The 2024–25 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth-year head coach Rashon Burno, played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They finished the season 6–25, 2–16 in MAC play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.

Previous season The Huskies finished the 2023–24 season 11–20, 5–13 in MAC play, to finish in 11th place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament, as only the top eight teams qualify.

Offseason

Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Keshawn Williams 0 G 6' 4" 175 Senior Chicago Heights, IL Transferred to Colorado State Will Lovings-Watts 1 G 6' 5" 200 Freshman Jeffersonville, IN Transferred to James Madison Zarique Nutter 2 G 6' 7" 200 Junior Newark, NJ Transferred to Georgia State Philmon Gebrewhit 5 G 6' 7" 190 Senior Boston, MA Graduated Zion Russell 10 G 6' 2" 185 RS Sophomore Upper Marlboro, MD Transferred to Niagara David Coit 11 G 5' 11" 175 Junior Columbus, NJ Transferred to Kansas Xavier Amos 13 F 6' 8" 215 Sophomore Chicago, IL Transferred to Wisconsin Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 14 F 6' 11" 255 Sophomore Fräschels, Switzerland Transferred to Penn State Luka Gogic 21 F 6' 6" 190 Freshman Belgrade, Serbia Harvin Ibarguen 23 F 6' 9" 235 Senior Cali, Colombia Graduated

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Dominic Gooden 0 G 6' 1" 180 Junior Cleveland, OH Hillsborough CC Quentin Jones 1 G 6' 5" 180 Sophomore Chicago, IL Cal Poly Tsvet Sotirov 2 F 6' 9" 210 RS Freshman Rolling Meadows, IL Saint Louis Joe Munden Jr. 3 G 6' 4" 199 Graduate student Harlem, NY Fairleigh Dickinson Kailon Nicholls 5 G 6' 0" 160 Sophomore Toronto, ON Duquesne Peyton Ackerman 12 G 5' 10" 150 RS Sophomore Oklahoma City, OK Grayson College James Dent Jr. 14 G 6' 5" 170 Senior Springfield, IL Western Illinois Mo Sall 23 G 6' 5" 185 Junior Downers Grove, IL DePaul

Recruiting class

Preseason On October 22, 2024 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Northern Illinois was picked to finish eleventh in the MAC regular season.

Preseason rankings MAC preseason poll 1 Ohio 121 (11) 2 Akron 106 (1) 3 Kent State 99 4 Toledo 95 5 Bowling Green 73 6 Miami (OH) 72 7 Ball State 67 8 Central Michigan 55 9 Eastern Michigan 36 10 Western Michigan 33 11 Northern Illinois 24 12 Buffalo 11

MAC tournament champions: Ohio (8), Kent State (3), Toledo (1)

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Preseason All-MAC No Huskies were named to the first or second Preseason All-MAC teams.

Roster

Schedule and results

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