The 2024–25 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.
The Wildcats, founding members of the Southeastern Conference, play their home games at Rupp Arena and are led by Mark Pope in his first season as head coach for the Wildcats.
As the number two seed in the SEC tournament, they would be upset in the quarterfinal round by Texas A&M.
They would go on to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they got upset by Oakland in the first round to finish the season with an overall record of 23–10.
[2] It was also the final season for John Calipari as Kentucky head coach as he would depart for Arkansas a month later.