2024–25 California Golden Bears men's basketball team

2024–25 California Golden Bears men's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record14–19 (6–14 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachAdam Mazarei
Assistant coaches
  • Amorrow Morgan
  • Matt Scherbenske
  • Jarred Jackson
  • Ken Moses
Home arenaHaas Pavilion
(Capacity: 11,858)
2024–25 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Duke191 .950354  .897
No. 21 Louisville182 .900278  .771
No. 22 Clemson182 .900277  .794
Wake Forest137 .6502111  .656
North Carolina137 .6502314  .622
SMU137 .6502411  .686
Stanford119 .5502114  .600
Georgia Tech1010 .5001717  .500
Virginia812 .4001517  .469
Virginia Tech812 .4001319  .406
Florida State812 .4001715  .531
Notre Dame812 .4001518  .455
Pittsburgh812 .4001715  .531
Syracuse713 .3501419  .424
California614 .3001419  .424
NC State515 .2501219  .387
Boston College416 .2001219  .387
Miami (FL)317 .150724  .226
2025 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley, in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by Mark Madsen in his second season as head coach. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as first-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Golden Bears started the season with victories over in-state foes Cal State Bakersfield and Cal Poly before traveling to Nashville, Tennessee to face Vanderbilt. The east coast trip proved to much for the Golden Bears as they lost 85–69. They returned to California to defeat cross-town foe USC 71–66. They hosted the Cal Classic, where they won all three games. They then made another trip to the eastern US where they lost 98–93 to Missouri as part of the ACC–SEC Challenge. They lost their ACC opener 89–81 against rivals Stanford. These two losses were part of a stretch where the team went 1–6. Their only victory was over Northwestern State. Other losses in the stretch included at twenty-third ranked San Diego State, and ACC losses against Pittsburgh and Clemson. The Golden Bears went 4–2 over their next six games, with losses to Virginia Tech and North Carolina. They defeated Miami in overtime, Virginia, NC State, and Florida State. The Golden Bears finished the season with a stretch of games where they went 2–9. Their only two wins were against NC State and Boston College. They lost to just two ranked teams over the stretch, third-ranked Duke and fourteenth-ranked Louisville. They also dropped games to rival Stanford, to Georgia Tech in overtime, and a final day four overtime loss to Notre Dame.

The Golden Bears finished the season 14–19 and 6–14 in ACC play to finish in fifteenth place. As the fifteenth seed in the 2025 ACC tournament they defeated Virginia Tech in double-overtime in the First Round. In the Second Round, they faced rival Stanford for a third time during the season. They lost 78–73 to lose to their rivals three total times during the season. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.