Season Preview: Men's Basketball

1. The Lions are coming off an NCAA era program record 16 wins in the 2023-24 season.
2. Piedmont was able to knock off Berea in the CCS Tournament Quarterfinals, as it hosted a postseason contest for the first time since the 2017-18 season.
3. The Lions must replace longtime standout Ryan Jolly, as he departs following a superb final season in which he earned All-CCS First Team honors, D3hoops All-Region honors and was a Jostens Trophy Finalist.
4. The returners are headlined by Fisher Darden, who had a breakout sophomore season and trailed only Jolly in scoring for last season's team.
5. Piedmont was picked to finish fifth in the CCS by the league's coaches in the preseason poll

• SEASON OPENER
  • Saturday, November 12 - vs. Johnson & Wales (NC) (2 p.m.)
• CCS OPENER
  • Saturday, January 4 - vs. Asbury (4 p.m.)
• MATCHUP TO WATCH 
  • Saturday, January 11 - vs. LaGrange (4 p.m.)
• CCS TOURNAMENT LOOK AHEAD
  • February 25 - March 1 

 11 Returners

 8 Newcomers

 1 All-Conference player returning from 2023-24 season (Fisher Darden)

 1 of top 4 scorers returning (Fisher Darden)

• Head coach Greg Neeley enters his 12th season leading the program.
  • During his tenure leading the Lions:
    • Defeated No. 6 Emory in 2014-15 for first top-10 win
    • 2 All-Region Selections (Ryan Jolly - 2021, 2024)
    • 1 Jostens Trophy Finalist (Ryan Jolly - 2024)
    • 1 CCS Man of the Year (Ryan Jolly - 2023-24)
    • 1 USA South Rookie of the Year (Justin Vallejo - 2015)
    • 10 All-USA South Performers
    • 6 All-CCS Players
    • 6 CoSIDA/CSC Academic All-District Selections
    • 9 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards
    • 39 NABC Honors Court Honorees
• Assistant Coach Justin Hoshauer was brought in during the summer and is in his first season with the program.
  • Hoshauer comes to Piedmont following two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Messiah University in Pennsylvania.