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2024–25 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

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2024–25 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record1–0 (0–0 AAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nick Bowman
  • Joey Brooks
  • Trevor DeLoach
  • Joseph Jones
  • Robby Benavides
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2024–25 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East Carolina 0 0   3 0   1.000
Temple 0 0   3 0   1.000
Tulane 0 0   3 0   1.000
Memphis 0 0   2 0   1.000
North Texas 0 0   2 0   1.000
Tulsa 0 0   2 0   1.000
Wichita State 0 0   2 0   1.000
Florida Atlantic 0 0   2 1   .667
Rice 0 0   2 1   .667
UAB 0 0   2 1   .667
Charlotte 0 0   1 1   .500
UTSA 0 0   1 1   .500
South Florida 0 0   1 2   .333
2025 AAC tournament winner
As of November 12, 2024

The 2024–25 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team will represent the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, will be led by 1st-year head coach Austin Claunch, and will play their home games at Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as 2nd-year members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC).

Previous season

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The Roadrunners finished the 2023-24 season 11–21, 5–13 in conference play to finish in last place in their first year in the AAC. As the 14th seed in the AAC tournament, they would play and lose in the first round to 11th seed Temple.

The season marked the team's second year as a member of American Athletic Conference after being in Conference USA (C-USA) from 2013 to 2023.[1]

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Jordan Ivy-Curry 1 G 6' 3" 175 Junior La Marque, TX Transferred to UCF
Carlton Linguard Jr. 2 C 7' 0" 225 RS Senior San Antonio, TX Transferred to San Francisco
Trey Edmonds 3 F/C 6' 10" 255 Junior Aurora, CO Transferred to Minnesota
Dre Fuller Jr. 4 G 6' 6" 220 Graduate Student Fayetteville, NC Graduated
Adante' Holiman 5 PG 6' 0" 175 Sophomore McAlester, Oklahoma Transferred to Georgia Southern
Chandler Cuthrell 10 F 6' 8" 220 Junior Baltimore, MD Transferred to Purdue Fort Wayne
Isaiah Wyatt 11 G/F 6' 4" 220 RS Junior Toledo, OH Graduated
Josh Reid 12 F 6' 7" 220 Junior Havelock, NC Transferred to St. Mary's (TX)
Massal Diouf 14 F 6' 9" 240 Sophomore Gouda, Netherlands Transferred to Western Illinois
Juan Reyna 20 PG 6' 3" 185 Junior San Antonio, TX Transferred to Jackson State
PJ Carter 21 G 6' 5" 175 Junior Atlanta, GA Transferred to Memphis
Christian Tucker 22 G 6' 3" 178 Junior Chandler, AZ Transferred to California
Blessing Adesipe 23 G/F 6' 6" 210 Junior Houston, TX Transferred to Angelo State
Justin Thomas 25 G 6' 7" 180 Junior Baton Rouge, LA Transferred to Florida State

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Primo Spears 1 G 6' 3" 185 Senior Hartford, CT Florida State
Jaquan Scott 2 F/C 6' 8" 230 Senior Dallas, TX Mississippi State
Tai'Reon Joseph 3 G 6' 3" 180 RS Senior Baton Rouge, LA Southern
Marcus "Smurf" Millender 4 PG 5' 11" 180 Sophomore Houston, TX South Alabama
Raekwon Horton 5 F/G 6' 6" 215 Senior Santee, SC James Madison
Mo Njie C C 6' 11" 250 Senior Centerville, OH SMU
Paul Lewis 7 G 6' 2" 180 Junior Woodbridge, VA Vanderbilt
Damari Monsanto 12 G 6' 6" 225 Graduate Student Pembroke Pines, FL Wake Forest
LJ Brown 13 G 6' 1" 175 Senior San Antonio, TX Presentation College
David Hermes 14 F/C 6' 10" 225 Junior Stockholm, Sweden Indian Hills CC
Jonnivius Smith 15 F/C 6' 9" 200 RS Senior Selma, AL Buffalo
Jackson Fazande 25 F 6' 5" 185 RS Freshman Houston, TX St. Mary's (TX)
Zach Gonsoulin 30 G 6' 1" 175 Junior Houston, TX TCU
Skylar Wicks 88 G/F 6' 6" 190 RS Senior Jersey City, NJ Incarnate Word

2024 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Baboucarr Njie
PF
Centerville, OH Centerville High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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.com. Retrieved September 28, 2024.

Roster

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2024–25 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Nazar Mahmoud 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Spring Creek Academy Leander, TX
G 1 Primo Spears 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Florida State Hartford, CT
F/C 2 Jaquan Scott 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Mississippi State Dallas, TX
G 3 Tai'Reon Joseph 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Sr Southern Baton Rouge, LA
PG 4 Marcus Millender 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So South Alabama Houston, TX
G/F 5 Raekwon Horton 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr James Madison Santee, SC
C 6 Mo Njie 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr SMU Centerville, OH
G 7 Paul Lewis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Vanderbilt Woodbridge, VA
G 12 Damari Monsanto 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) GS Wake Forest Pembroke Pines, FL
G 13 LJ Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Presentation College San Antonio, TX
F/C 14 David Hermes 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Indian Hills CC Stockholm, Sweden
F/C 15 Jonnivius Smith 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Sr Buffalo Selma, AL
G/F 24 Baboucarr Njie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Centerville High School Centerville, OH
F 25 Jackson Fazande 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 245 lb (111 kg) RS Fr St. Mary's (TX) Houston, TX
G 30 Zach Gonsoulin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr TCU Houston, TX
G/F 88 Skylar Wicks 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Sr Incarnate Word Jersey City, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: September 10, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 15th, 2024*
9:00 p.m., BTN+
at USC
Trojan Tipoff Event
L 63–84 
 14  Spears   6  M. Njie   4  Millender  Galen Center 
Los Angeles, California
Non-Conference Regular season
November 4th, 2024*
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
Trinity W 103–77  1–0
 27  Spears   10  Smith   7  Millender  Convocation Center (975)
San Antonio, Texas
November 9th, 2024*
TBA
North Dakota       Convocation Center 
San Antonio, Texas
November 12th, 2024*
TBA
at Bradley       Peoria Civic Center 
Peoria, Illinois
November 16th, 2024*
TBA
Little Rock       Convocation Center 
San Antonio, Texas
November 25th, 2024*
TBA
at Troy
Trojan Turkey Tipoff
      Trojan Arena 
Troy, Alabama
AAC regular season
January 4th, 2025
TBA
at Tulane       Devlin Fieldhouse 
New Orleans, Louisiana
January 7th, 2025
TBA
Tulsa       Convocation Center 
San Antonio, Texas
AAC tournament
March 12-16, 2025
TBA
vs. TBA       Dickies Arena 
Fort Worth, Texas
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Source[2]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP
Coaches

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UTSA officially joins the American Athletic Conference". The University of Texas at San Antonio. July 1, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "2023-24 UTSA Men's Basketball Schedule". UTSA Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2023.