2024–25 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's basketball team
| 2024–25 St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Summit League |
| Record | 24–10 (12–4 Summit) |
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| Associate head coach | Mike Maker |
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| Home arena | Schoenecker Arena |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas * | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas City | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 Summit League tournament winner * Ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024–25 St. Thomas Tommies men's basketball team represented the University of St. Thomas in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tommies, led by 14th-year head coach John Tauer, played their home games at Schoenecker Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota as members of the Summit League.
This season originally marked St. Thomas's fourth year of a five-year transition period from Division III to Division I, an incredibly rare and historic jump that bypasses Division II altogether. However on January 15, 2025 the NCAA voted to amend the reclassification timeline for transitioning Division I institutions, reducing the Division III to Division I transition period from five years to four. With the transition period timeline amended, St. Thomas would be eligible for NCAA postseason play in the 2025–26 season as long as the university is able to meet the new standards set (such as academic requirements).
The Tommies participated in the Summit League men's basketball tournament for the third time since moving to Division I in 2021, doing so as the 2nd seed in the conference (their highest placement since their move to Division I). They defeated 7th-seeded Denver in the quarterfinals and 6th-seeded North Dakota in the semifinals before they were defeated by 1st-seeded Omaha in their first appearance in the Summit League Championship.
Additionally, this season marked the final year the Tommies played their home games in Schoenecker Arena (finishing the year with a perfect 14–0 record at home) as a new on-campus arena, the Lee and Penny Anderson Arena is set to open in time for the start of the 2025–26 season.