The 2024–25 Rice Owls 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 team, led by first-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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as second-year members of the

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2023–24 season 11–21, 5–12 in AAC play to finish in a five-way tie for 10th place. As the No. 12 seed in the AAC tournament, they lost in the first round to

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. On March 14, 2024, the school fired head coach Scot Pera. On March 24, the school hired

, who had been fired as head coach of SMU, as the team's new head coach. The January 6 home game against UTSA was played in the Jerabeck Activity and Athletic Center on the campus of the University of St. Thomas due to water damage to Tudor Fieldhouse.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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