# 2024–25 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team

The 2024–25 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represents the University of Oregon during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ducks are led by 15th-year head coach Dana Altman and play their home games at Matthew Knight Arena as first-year members of the Big Ten Conference.

## Previous season

The Ducks finished the 2023–24 season 24–12, 12–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They defeated UCLA, Arizona, and Colorado to win the Pac-12 tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed in the Midwest Region. There they beat No. 6-seeded South Carolina before losing to No. 3-seeded Creighton in the second round.
The season marked the Ducks' final season as members of the Pac-12 conference, as they joined the Big Ten Conference on August 1, 2024.

## Offseason
### Departures

Oregon Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Kario Oquendo | 0 | G | 6'4" | 210 | Senior | Titusville, FL | Graduate transferred to SMU |
| N'Faly Dante | 1 | C | 6'11" | 230 | GS Senior | Bamako, Mali | Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Houston Rockets |
| Jesse Zarzuela | 2 | G | 6'3" | 170 | Senior | Houston, TX | Graduated |
| Brennan Rigsby | 4 | G/F | 6'5" | 195 | Junior | De Beque, CO | Transferred to Minnesota |
| Jermaine Couisnard | 5 | G/F | 6'4" | 210 | GS Senior | East Chicago, IN | Graduated |
| Jack Farnham | 13 | G | 6'1" | 160 | Freshman | Los Angeles, CA | Walk-on; not on team roster |
| Gabe Reichle | 23 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Junior | Wilsonville, OR | Walk-on; not on team roster |
| Mahamdou Diawara | 24 | F | 6'10" | 250 | Senior | Bamako, Mali | Graduated |

### Incoming transfers

Oregon Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
| Ra'Heim Moss | 0 | G | 6'4" | 205 | Senior | Springfield, OH | Toledo |
| Dezdrick Lindsay | 4 | F | 6'6" | 195 | Junior | Louisville, KY | Florida SouthWestern State College |
| TJ Bamba | 5 | G | 6'5" | 215 | GS Senior | Bronx, NY | Villanova |
| Supreme Cook | 7 | F | 6'9" | 229 | GS Senior | East Orange, NJ | Georgetown |
| Jayson Williams-Johnson | 14 | G | 6'0" | 170 | Senior | Scotch Plains, NJ | Muhlenberg College |
| Brandon Angel | 21 | F | 6'8" | 235 | GS Senior | San Diego, CA | Stanford |
| Drew Carter | 22 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Junior | Portland, OR | UC Davis |

### 2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Jamari Phillips #5 PG | Chandler, AZ | Dream City Christian | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 193 lb (88 kg) | Jun 8, 2024 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 87 ||||||
| Ibrahima Traore #36 PF | Bel Aire, KS | Sunrise Christian Academy | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 212 lb (96 kg) | Oct 8, 2023 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 78 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: Rivals: 7 247Sports: 8 ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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: ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 7:30 p.m., B1G+ | | UC Riverside | W 91–76 | 1–0 | 23 – Evans Jr. | 11 – Bittle | 4 – Moss | Matthew Knight Arena (5,494) Eugene, OR |
| November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., BTN | | Montana | W 79–48 | 2–0 | 14 – Pridgen | 9 – Pridgen | 2 – Johnson | Matthew Knight Arena (6,577) Eugene, OR |
| November 12, 2024* 8:00 p.m., BTN | | Portland | W 80–70 $^{OT}$ | 3–0 | 19 – Tracey | 10 – Shelstad | 5 – Shelstad | Matthew Knight Arena (5,260) Eugene, OR |
| November 17, 2024* 2:00 p.m., B1G+ | | Troy | W 82–61 | 4–0 | 15 – Barthelemy | 8 – Bittle | 6 – Shelstad | Matthew Knight Arena (5,394) Eugene, OR |
| November 21, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Oregon State Rivalry | W 78–75 | 5–0 | 23 – Bittle | 14 – Bittle | 6 – Shelstad | Gill Coliseum (6,617) Corvallis, OR |
| November 26, 2024* 1:30 p.m., TNT | | vs. No. 20 Texas A&M Players Era Festival Power Tournament | W 80–70 | 6–0 | 18 – Bamba | 6 – Tied | 4 – Tracey | MGM Grand Garden Arena (7,602) Paradise, NV |
| November 27, 2024* 1:30 p.m., Max | | vs. San Diego State Players Era Festival Power Tournament | W 78–68 | 7–0 | 22 – Bamba | 9 – Bittle | 5 – Bamba | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| November 30, 2024* 6:30 p.m., TNT/TruTV | | vs. No. 9 Alabama Players Era Festival Championship | W 83–81 | 8–0 | 22 – Barthelemy | 9 – Bittle | 4 – Tied | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| December 4, 2024 7:30 p.m., BTN | No. 12 | at USC | W 68–60 | 9–0 (1–0) | 24 – Shelstad | 7 – Angel | 5 – Barthelemy | Galen Center (4,460) Los Angeles, CA |
| December 8, 2024 3:00 p.m., BTN | No. 12 | UCLA | L 71–73 | 9–1 (1–1) | 22 – Bittle | 10 – Bittle | 4 – Bittle | Matthew Knight Arena (8,133) Eugene, OR |
| December 15, 2024* 3:00 p.m., BTN | No. 12 | Stephen F. Austin | W 79–61 | 10–1 | 15 – Angel | 7 – Tracey | 4 – Barthelemy | Matthew Knight Arena (5,792) Eugene, OR |
| December 21, 2024* 5:00 p.m., BTN | No. 10 | vs. Stanford San Jose Tip-Off | W 76–61 | 11–1 | 13 – Evans Jr. | 9 – Bittle | 2 – Tied | SAP Center San Jose, CA |
| December 29, 2024* 2:00 p.m., B1G+ | No. 9 | Weber State | W 89–49 | 12–1 | 16 – Shelstad | 7 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Matthew Knight Arena (7,320) Eugene, OR |
| January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 9 | No. 22 Illinois | L 77–109 | 12–2 (1–2) | 20 – S. Cook | 6 – Tracey | 4 – Barthelemy | Matthew Knight Arena (7,010) Eugene, OR |
| January 5, 2025 1:00 p.m., Peacock | No. 9 | Maryland | W 83–79 | 13–2 (2–2) | 23 – Shelstad | 7 – Evans Jr. | 5 – Barthelemy | Matthew Knight Arena (7,427) Eugene, OR |
| January 9, 2025 3:00 p.m., BTN | No. 15 | at Ohio State | W 73–71 | 14–2 (3–2) | 24 – Shelstad | 8 – Bittle | 3 – Shelstad | Value City Arena (10,631) Columbus, OH |
| January 12, 2025 1:00 p.m., BTN | No. 15 | at Penn State | W 82–81 | 15–2 (4–2) | 17 – Shelstad | 6 – Barthelemy | 8 – Shelstad | Bryce Jordan Center (8,972) State College, PA |
| January 18, 2025 12:00 p.m., NBC | No. 13 | No. 17 Purdue | L 58–65 | 15–3 (4–3) | 23 – Kaufman-Renn | 11 – Kaufman-Renn | 7 – Smith | Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Eugene, OR |
| January 21, 2025 8:00 p.m., BTN | No. 15 | Washington | W 82–71 | 16–3 (5–3) | 21 – Bamba | 11 – Bittle | 3 – Tied | Matthew Knight Arena (7,083) Eugene, OR |
| January 25, 2025 1:00 p.m., BTN | No. 15 | at Minnesota | L 69–77 | 16–4 (5–4) | 18 – Angel | 5 – Angel | 4 – Bamba | Williams Arena (11,062) Minneapolis, MN |
| January 30, 2025 7:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 16 | at UCLA | L 52–78 | 16–5 (5–5) | 13 – Bittle | 5 – Bittle | 3 – Tied | Pauley Pavilion (9,288) Los Angeles, CA |
| February 2, 2025 4:30 p.m., BTN | No. 16 | Nebraska | L 71–77 | 16–6 (5–6) | 16 – Shelstad | 6 – Bamba | 3 – Tied | Matthew Knight Arena (7,848) Eugene, OR |
| February 5, 2025 3:30 p.m., BTN | | at No. 24 Michigan | L 76–80 | 16–7 (5–7) | 18 – Shelstad | 10 – Bamba | 6 – Barthelemy | Crisler Center (11,814) Ann Arbor, MI |
| February 8, 2025 9:00 a.m., FOX | | at No. 9 Michigan State | L 74–86 | 16–8 (5–8) | 22 – Shelstad | 7 – Evans Jr. | 6 – Bamba | Breslin Center (14,797) East Lansing, MI |
| February 11, 2025 8:00 p.m., BTN | | Northwestern | W 81–75 | 17–8 (6–8) | 26 – Shelstad | 7 – Bittle | 4 – Shelstad | Matthew Knight Arena (6,039) Eugene, OR |
| February 16, 2025 4:00 p.m., FS1 | | Rutgers | W 75–57 | 18–8 (7–8) | 19 – Shelstad | 10 – Bittle | 6 – Bamba | Matthew Knight Arena (8,635) Eugene, OR |
| February 19, 2025 5:30 p.m., BTN | | at Iowa | W 80–78 | 19–8 (8–8) | 21 – Bittle | 10 – Bittle | 6 – Bamba | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,728) Iowa City, IA |
| February 22, 2025 9:00 a.m., FOX | | at No. 11 Wisconsin | W 77–73 $^{OT}$ | 20–8 (9–8) | 23 – Bittle | 9 – Evans Jr. | 2 – Tied | Kohl Center (16,838) Madison, WI |
| March 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., BTN | | USC | W 82–61 | 21–8 (10–8) | 20 – Barthelemy | 7 – Bittle | 4 – Tied | Matthew Knight Arena (10,257) Eugene, OR |
| March 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., FS1 | | Indiana | W 73–64 | 22–8 (11–8) | 17 – Shelstad | 8 – Angel | 6 – Bittle | Matthew Knight Arena (9,584) Eugene, OR |
| March 9, 2025 12:00 p.m., BTN | | at Washington | W 80–73 $^{OT}$ | 23–8 (12–8) | 36 – Bittle | 12 – Bittle | 5 – Shelstad | Alaska Airlines Arena (8,302) Seattle, WA |
| Big Ten tournament |||||||||
| March 13, 2025 9:00 a.m., BTN | (8) No. 23 | vs. (9) Indiana Second round | W 72-59 | 24–8 | 18 – Shelstad | 8 – Bittle | 6 – Bittle | Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| March 14, 2025 9:00 a.m., BTN | (8) No. 23 | vs. (1) No. 7 Michigan State Quarterfinals | L 64–74 | 24–9 | 22 – Bittle | 11 – Bittle | 5 – Bamba | Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA tournament |||||||||
| March 21, 2025* 7:10 p.m., TruTV | (5 E) No. 25 | vs. (12 E) Liberty First round | | | | | | Climate Pledge Arena Seattle, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Pacific Time. |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 16 | RV | — | — | RV | RV | 23 | 25 | |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 18 | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | |