2024–25 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team
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Conference | Horizon League |
Record | 1–0 (0–0 Horizon) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Jeff Smith |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | OU Credit Union O'rena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detroit Mercy | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IU Indy | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Milwaukee | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue Fort Wayne | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cleveland State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Bay | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Morris | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wright State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 Horizon League tournament winner As of November 4, 2024 |
The 2024–25 Oakland Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team represents Oakland University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Grizzlies, led by 41st-year head coach Greg Kampe, will play their home games at the OU Credit Union O'rena in Auburn Hills, Michigan as members of the Horizon League.
Previous season
[edit]The Golden Grizzlies finished the 2023–24 season 24–12, 15–5 in Horizon League play to finish as Horizon League regular season champions.[1] They defeated Purdue Fort Wayne[2], Cleveland State[3], and Milwaukee to win the Horizon League tournament championship, punching their first ticket to the NCAA tournament since 2011.[4] In the NCAA tournament, they received the #14 seed in the South Region[5], where they would upset #3 region seed Kentucky in the First Round, the second time in the last three tournaments in which Kentucky fell to a double digit seed[6], before falling to Cinderella NC State in the Second Round.[7]
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 20, 2024* 5:00 pm, BTN+ |
vs. Michigan | L 48–92 | – |
Little Caesars Arena (4,025) Detroit, MI | |||||||
October 25, 2024* 7:00 pm |
at Rochester Christian | W 87–74 | – |
Garth Pleasant Arena (1,188) Rochester Hills, MI | |||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Defiance | W 75–52 | 1–0 |
OU Credit Union O'rena (1,306) Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||
November 6, 2024* 9:00 pm, MWN |
at Boise State | ExtraMile Arena Boise, ID | |||||||||
November 13, 2024* 9:00 pm, BTN |
at Illinois | State Farm Center Champaign, IL | |||||||||
November 16, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Kansas | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS | |||||||||
November 21, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Eastern Michigan | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
November 30, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Toledo | Savage Arena Toledo, OH | |||||||||
December 5, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Wright State | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
December 7, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Youngstown State | Beeghly Center Youngstown, OH | |||||||||
December 17, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. Michigan State | Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI | |||||||||
December 19, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Cleveland State | Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH | |||||||||
December 22, 2024* 5:00 pm, ESPNU |
vs. Loyola Chicago Diamond Head Classic First Round |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||||
December 23, 2024* ESPNU |
vs. Oregon State/Charleston Diamond Head Classic |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||||
December 25, 2024* ESPNU |
vs. Diamond Head Classic |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||||
December 30, 2024* 7:00 pm, SECN+ |
at Arkansas | Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR | |||||||||
January 2, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Milwaukee | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
January 4, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Robert Morris | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
January 9, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Wright State | Nutter Center Fairborn, OH | |||||||||
January 11, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Northern Kentucky | Truist Arena Highland Heights, KY | |||||||||
January 15, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
IU Indy | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
January 18, 2025 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Detroit Mercy Metro Series |
Calihan Hall Detroit, MI | |||||||||
January 22, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Purdue Fort Wayne | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Robert Morris | UPMC Events Center Moon Township, PA | |||||||||
January 30, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Green Bay | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
February 1, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Northern Kentucky | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
February 6, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Youngstown State | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
February 12, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at IU Indy | The Jungle Indianapolis, IN | |||||||||
February 16, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Detroit Mercy Metro Series |
OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
February 21, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Purdue Fort Wayne | Gates Sports Center Fort Wayne, IN | |||||||||
February 23, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Cleveland State | OU Credit Union O'rena Auburn Hills, MI | |||||||||
February 27, 2025 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Milwaukee | UWM Panther Arena Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||
March 1, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Green Bay | Resch Center Ashwaubenon, WI | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Standings". Horizon League. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "Greg Kampe, Oakland basketball rolls to Horizon League semifinals with home win". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "Golden Grizzlies knock off Cleveland State in 74-71 thriller, advance to Horizon League Championship". The Oakland Post. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "'Dream come true': Oakland returns to NCAA Tournament for first time since 2011". The Detroit News. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "Latest bracket, schedule and scores for 2024 NCAA men's tournament". NCAA.com. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "Oakland pulls off stunning upset of Kentucky basketball in first round March Madness". Courier Journal. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "No. 11 North Carolina State outlasts No. 14 Oakland in OT". Reuters. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Oakland University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "Oakland Golden Grizzlies 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 5, 2024.