The 2024–25 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represented the

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in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by seventh-year head coach Dan Hurley in the team's fifth season since their return to the

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. The Huskies played their home games at the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion on-campus in

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and the

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. The Huskies sought to become the first team to win three straight national championships since

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won seven straight championships from 1966–67 to 1972–73. However, after a rocky regular season that earned them a #8 seed in the 2025 NCAA tournament, UConn narrowly lost to the eventual champion

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in the second round, 77–75, ending their three-peat bid.

Previous season

The Huskies finished the season 37–3, 18–2 in Big East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Xavier, St. John's, and Marquette to win the Big East tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. They won the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, becoming the first back-to-back National Champions since

(who won the tournament in

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). They were the first team since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (therefore requiring six victories to win the championship), to win ''every'' game by at least 14 points. That broke their own record of winning every game by 13 points, set the previous year. They set additional records in the NCAA tournament for largest combined margin of victory in all their games with 140 points; and by extension, the largest-average margin of victory of 23.3 points per game.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

2025 Recruiting Class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

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