2024–25 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team
The 2024–25 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Penn State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by second-year head coach Mike Rhoades, and played their home games at Bryce Jordan Center located in State College, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season
The Nittany Lions finished the season 16–17, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Michigan in the first round before losing to Indiana in the second round.

Offseason 

Departures
 Penn State departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure	 Kayne Clary  0  G  5'11"  192  Sophomore  Virginia Beach, VA  Dismissed from the team; transferred to Mississippi State Jameel Brown  5  G  6'4"  188  Sophomore  Philadelphia, PA  Transferred to Temple Bragi Guðmundsson  6  G  6'5"  185  Freshman  Grindavík, Iceland  Transferred to Campbell Leo O'Boyle  11  F  6'7"  225  GS Senior  Scranton, PA  Graduated Favour Aire  12  F  6'11"  220  Sophomore  Ekpoma, Nigeria  Transferred to Bryant Demetrius Lilley  14  F  6'10"  245  Sophomore  Philadelphia, PA  Transferred to La Salle Dan Conlan  15  G  6'4"  186  Senior  Sewickley, PA  Walk-on; graduated RayQuawndis Mitchell  21  G  6'5"  195  GS Senior  Blaine, MN  Graduated Qudus Wahab  22  F  6'11"  245  GS Senior  Lagos, Nigeria  Graduated/signed to play professionally in Greece with Lavrio Andy Christos  33  G  6'5"  186  Senior  Madison, NJ  Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers
 Penn State incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Freddie Dilione V  4  G  6'5"  180  Sophomore  Fayetteville, NC  Tennessee Eli Rice  11  G  6'8"  213  Sophomore  Bradenton, FL  Nebraska Yanic Konan Niederhauser  14  F  6'11"  215  Junior  Fräschels, Switzerland  Northern Illinois Kachi Nzech  15  C  6'8"  230  Sophomore  Upper Darby, PA  Xavier

Recruiting classes
2023 recruiting class

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

Notes

References

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