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2024–25 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team

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2024–25 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record2–1 (0–0 MW)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • David Velasquez
  • JayDee Luster
  • Ryan Badrtalei
Offensive schemeWheel
Base defensePack-Line
Home arenaViejas Arena
(Capacity: 12,414)
Seasons
2024–25 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Utah State 0 0   5 0   1.000
Nevada 0 0   5 1   .833
New Mexico 0 0   4 1   .800
Wyoming 0 0   4 1   .800
Boise State 0 0   3 1   .750
UNLV 0 0   3 1   .750
San Diego State 0 0   2 1   .667
Colorado State 0 0   3 2   .600
Fresno State 0 0   2 2   .500
Air Force 0 0   1 4   .200
San Jose State 0 0   1 5   .167
2025 Mountain West tournament winner
As of November 22, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team represents San Diego State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aztecs are led by eighth-year head coach Brian Dutcher and play their home games at Viejas Arena as members in the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season

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The Aztecs finished the 2023–24 season 26–11, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They defeated UNLV in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament and Utah State in the semifinals before losing to Utah State in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the East region, the school's fourth straight trip to the tournament. They defeated UAB and Yale in the first and second rounds before losing in last year's national championship game rematch to UConn in the sweet sixteen.

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Cade Alger 2 F 6'9" 196 Redshirt Senior Ripon, CA Graduate transferred
Micah Parrish 3 G/F 6'6" 193 Senior Detroit, MI Graduate transferred to Ohio State
Jay Pal 4 F 6'9" 185 GS Senior Omaha, NE Graduated
Lamont Butler 5 G 6'2" 207 Senior Moreno Valley, CA Graduate transferred to Kentucky
Darrion Trammell 12 G 5'10" 176 GS Senior Marin City, CA Graduated
Jaedon LeDee 13 F 6'9" 244 GS Senior Houston, TX Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves
Elijah Saunders 25 F 6'8" 229 Sophomore Phoenix, AZ Transferred to Virginia[1]
Ryan Raad 42 G 6'4" 189 Freshman Los Angeles, CA Walk-on; not on team roster

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college
Nicholas Boyd 2 G 6'3" 175 Redshirt Junior Garnerville, NY Florida Atlantic[2]
Wayne McKinney III 3 G 6'0" 190 Senior Coronado, CA San Diego[3]
Kimo Ferrari 23 G 6'0" 185 GS Senior San Diego, CA Brown[4]
Jared Coleman-Jones 31 F 6'10" 240 Senior Hiram, GA Middle Tennessee[5]

2024 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Pharaoh Compton
#26 PF
Las Vegas, NV Arbor View High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oct 15, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 82
Taj DeGourville
#30 SF
Las Vegas, NV Wasatch Academy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jun 4, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 81
Thokbor David Majak
C
Glendale, AZ Dream City Christian 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oct 10, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247SportsN/A    ESPNN/A   ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • 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:

  • "2024 San Diego St. Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com.
  • "2024 San Diego St. Player Commits". ESPN.com.
  • "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2025 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for 2025 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tae Simmons
#36 PF
Northridge, CA Heritage Christian School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jul 4, 2024 
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • 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:

Roster

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2024–25 San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Magoon Gwath 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Veritas Prep (CA) Euless, Texas
G 2 Nicholas Boyd 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Jr Don Bosco Prep
Florida Atlantic
Garnerville, New York
G 3 Wayne McKinney III 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Sr Coronado
San Diego
Coronado, California
G 4 Desai Lopez (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Saint Francis
College of San Mateo
Fremont, California
F 5 Pharaoh Compton 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Fr Arbor View Chicago, Illinois
G 6 Ryan Schwarz (W) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Miramonte Orinda, California
G 8 Cam Lawin (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 173 lb (78 kg) RS So Orr Academy Chicago, Illinois
G 10 BJ Davis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Modesto Christian School Modesto, California
F 11 Demarshay Johnson Jr. 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 222 lb (101 kg) RS Jr Salesian College Prep Richmond, California
G 14 Reese Dixon-Waters 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Sr St. Bernard HS
USC
Long Beach, California
G 21 Miles Byrd 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Lincoln Stockton, California
G 23 Kimo Ferrari 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) GS Francis Parker School
Brown
San Diego, California
G 24 Taj DeGourville 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Fr Wasatch Academy Las Vegas, Nevada
F 31 Jared Coleman-Jones 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr McEarhern
Middle Tennessee
Jacksonville, FL
F 33 Thokbor Majak 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Fr Dream City Christian Bor, South Sudan
F 40 Miles Heide 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 233 lb (106 kg) So Mount Si North Bend, Washington
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2024*
7:00 p.m.
Cal State San Marcos W 80–39 
 18  Boyd   5  Tied   3  Tied  Viejas Arena (12,164)
San Diego, CA
Regular season
November 6, 2024*
7:00 p.m., YurView
UC San Diego W 63−58  1−0
 20  Byrd   9  Coleman-Jones   4  Boyd  Viejas Arena (12,414)
San Diego, CA
November 12, 2024*
7:00 p.m., YurView
Occidental W 100–49  2–0
 16  Tied   5  Coleman-Jones   3  Tied  Viejas Arena (12,366)
San Diego, CA
November 18, 2024*
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
No. 3 Gonzaga L 67–80  2–1
 23  Boyd   9  Boyd   3  Tied  Viejas Arena (12,414)
San Diego, CA
November 26, 2024*
11:00 a.m., TBS
vs. Creighton
Players Era Festival Power Tournament
      MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
November 27, 2024*
1:00 p.m., Max
vs. Oregon
Players Era Festival Power Tournament
      MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
November 30, 2024*
TBA, TNT
vs. TBD
Players Era Festival Championship Day
      MGM Grand Garden Arena 
Paradise, NV
December 4, 2024
7:30 p.m., FS1
at Fresno State       Save Mart Center 
Fresno, CA
December 7, 2024*
7:00 p.m., YurView
San Diego
City Championship
      Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
December 11, 2024*
7:00 p.m., YurView
California Baptist       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
December 21, 2024*
7:30 p.m., ACCN
vs. California
San Jose Tip-Off
      SAP Center 
San Jose, CA
December 28, 2024
TBA, FOX
Utah State       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
January 4, 2025
1:00 p.m., CBS
at Boise State       ExtraMile Arena 
Boise, ID
January 8, 2025
7:30 p.m., FS1
Air Force       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
January 11, 2025
TBA, CBS
at New Mexico       The Pit 
Albuquerque, NM
January 14, 2025
8:00 p.m., CBSSN
Colorado State       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
January 18, 2025
5:00 p.m., CBSSN
UNLV       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
January 22, 2025
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
at Air Force       Clune Arena 
Colorado Springs, CO
January 25, 2025
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
at Nevada       Lawlor Events Center 
Reno, NV
January 28, 2025
8:00 p.m., FS1
San Jose State       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
February 1, 2025
5:00 p.m., CBSSN
Wyoming       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
February 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
at Colorado State       Moby Arena 
Fort Collins, CO
February 11, 2025
8:00 p.m., CBSSN
at San Jose State       Provident Credit Union Event Center 
San Jose, CA
February 15, 2025
7:00 p.m., CBSSN
Boise State       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
February 18, 2025
8:00 p.m., CBSSN
Fresno State       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
February 22, 2025
5:00 p.m., CBSSN
at Utah State       Smith Spectrum 
Logan, UT
February 25, 2025
8:00 p.m., FS1
New Mexico       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
March 1, 2025
5:00 p.m., CBSSN
at Wyoming       Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
March 4, 2025
8:00 p.m., CBSSN
at UNLV       Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
March 8, 2025
7:30 p.m., FS1
Nevada       Viejas Arena 
San Diego, CA
Mountain West tournament
March 12–15, 2025
TBA
vs.        Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Source[6]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
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CoachesRV

References

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  1. ^ Tipton, Joe (May 6, 2024). "San Diego State transfer forward Elijah Saunders commits to Virginia". On3.com. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "San Diego State Welcomes Transfer Nick Boyd from Final Four Foe FAU". Times of San Diego. May 2, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Zeigler, Mark (May 2, 2024). "SDSU basketball gets commitment from veteran guard to replace Lamont Butler". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Zeigler, Mark (June 1, 2024). "SDSU basketball adds Division I transfer with local roots". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  5. ^ Zeigler, Mark (April 25, 2024). "SDSU gets commitment from 6-foot-10 grad transfer with guard skills in a post player's body". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". goaztetcs.com.com. Retrieved 2024-09-20.