2024–25 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team

2024–25 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball
2024–25 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	7–5 (0–0 AAC)
Head coach	Aaron Fearne (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Vic Sfera; Kevin Smith; Ben Johnson;
Home arena	Dale F. Halton Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Memphis	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
North Texas	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
Wichita State	0	–	0	–	9	–	3	.750
Rice	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
East Carolina	0	–	0	–	8	–	5	.615
Charlotte	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583
Temple	0	–	0	–	7	–	5	.583
UTSA	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
Florida Atlantic	0	–	0	–	7	–	6	.538
UAB	0	–	0	–	7	–	6	.538
South Florida	0	–	0	–	6	–	6	.500
Tulane	0	–	0	–	6	–	7	.462
Tulsa	0	–	0	–	5	–	7	.417

† 2025 AAC tournament winner As of December 23, 2024

The 2024–25 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by second-year head coach Aaron Fearne, play their home games at Dale F. Halton Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, in their second season as members in the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The 49ers finished the 2023–24 season with a record of 19–12, 13–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament to Temple.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Dishon Jackson	1	C	6'11"	260	Sophomore	Oakland, CA	Transferred to Iowa State^[1]
Sterling Young	3	G	6'1"	175	Junior	Queens, NY	Transferred to Florida A&M
Daylen Berry	11	G	6'4"	175	Sophomore	Cary, NC	Transferred to Charleston Southern
Jackson Threadgill	12	G	6'6"	200	Senior	Concord, NC	Graduate transferred to Appalachian State
Igor Milicic Jr.	24	F	6'10"	225	Junior	Rovinj, Croatia	Transferred to Tennessee^[2]
Lu'Cye Patterson	25	G	6'2"	205	Junior	Minneapolis, MN	Transferred to Minnesota^[3]
Iaroslav Niagu	99	F	7'0"	235	Sophomore	Krasnodar, Russia	Transferred to Jacksonville State^[4]

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Giancarlo Rosado	1	F	6'8"	247	Senior	West Palm Beach, FL	Florida Atlantic
Kylan Blackmon	7	G	6'3"	200	Senior	Oxford, MS	Coastal Carolina
Aleks Szymczyk	11	F	6'10"	250	Sophomore	Frankfurt, Germany	Florida
Jaehshon Thomas	22	G	6'2"	190	Sophomore	Aurora, IL	Florida SouthWestern State College
Jeremiah Oden	25	F	6'8"	201	Senior	Chicago, IL	DePaul
Nika Metskhvarishvili	77	F	6'8"	240	GS Senior	Tbilisi, Georgia	Louisiana–Monroe

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ben Bradford SG	Gaithersburg, MD	The Loomis Chaffee School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	N/A	Jun 17, 2024
Ben Bradford SG	Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2024–25 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Giancarlo Rosado	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Florida Atlanitc	West Palm Beach, FL
F	2	Andrew Bailey	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	SV Böblingen Panthers	Ramstein, Germany
G	3	Ben Bradford	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Gaithersburg High School	Gaithersburg, MD
G	5	Isaiah Folkes	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Middleburg Academy	Gainesville, VA
G	7	Kylan Blackmon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Sr	Northeast Mississippi Community College	Oxford, MS
G	10	Nik Graves	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Greensboro Day School	Durham, NC
F	11	Aleks Szymczyk	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	RS So	Florida	Frankfurt, Germany
F	20	Robert Braswell IV	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	Syracuse	Jacksonville, FL
F	21	Dean Reiber	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	RS Sr	Rutgers	Greensboro, NC
G	22	Jaehshon Thomas	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Florida SouthWestern State College	Aurora, IL
F	24	Rich Rolf	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS So	Centerville High School	Centerville, OH
F	25	Jeremiah Oden	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	DePaul	Chicago, IL
F	31	Nick Richart	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	Zionsville High School	Zionsville, IN
G	35	Tyler Fearne (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Jr	Concord Academy	Cairns, Australia
F	77	Nika Metskhvarishvili	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	GS	Louisiana–Monroe	Tbilisi, Georgia

Head coach

Aaron Fearne (Mayville State)

Assistant coach(es)

Vic Sfera (Memphis)
Kevin Smith (Richmond)
Ben Johnson (Green Bay)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 19, 2024* 12:00 p.m.	Georgia Charity Exhibition	L 59–86	–	–	–	–	Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	Presbyterian	W 88–79	1–0	18 – Tied	8 – Rosado	5 – Rosado	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,343) Charlotte, NC
November 9, 2024* 7:00 p.m., MWN	at Utah State	L 74–103	1–1	20 – Braswell IV	4 – Tied	4 – Graves	Smith Spectrum (7,859) Logan, UT
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Richmond	W 65–48	2–1	23 – Graves	10 – Rosado	5 – Rosado	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,097) Charlotte, NC
November 19, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Gardner–Webb	W 60–56	3–1	12 – Tied	8 – Rosado	5 – Rosado	Dale F. Halton Arena (2,956) Charlotte, NC
November 23, 2024* 12:30 p.m., ESPN+	LIU	L 76–79	3–2	20 – Graves	10 – Rosado	3 – Graves	Dale F. Halton Arena (2,321) Charlotte, NC
November 27, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	East Tennessee State	L 55–75	3–3	13 – Tied	5 – Blackmon	4 – Folkes	Dale F. Halton Arena (2,117) Charlotte, NC
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Livingstone	W 83–61	4–3	13 – Tied	7 – Tied	5 – Tied	Dale F. Halton Arena (2,432) Charlotte, NC
December 10, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Davidson	L 71–75	4–4	23 – Graves	7 – Reiber	3 – Graves	John M. Belk Arena (3,126) Davidson, NC
December 14, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Georgia State	W 77–63	5–4	19 – Braswell IV	7 – Thomas	7 – Reiber	Georgia State Convocation Center (1,490) Atlanta, GA
December 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	West Georgia	W 75–70	6–4	20 – Tied	4 – Tied	2 – Tied	Dale F. Halton Arena (2,058) Charlotte, NC
December 22, 2024* 11:30 p.m., ESPN2	at Hawaiʻi Diamond Head Classic Quarterfinals	L 61–78	6–5	16 – Thomas	6 – Graves	3 – Rosado	Stan Sheriff Center (5,049) Honolulu, HI
December 24, 2024* 12:30 a.m., ESPN2	vs. Murray State Diamond Head Classic Consolation 2nd Round	W 94–90 ^2OT	7–5	31 – Graves	8 – Graves	4 – Graves	Stan Sheriff Center (4,611) Honolulu, HI
December 25, 2024* 3:30 p.m., ESPN2	vs. Charleston Diamond Head Classic 5th Place Game						Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
AAC regular season
December 31, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Tulane						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
January 4, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rice						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Florida Atlantic						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
January 11, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	at Tulsa						Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
January 14, 2025 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Wichita State						Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
January 19, 2025 TBA, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU	Memphis						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
January 22, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	South Florida						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Temple						Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UAB						Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL
February 4, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU	Wichita State						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
February 8, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Rice						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
February 10, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPN2	at Florida Atlantic						Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena Boca Raton, FL
February 15, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPNU	East Carolina						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
February 19, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Temple						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
February 26, 2025 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulane						Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
March 2, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU	at East Carolina						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
March 6, 2025 9:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU	at North Texas						The Super Pit Denton, TX
March 9, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	UTSA						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
AAC tournament
March 12–16, 2025 TBA	vs.						Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[5]

References

^ Hertel, Alyssa (March 25, 2024). "Iowa State basketball adds commitment from Charlotte transfer Dishon Jackson". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ Wilson, Mike (April 29, 2024). "Igor Milicic Jr. commits to Tennessee basketball as Charlotte transfer". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ Fuller, Marcus (May 10, 2024). "Charlotte transfer Lu'Cye Patterson returns home, commits to Gophers". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved October 11, 2024. (registration required)
^ "Yaroslav Niagu transfers to Jax State". Eurobasket.com. July 13, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Charlotte Athletics. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[1] Hertel, Alyssa (March 25, 2024). "Iowa State basketball adds commitment from Charlotte transfer Dishon Jackson". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[2] Wilson, Mike (April 29, 2024). "Igor Milicic Jr. commits to Tennessee basketball as Charlotte transfer". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[3] Fuller, Marcus (May 10, 2024). "Charlotte transfer Lu'Cye Patterson returns home, commits to Gophers". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved October 11, 2024. (registration required)

[4] "Yaroslav Niagu transfers to Jax State". Eurobasket.com. July 13, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

[5] "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Charlotte Athletics. Retrieved October 11, 2024.

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v t e Charlotte 49ers men's basketball
Venues	Local high school gyms (1965–1970) Belk Gymnasium (1970–1976; alternate, 1976–1996) Bojangles Coliseum (1976–1988, 1993–1996) Charlotte Coliseum (1988–1993) Dale F. Halton Arena (1996–present) Spectrum Center (alternate, 2007–present)
Culture & lore	Norm the Niner
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References