), Charleston Southern | Mister Dean (3), USC Upstate |
| 8 | Jordan Marsh, UNC Asheville | Zion Walker (2), Radford |
| 9 | Kelton Telford, Winthrop | Mister Dean (4), USC Upstate Paul Jones, Winthrop |
| 10 | Jordan Marsh (2), UNC Asheville Taje' Kelly (3), Charleston Southern | Iverson King, Presbyterian |
| 11 | Kobe Stewart, Presbyterian | Iverson King (2), Presbyterian |
| 12 | Darryl Simmons (2), Gardner–Webb | Kameron Taylor (2), UNC Asheville |
| 13 | Juslin Bodo Bodo, High Point | Carmelo Adkins (3), USC Upstate |
| 14 | Taje' Kelly (4), Charleston Southern | Josh Ibukunoluwa, High Point |
| 15 | Kezza Giffa, High Point | Mister Dean (5), USC Upstate |
| 16 | Bryce Baker, Winthrop | Mister Dean (6), USC Upstate |
| School | POTW | FOTW |
| Charleston Southern | 5 | 0 |
| Gardner–Webb | 2 | 0 |
| High Point | 2 | 1 |
| Longwood | 0 | 0 |
| Presbyterian | 2 | 2 |
| Radford | 1 | 2 |
| UNC Asheville | 3 | 2 |
| USC Upstate | 1 | 9 |
| Winthrop | 2 | 1 |

### Annual Award Winners
## Conference awards

2025 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Taje' Kelly, Charleston Southern |
| Coach of the Year | Alan Huss, High Point |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Juslin Bodo Bodo, High Point |
| Freshman of the Year | Mister Dean, USC Upstate |
| Newcomer of the Year | Jordan Marsh, UNC Asheville |
| Reference: ||||
2025 Big South Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention | All Freshman |
| Taje' Kelly, CHARS Jordan Marsh, UNCA Kelton Talford, WINT Kezza Giffa, HP Kimani Hamilton, HP | Kobe Stewart, PRES Toyaz Solomon, UNCA D'Maurian Williams, HP Darryl Simmons II, G-W Juslin Bodo Bodo, HP | Kory Mincy, PRES Josh Banks, UNCA KJ Doucet, WINT Jarvis Moss, RAD Kasen Harrison, WINT | Mister Dean, USC-UP Kameron Taylor, UNCA JPaul Joes III, WINT Carmelo Adkins, USC-UP Iverson King, PRES |
* 2025 Big South Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team
* Bobby Pettiford, High Point Kezza Giffa, High Point Kimani Hamilton, High Point Kelton Talford, Winthrop Kasen Harrison, Winthrop
* Bold denotes MVP

## Postseason
### Big South tournament

The conference tournament will be played from March 5 to March 9, 2025 at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. The top seven teams receive a first round bye.

### NCAA Tournament

As the conference champion, High Point received an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, their first ever NCAA tournament appearance.
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | First round | Second round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 13 | Midwest | High Point | — | vs. (4) Purdue - (Providence) | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― |

### NCAA Tournament

| School | Last NCAA Tournament Appearance | Seed | Result |
| Charleston Southern | 1997 | 15 | Lost First Round |
| Gardner–Webb | 2019 | 16 | Lost First Round |
| High Point | 2025 | -- | -- |
| Longwood | 2024 | 16 | Lost First Round |
| Presbyterian | -- | -- | -- |
| Radford | 2018 | 16 | Lost First Round |
| UNC Asheville | 2023 | 15 | Lost First Round |
| USC Upstate | -- | -- | -- |
| Winthrop | 2021 | 12 | Lost First Round |