2024–25 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team

2024–25 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball
2024–25 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	19–13 (12–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Brooks Savage (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Kris Arkenberg; Marcus Belcher; Brian Jones; Cory Dixon;
Home arena	Freedom Hall Civic Center

2024–25 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Chattanooga	15	–	3	.833	29	–	9	.763
UNC Greensboro	13	–	5	.722	20	–	12	.625
	12	–	6	.667	19	–	13	.594
Samford	12	–	6	.667	22	–	11	.667
Furman	11	–	7	.611	25	–	10	.714
Wofford †	10	–	8	.556	19	–	16	.543
VMI	7	–	11	.389	15	–	19	.441
Mercer	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
Western Carolina	4	–	14	.222	8	–	22	.267
The Citadel	0	–	18	.000	5	–	25	.167

† 2025 SoCon tournament winner

The 2024–25 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buccaneers, led by second-year head coach Brooks Savage, played their home games at the Freedom Hall Civic Center in Johnson City, Tennessee, as members of the Southern Conference.

Previous season

The Buccaneers finished the season 19–16, 8–10 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated VMI,^[1] UNC Greensboro,^[2] and Chattanooga^[3] to advance to the championship game of the SoCon tournament where they lost to Samford.^[4]

Offseason

Departing players

Departing Players
Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Tyler Rice	3	G	6'1"	180	Junior	Columbia, South Carolina	Transferred to Hampton
Justice Smith	12	G	6'6"	215	RS Junior	Lyons, New York	Transferred to Niagara
Ebby Asamoah	14	G	6'5"	200	Graduate Student	Rockville, Maryland	Completed College Eligibility
Braden Ilic	23	F	6'9"	225	Sophomore	Morristown, Tennessee	Transferred to Carson–Newman
Jadyn Parker	24	F	6'10"	200	RS Junior	Shallotte, North Carolina	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Curt Lewis	4	G	6'5"	215	Graduate Student	Louisville, KY	Missouri
John Buggs III	7	G	6'3"	185	Graduate Student	Homer, LA	North Texas
Davion Bradford	8	F/C	7'0"	270	Senior	St. Louis, MO	Wake Forest
Roosevelt Wheeler	12	F/C	6'11"	245	Senior	Richmond, VA	VCU

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Brandon Crawford F	Irmo, South Carolina	Overtime Elite	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	May 8, 2024
Brandon Crawford F	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals. Retrieved September 14, 2024.

Roster

2024–25 East Tennessee State Buccaneers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
F	0	Karon Boyd	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Jr	Concord, North Carolina
G	1	Quimari Peterson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Gary, Indiana
G	2	Maki Johnson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	So	Huntington, West Virginia
G	3	Timmy Fasehun (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Livingston, New Jersey
G	4	Curt Lewis	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	GS	Louisville, Kentucky
G	5	Allen Strothers	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	RS Jr	Newport News, Virginia
G	7	John Buggs III	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	GS	Homer, Louisiana
F/C	8	Davion Bradford	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Sr	St. Louis, Missouri
F	10	DJ Hughes	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	242 lb (110 kg)	Sr	Indianapolis, Indiana
C	11	David Meriweather	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	RS Fr	Indianapolis, Indiana
F/C	12	Roosevelt Wheeler	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	237 lb (108 kg)	Sr	Richmond, Virginia
G	15	Jaxson Jones (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	RS Fr	Council Bluffs, Iowa
G	21	Gabe Sisk	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	So	Louisville, Kentucky
F	22	Jaden Seymour	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Sr	Charlotte, North Carolina
F	31	Brandon Crawford	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Irmo, South Carolina

Head coach

Brooks Savage (Tennessee)

Assistant coach(es)

Kris Arkenberg (IUPUI)
Marcus Belcher (Southern Illinois)
Brian Jones (Northern Iowa)
Cory Dixon (New Orleans)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 14, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2024* 4:00 p.m.		High Point	L 56–71		Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN
Non-conference Regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Newberry	W 72–51	1–0	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,109) Johnson City, TN
November 8, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Eastern Kentucky SoCon/ASUN Challenge	L 78–82	1–1	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,435) Johnson City, TN
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Tusculum	W 82–54	2–1	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,078) Johnson City, TN
November 16, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Davidson	L 70–76	2–2	John M. Belk Arena (2,490) Davidson, NC
November 22, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		USC Upstate ETSU MTE	W 87–76	3–2	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,689) Johnson City, TN
November 24, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		Queens ETSU MTE	W 82–67	4–2	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,347) Johnson City, TN
November 27, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Charlotte	W 75–55	5–2	Dale F. Halton Arena (2,117) Charlotte, NC
November 30, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Austin Peay	W 79–57	6–2	Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,467) Johnson City, TN
December 3, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at James Madison	L 61–71	6–3	Atlantic Union Bank Center (3,364) Harrisonburg, VA
December 7, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Wichita State	L 87–96	6–4	Charles Koch Arena (5,602) Wichita, KS
December 14, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Jacksonville SoCon/ASUN Challenge	L 52–60	6–5	Swisher Gymnasium (1,000) Jacksonville, FL
December 18, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Elon	W 84–58	7–5	Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,177) Johnson City, TN
December 21, 2024* 3:00 p.m.		at Kansas City	L 66–73	7–6	Swinney Recreation Center (699) Kansas City, MO
SoCon Regular season
January 1, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		VMI	W 84–69	8–6 (1–0)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,311) Johnson City, TN
January 4, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Wofford	L 78–81	8–7 (1–1)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (4,107) Johnson City, TN
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Mercer	W 70–68	9–7 (2–1)	Hawkins Arena (2,217) Macon, GA
January 11, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		The Citadel	W 70–52	10–7 (3–1)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,476) Johnson City, TN
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Furman	L 70–73	10–8 (3–2)	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (2,347) Greenville, SC
January 18, 2025 6:00 p.m., CBSSN		at Samford	W 65–60	11–8 (4–2)	Pete Hanna Center (4,723) Homewood, AL
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Western Carolina	W 85–58	12–8 (5–2)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,490) Johnson City, TN
January 25, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Chattanooga	L 63–71	12–9 (5–3)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (5,015) Johnson City, TN
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UNC Greensboro	L 65–70	12–10 (5–4)	Fleming Gymnasium (1,588) Greensboro, NC
February 2, 2025 2:00 p.m., CBSSN		Furman	W 72–69	13–10 (6–4)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (5,211) Johnson City, TN
February 5, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at VMI	W 62–55	14–10 (7–4)	Cameron Hall (2,100) Lexington, VA
February 8, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Samford	W 66–59	15–10 (8–4)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (5,472) Johnson City, TN
February 12, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Western Carolina	L 67–76	15–11 (8–5)	Ramsey Center (1,917) Cullowhee, NC
February 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Chattanooga	L 71–78	15–12 (8–6)	McKenzie Arena (4,406) Chattanooga, TN
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		UNC Greensboro	W 65–49	16–12 (9–6)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (3,507) Johnson City, TN
February 22, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Wofford	W 73–68	17–12 (10–6)	Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (1,787) Spartanburg, SC
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Mercer	W 59–58	18–12 (11–6)	Freedom Hall Civic Center (4,830) Johnson City, TN
March 1, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at The Citadel	W 81–66	19–12 (12–6)	McAlister Field House (1,237) Charleston, SC
SoCon tournament
March 8, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+	(3)	vs. (6) Wofford Quarterfinals	L 60–72	19–13	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source:^[5]

References

^ "ETSU's energy too much for VMI, 98-66". East Tennessee State University. March 8, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
^ "ETSU continues to flex its muscle in Asheville; Bucs bounce UNCG, 73-62". etsubucs.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
^ "A Win for the Ages!!! Bucs rally from 20 down to defeat Chattanooga in SoCon semis, 85-84". etsubucs.com. March 10, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
^ "ETSU's memorable run ends with 76-69 loss to Samford in SoCon title game". etsubucs.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". East Tennessee State Athletics. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

[1] "ETSU's energy too much for VMI, 98-66". East Tennessee State University. March 8, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.

[2] "ETSU continues to flex its muscle in Asheville; Bucs bounce UNCG, 73-62". etsubucs.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.

[3] "A Win for the Ages!!! Bucs rally from 20 down to defeat Chattanooga in SoCon semis, 85-84". etsubucs.com. March 10, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.

[4] "ETSU's memorable run ends with 76-69 loss to Samford in SoCon title game". etsubucs.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved October 27, 2024.

[5] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". East Tennessee State Athletics. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

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