The 2024–25 Cal Poly Mustangs men's basketball team represented

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during the

2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 4, 2024. The regular season ended on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament that began with the First Four on March 18 and ended with t ...

. The Mustangs, led by first-year head coach

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, played their home games at the Mott Athletics Center in

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as members of the

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. With eight conference wins this season, this was Cal Poly's most since

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where they went 12–6.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2023–24 season 4–28, 0–20 in Big West play, to finish in 11th (last) place. Due to their last place finish, the Mustangs failed to make the Big West tournament, as only the top eight teams qualify. On March 1, 2024, the school announced that head coach John Smith would be fired at the end of the season, ending his five-year tenure with the team. On March 26, the school announced that they would be hiring Colorado Mesa head coach

as the team's new head coach.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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