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The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season will begin on November 4, 2024. The regular season will end on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the first four on March 18 and ending with championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio on April 7.
Rule changes [ edit ]
TBD
Season headlines [ edit ]
Milestones and records [ edit ]
TBD
Conference membership changes [ edit ]
A total of 23 schools joined new conferences for the 2024–25 season. Of these, 20 moved within Division I, two began reclassification from NCAA Division II , and Chicago State ended its two-year stint as an all-sports independent to join the Northeast Conference.
The 2024–25 will be the last season in their respective conferences for five Division I schools.
New arenas [ edit ]
Seasonal outlook [ edit ]
The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching polls
Pre-season polls [ edit ]
AP
Ranking
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USA Today Coaches
Ranking
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Final polls [ edit ]
AP
Ranking
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USA Today Coaches
Ranking
Team
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Top 10 matchups [ edit ]
Rankings reflect the AP poll Top 25.
Regular season [ edit ]
Postseason [ edit ]
Regular season [ edit ]
Early season tournaments [ edit ]
Names
Dates
Location
Teams
Champion
Runner-up
3rd-place winner
Asheville Championship
November 2024
Harrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville, NC )
4
TBD
Legends Classic
November 21−22 2024
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY )
4
TBD
Charleston Classic
November 2024
TD Arena (Charleston, SC )
4
TBD
Myrtle Beach Invitational
November 2024
HTC Center (Conway, SC )
8
TBD
Bahamas Championship
November 2024
Baha Mar Convention Center (Nassau, Bahamas )
4
TBD
Continental Tire Main Event
November 2024
T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, NV )
4
TBD
Paradise Jam tournament
November 2024
Sports and Fitness Center (Saint Thomas, VI )
8
TBD
Hall of Fame Tip Off
November 2024
Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT )
4
TBD
Empire Classic
November 2024
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY)
4
TBD
Jacksonville Classic
November 2024
Flagler Gymnasium (St. Augustine, FL )
8
TBD
Cayman Islands Classic
November 2024
John Gray Gymnasium (George Town, CYM )
8
TBD
Sunshine Slam
November 2024
Ocean Center (Daytona Beach, FL )
8
TBD
Fort Myers Tip-Off
November 2024
Suncoast Credit Union Arena (Fort Myers, FL )
8
TBD
Gulf Coast Showcase
November 2024
Hertz Arena (Estero, FL )
8
TBD
Maui Invitational
November 25–27, 2024
Lahaina Civic Center (Lahaina, HI )
8
TBD
SoCal Challenge
November 2024
The Pavilion at JSerra (San Juan Capistrano, CA )
8
TBD
Cancun Challenge
November 2024
Hard Rock Hotel – Riviera Maya (Cancún, Mexico )
8
TBD
Acrisure Classic
November 2024
Acrisure Arena (Palm Springs, CA )
4
TBD
Hall of Fame Classic
November 2024
T-Mobile Center (Kansas City, MO )
4
TBD
Arizona Tip-Off
November 2024
Desert Diamond Arena (Tempe, AZ )
8
TBD
NIT Season Tip-Off
November 2024
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY)
4
TBD
Rady Children's Invitational
November 2024
LionTree Arena (San Diego, CA )
4
TBD
Vegas Showdown
November 2024
Michelob Ultra Arena (Paradise, NV )
4
TBD
ESPN Events Invitational
November 2024
State Farm Field House (Lake Buena Vista, FL )
8
TBD
Emerald Coast Classic
November 2024
The Arena at NFSC (Niceville, FL )
4
TBD
Acrisure Invitational
November 2024
Acrisure Arena (Palm Springs, CA)
8
TBD
Nassau Championship
November 2024
Baha Mar Convention Center (Nassau, Bahamas)
8
TBD
Big 5 Classic
November & December 2024
Wells Fargo Center (final rounds) (Philadelphia, PA )
6
TBD
Sun Bowl Invitational
December 2024
Don Haskins Center (El Paso, TX )
4
TBD
Diamond Head Classic
December 2024
Stan Sheriff Center (Honolulu, HI )
8
TBD
Head-to-head conference challenges [ edit ]
Winner
Score
Loser
Date
Tournament/event
Notes
Conference winners and tournaments [ edit ]
Each of the 31 Division I athletic conferences will end its regular season with a single-elimination tournament . The team with the best regular-season record in each conference receives the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. Unless otherwise noted, the winners of these tournaments will receive automatic invitations to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament .
Conference
Regular season first place
Conference player of the year
Conference coach of the year
Conference tournament
Tournament venue (city)
Tournament winner
America East Conference
2025 America East men's basketball tournament
Campus sites
American Athletic Conference
2025 American Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Dickies Arena (Fort Worth, TX )
Atlantic Sun Conference
2025 ASUN men's basketball tournament
Campus sites
Atlantic 10 Conference
2025 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball tournament
Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY )
Atlantic Coast Conference
2025 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Spectrum Center (Charlotte, NC )
Big 12 Conference
2025 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
T-Mobile Center (Kansas City, MO )
Big East Conference
2025 Big East Conference men's basketball tournament
Madison Square Garden (New York, NY )
Big Sky Conference
2025 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
Idaho Central Arena (Boise, ID )
Big South Conference
2025 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Qubein Center (High Point, NC )
Big Ten Conference
2025 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament
United Center (Chicago, IL )
Big West Conference
2025 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Dollar Loan Center (Henderson, NV )
Coastal Athletic Association
2025 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball tournament
Entertainment and Sports Arena (Washington, DC )
Conference USA
2025 Conference USA men's basketball tournament
Propst Arena (Huntsville, AL )
Horizon League
2025 Horizon League men's basketball tournament
Quarterfinals: Campus sitesSemifinals and final: Indiana Farmers Coliseum (Indianapolis, IN )
Ivy League
2025 Ivy League men's basketball tournament
Levien Gymnasium (New York, NY)
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
2025 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, NJ )
Mid-American Conference
2025 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, OH )
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2025 MEAC men's basketball tournament
Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, VA )
Missouri Valley Conference
2025 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Enterprise Center (St. Louis, MO )
Mountain West Conference
2025 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Thomas and Mack Center (Paradise, NV )
Northeast Conference
2025 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament
Campus sites
Ohio Valley Conference
2025 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournament
Ford Center (Evansville, IN )
Patriot League
2025 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Campus sites
Southeastern Conference
2025 Southeastern Conference men's basketball tournament
Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, TN )
Southern Conference
2025 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament
Harrah's Cherokee Center (Asheville, NC )
Southland Conference
2025 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
The Legacy Center (Lake Charles, LA )
Southwestern Athletic Conference
2025 SWAC men's basketball tournament
Bartow Arena (Birmingham, AL )
Summit League
2025 Summit League men's basketball tournament
Denny Sanford Premier Center (Sioux Falls, SD )
Sun Belt Conference
2025 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Pensacola Bay Center (Pensacola, FL )
West Coast Conference
2025 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Orleans Arena (Paradise, NV)
Western Athletic Conference
2025 WAC men's basketball tournament
Tournament upsets [ edit ]
Per the NCAA, an upset occurs when the losing team in an NCAA tournament game was seeded at least two seed lines better than the winning team.
Upsets in the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Round
West
Midwest
South
East
Round of 64
Round of 32
Sweet 16
Elite 8
Final 4
National Championship
Conference standings [ edit ]
Award winners [ edit ]
2025 Consensus All-Americans [ edit ]
Coaching changes [ edit ]
Many teams will change coaches during the season and after it ends.
Team
Former
Interim
New
Reason
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "SFA Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25" (Press release). Southland Conference. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024 .
^ Neddenreip, Kyle (April 1, 2024). " 'A no-brainer.' New IU Indy basketball coach Paul Corsaro will 'start in our backyard.' " . Indianapolis Star. Retrieved June 7, 2024 .
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