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The 2024–25 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by first-year head coach Kahil Fennell and play their home games at UTRGV Fieldhouse as members of the Southland Conference (SLC).
They finished the season 6–25, 2–18 in WAC play to finish in eleventh place, and thus did not qualify to play in the WAC Tournament. This was UTRGV's last season in the WAC, and also Figger's last as head coach. UTRGV announced on March 19, 2024 that it had fired Figger, who left with a 29–65 record after three seasons. [1]
On May 2, 2024, the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee proposed a few rule changes for the 2024–25 season. These changes were approved on June 6 by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel. [1] [2] Officials will be able to review whether a player's foot last touching the court was inbounds on a made shot before time expired.
The 2024–25 UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team represents the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vaqueros, led by seventh-year head coach Lane Lord, play their home games at UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg, Texas, as members of the Southland Conference.
In his first season at UTRGV, the team finished 10–22 overall, with a 2–12 conference record. In the 2017–18 season, the Vaqueros went 15–16 while winning going 6–8 in WAC play before losing in the Quarterfinals to Seattle. This was the most wins by the team since the 2012–13 season in which they won 16 games.
The Vaqueros finished the 2022–23 season 6–23, 5–15 in WAC play to finish in a tie for tenth (last) place. [2] Due to the WAC's new Resume Seeding ranking, which is an advanced analytic developed by Ken Pomeroy that incorporated the performance of teams in both conference and non-conference games, [3] they failed to qualify for the WAC tournament, as only the top 12 teams qualify.
Texas has never lost to the school formerly known as UT-Pan American. None of UT's wins in this series have been decided by less than 15 points.
UTRGV has since delayed the start of varsity football to the 2025 season, though it plans to play an exhibition schedule in 2024. The school purchased H-E-B Park – later renamed to Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium – in 2024 to be the primary home of the football team in 2025. Sams Memorial Stadium will also host a game each year.