#79 West Virginia Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
West Virginia Mountaineers
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #79
 
Conference Rank: #13 Big 12
 
 
2023-24 Record: 9-23, 4-14
2023-24 Postseason: None
Coach: Darian DeVries
Coach Record: 0-0 at West Virginia, 150-55 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
RaeQuan Battle, Guard, 16.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg
Jesse Edwards, Center, 15.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.7 bpg
Quinn Slazinski, Forward, 12.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 2.2 apg
Kerr Kriisa, Guard, 11.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 4.7 apg
Noah Farrakhan, Guard, 7.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.7 apg
Kobe Johnson, Guard, 6.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 2.2 apg
Josiah Harris, Forward, 5.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg
Patrick Suemnick, Forward, 4.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg
Seth Wilson, Guard, 3.5 ppg, 1.7 rpg
Akok Akok, Forward, 3.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
Ofri Naveh, Sophomore, Forward, 2.6 ppg, 2.5 rpg
 
Key New Players:
Eduardo Andre, Senior, Center, Transfer from Fresno State
Tucker DeVries, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Drake
Amani Hansberry, Sophomore, Forward, Transfer from Illinois
Sencire Harris, Sophomore, Guard, Transfer from Illinois
Dylan Jay, Freshman, Guard
Toby Okani, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Illinois-Chicago
Jonathan Powell, Freshman, Guard
Javon Small, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Oklahoma State
Jayden Stone, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Detroit
KJ Tenner, Freshman, Guard
Joseph Yesufu, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Washington State
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NIT
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 69.2 (285th in nation, 13th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 63.8 (12, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.3 (254, 11)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.5 (46, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.4 (79, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 37.7 (14, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.7 (90, 4)
Rebound Margin: 2.0 (124, 6)
Assists Per Game: 11.1 (316, 14)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.1 (112, 5)