• Four ODAC teams posted 20 or more wins with nine schools boasting better than .500 winning percentages in 2023-24
  • Hampden-Sydney led the charge with a 31-3 record towards a .912 winning percentage, both setting new school records
• Randolph-Macon (15-1) and Hampden-Sydney (14-2) were the top two seeds in the ODAC Tournament and were joined in the field – in order – by Guilford, Washington and Lee, Roanoke, Virginia Wesleyan, Bridgewater, Shenandoah, Lynchburg, and Ferrum
• H-SC and Washington and Lee met in Salem for the 2024 conference trophy
  • H-SC: def. Ferrum, 81-61 (QF) and Virginia Wesleyan, 63-52 (SF) to reach the title game for the first time since 2014
  • WLU: def. Roanoke, 80-70 (QF) and Randolph-Macon, 74-71 (SF) to earns its first finals berth since 2009
• In the championship game, H-SC took a 43-25 lead into the break and kept its foot down on the pedal towards an 81-56 victory
  • The title marked an ODAC-best 11th men's basketball trophy for H-SC
  • Tournament MOP Adam Brazil registered 27 points powered by five-made three-pointers
  • Hampden-Sydney is now 63-35 (.643) in the ODAC Tournament, the most wins over any team in the conference postseason

• It was a banner season in many ways for the ODAC on the Division III men's basketball national stage, starting with four teams entering the 64-team bracket that went a combined 11-4 throughout the tournament
  • Automatic Qualifier: Hampden-Sydney
  • At-Large Selections: Guilford, Randolph-Macon, Virginia Wesleyan
• Guilford and Hampden-Sydney both reached the final four with the Tigers moving on to the national championship contest after defeating the Quakers (62-57) in the semifinals
• Hampden-Sydney finished as the national runner-up for the 2nd time in program history, falling to Trine University (69-61) in front of more than 4,500 fans at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind.
• Guilford (4-1)
  • 1st Rd. at GC: def. Berry, 87-70
  • 2nd Rd. at GC: def. PSU Harrisburg, 76-59
  • 3rd Rd. at GC: def. Keene St., 82-60
  • QF at GC: def. Christopher Newport, 50-48
  • SF in Fort Wayne: lost to Hampden-Sydney, 62-57
• Hampden-Sydney (5-1)
  • 1st Rd. at HSC: def. La Roche, 98-61
  • 2nd Rd. at HSC: Farmingdale St., 72-51
  • 3rd Rd. at HSC: def. Rowan, 91-76
  • QF at HSC: Nebraska Wesleyan, 68-60
  • SF in Fort Wayne: def. Guilford, 62-57
  • F in Fort Wayne: lost to Trine, 69-61
• Randolph-Macon (2-1)
  • 1st Rd. at RMC: def. Baruch, 77-45
  • 2nd Rd. at RMC: def. Saint Joseph (Conn.), 75-64
  • 3rd Rd. at Trinity (Conn.): lost to Calvin, 72-59
• Virginia Wesleyan (0-1)
  • 1st Rd. at Trinity (Conn.): lost to Swarthmore, 67-59

From the national outlets entering the new season…

• The NABC has not released a top-25 preseason poll
• Three ODAC squads appear in the D3hoops.com Preseason Top-25
  • Randolph-Macon is slotted 7th
  • Guilford sits 17th
  • Hampden-Sydney is position 23rd
• Hampden-Sydney guard Adam Brazil is the lone ODAC player to earn Preseason All-American plaudits by D3hoops.com; he appears on the second team

This season's haul of returning All-ODAC stars is cut in half from a season-ago with just five all-conference honorees from 2023-24 set to return to league rosters this season. That list features two members each from the All-ODAC First Team and All-ODAC Third Team and one All-ODAC Second Team selection.

Josh Merkel returns to Randolph-Macon's sideline after picking up his sixth ODAC top-coaching honor last season. Bridgewater guard Jordan Cooper looks to build upon his ODAC Rookie of the Year campaign, while Hampden-Sydney playmaker Adam Brazil features not only as the returning first teamer, but the reigning ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

• All-ODAC First Team Returners
  • Adam Brazil, G, Hampden-Sydney
  • Keishawn Pulley Jr., G, Randolph-Macon
• All-ODAC Second Team Returners
  • Jabril Robinson, G, Randolph-Macon
• All-ODAC Third Team Returners
  • Aaron Oates, F, Bridgewater
  • Khai Seargeant, G, Virginia Wesleyan

The athletes listed below represent the top-three returning statistical leaders for major statistical categories from the 2023-24 season. * Denotes ODAC record

Two new head coaches will be roaming ODAC sidelines this season. Michael Maczko is the new mentor at Bridgewater following one season as an assistant at Randolph-Macon and five years as the head coach at Division II Mercy University. Evan Kee is the new man in charge of the Randolph program. He spent the previous five campaigns as the head coach at Newport News Apprentice and has ODAC experience as a former assistant at Bridgewater.

Below are the win-loss records for each coach entering the 2024-25 season.

• ODAC men's basketball squads compete in a 16-game single round-robin plus schedule as they face each conference team once and six squads a second time at the reverse location.
• The season for all Division III basketball programs begins on Friday, November 8.
• The first conference games will be played later in November.
• The ODAC Men's Basketball Tournament will be competed in a new format featuring an 8-team field with quarterfinal matches played on campus before conducting the semifinals and championship at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va.
  • Quarterfinals: Wednesday, February 26, at #1-4 Seeds
  • Semifinals: Saturday, March 1, at the Salem Civic Center
  • Championship: Sunday, March 2, at the Salem Civic Center