North Carolina A&T Basketball: 2024-25 Season Update & 10-Year Snapshot

2024-25 North Carolina Sports Network
NC Basketball Spotlight, 10-Year Snapshot:
North Carolina A&T

By David Glenn
North Carolina Sports Network
Updated Dec. 20, 2024

School: North Carolina A&T

Location: Greensboro, N.C.

NCAA Division I Member Since: 1978-79

Conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)

CAA Member Since: 2022-23

CAA Ranking Among 32 Leagues (KenPom): 18th (2025), 19th (2024), 26th (2023), 14th (2022), 19th (2021), 18th (2020)

NCAA Tournament Bids: 10 (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 2013)

Conference Titles: 10 (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1995, 2013 in MEAC)

Conference 1st-Place Finishes: 9 (1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 2021 in MEAC)

Head Coach: Monté Ross (54 years old, 2nd season at A&T)

As A Player: Winston-Salem State (1988-92)

Record as Head Coach (Through Dec. 20): 10-34 (.227) in 1+ seasons

Previous Head Coaching Experience: 10 seasons at Delaware (132-184; .418)

College AC Experience: Lehigh (1993-94), Drexel (1994-96), St. Joseph’s (1996-2006), Temple (2019-23)

Assistant Under: Dave Duke, Bill Herrion, Phil Martelli, Aaron McKie

2023-24 Record: 7-25, 5-13 (12th in 14-team CAA)

2024-25 Preseason Prediction (Coaches): 10th in 14-team CAA

2024-25 Record (Through Dec. 20): 3-9, 0-1 CAA

2024-25 Midseason Ranking (KenPom): #312 nationally (13th in CAA)

Upcoming Schedule: at Arkansas (12/21), NC Central (12/28), Elon (1/2), Drexel (1/4), Delaware (1/9), at William & Mary (1/11), Monmouth (1/16), Hampton (1/20)

During North Carolina A&T’s first 17 seasons (1978-79 through 1994-95) as a Division One program, it was a low-major juggernaut. The Aggies dominated the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and made nine NCAA Tournament appearances from 1982-95.

The last 30 seasons, on the other hand, have been mostly miserable … and occasionally embarrassing and/or bizarre.

For example, the Aggies have had three head coaches over the past four seasons. Their 2022-23 coach, Phillip Shumpert, carried an interim tag. His predecessor, Will Jones, was fired in August 2022, an extremely odd time on the calendar for a coaching change. Jones’ predecessor, Jay Joyner, was suspended in the middle of the 2019-20 season and never returned. Joyner’s predecessor, Cy Alexander, resigned in the middle of the 2015-16 season.

Bizarre, indeed.

Meanwhile, A&T is playing in its third conference in the last four years (MEAC to Big South to Coastal Athletic Association), and the competition has become much tougher, just as the Aggies have been dealing with their significant internal adversity. The MEAC is a low-major league; the CAA is a solid mid-major conference.

Overall, it would be difficult to find a more disruptive past decade anywhere in major college basketball. Sure enough, the 2024-25 Aggies are 3-9 and ranked 312th nationally among 364 DI teams (KenPom).

A&T’s second-year head coach, Monté Ross, had a modest level of success (one CAA title, one NCAA Tournament bid) during his 10-year tenure as the Delaware head coach, but after his 2016 firing by the Blue Hens, he was out of the college game for several years, and his entire 30-year coaching career had come in or near Philadelphia (Lehigh, Drexel, St. Joseph’s, Temple), which is his hometown.

Ross has been candid about his three-pronged assignment in Greensboro: stabilize the program, mentor young men and, at some point, win more games.

“We want to continue to develop these young men, not only as basketball players but as solid citizens,” Ross said. “We want to continuously establish our culture with this program, and that means doing things the right way on and off the court.”

One important step toward stability is that five of Ross’ top nine players this season are returnees, including three starters: point guard Camian Shell, wing guard Landon Glasper (a preseason first-team All-CAA selection) and forward Nikolaos Chitikoudis.

There are no seniors in the Aggies’ nine-man rotation, so there’s at least potential for additional, long-term growth, especially if their top players complete their college careers in an A&T uniform.

2024-25 North Carolina A&T Aggies
(3-9, 0-1 CAA; through Dec. 20)

STARTERS (stats = 2024-25 numbers)

PG Camian Shell*, Jr. (5-10/170) — 2023 Coffeyville CC transfer (starter)
36 mpg, 8 ppg, 3 rpg, 46% FG, 84% FT, 43% threes, 47/18 ATO, 0 blocks, 13 steals

G Landon Glasper*, Jr. (6-2/170) — 3rd-team All-CAA (2023 Coffeyville CC transfer)
36 mpg, 19 ppg, 5 rpg, 34% FG, 83% FT, 35% threes, 31/26 ATO, 2 blocks, 20 steals

G Ryan Forrest, So. (6-4/190) — 2024 Northwestern State transfer (starter)
31 mpg, 18 ppg, 4 rpg, 39% FG, 72% FT, 32% threes, 6/25 ATO, 5 blocks, 11 steals

G Jahnathan Lamothe, So. (6-4/192) — 2024 Maryland transfer (reserve)
36 mpg, 12 ppg, 6 rpg, 44% FG, 76% FT, 35% threes, 36/27 ATO, 4 blocks, 18 steals

F Nikolaos Chitikoudis*, So. (6-9/215) — 2023 signee from Greece
25 mpg, 10 ppg, 8 rpg, 59% FG, 42% FT, 0% threes, 10/14 ATO, 24 blocks, 12 steals

KEY RESERVES (stats = 2024-25 numbers)

G Bryson Ogletree, So. (6-4/190) — 2024 South Plains CC transfer (starter)
24 mpg, 10 ppg, 5 rpg, 57% FG, 0 FT, 38% threes, 2/1 ATO, 0 blocks, 3 steals

G Jalal McKie, So. (6-4/195) — 2023 signee from South Kent (Conn.) School
18 mpg, 4 ppg, 3 rpg, 34% FG, 58% FT, 19% threes, 3/3 ATO, 4 blocks, 1 steal

C Will Felton, r-So. (6-9/260) — 2022 Arizona State transfer (redshirt)
14 mpg, 7 ppg, 6 rpg, 73% FG, 69% FT, 0 threes, 2/1 ATO, 0 blocks, 2 steals

C Efstratios Kalliontzis, r-Fr. (6-11/225) — 2024 LaSalle transfer (redshirt)
11 mpg, 2 ppg, 1 rpg, 75% FG, 100% FT, 0 threes, 5/2 ATO, 2 blocks, 2 steals

*—returning starter (started at least 50% of A&T’s games last season)

North Carolina A&T Aggies
10-Year Snapshot

Season — Overall, League (Place), Postseason

2023-24: 7-25, 5-13 CAA (12th), no postseason (Monté Ross)
2022-23: 13-19, 8-10 CAA (6th), no postseason (Phillip Shumpert)
2021-22: 12-20, 6-10 Big South (9th), no postseason (Will Jones)
2020-21: 11-10, 7-1 MEAC (1st), no postseason (Will Jones)
2019-20: 17-15, 12-4 MEAC (2nd), no postseason (Jay Joyner)
2018-19: 19-13, 13-3 MEAC (2nd), no postseason (Jay Joyner)
2017-18: 20-15, 11-5 MEAC (4th), CIT 1st Round (Jay Joyner)
2016-17: 3-29, 1-15 MEAC (13th), no postseason (Jay Joyner)
2015-16: 10-22, 7-9 MEAC (6th), no postseason (Cy Alexander)
2014-15: 9-23, 6-10 MEAC (9th), no postseason (Cy Alexander)

*—conference champion

NOTE: In the coming weeks and months, please visit the North Carolina Sports Network’s 2024-25 profiles and 10-year snapshots for all 19 Division One men’s basketball programs in North Carolina and all 18 Atlantic Coast Conference programs. The items below will become “live links” as new articles are posted.

Appalachian State Mountaineers, Sun Belt Conference

Boston College Eagles, Atlantic Coast Conference

California Bears, Atlantic Coast Conference

Campbell Camels, Coastal Athletic Association

Charlotte 49ers, American Athletic Conference

Clemson Tigers, Atlantic Coast Conference

Davidson Wildcats, Atlantic-10 Conference

Duke Blue Devils, Atlantic Coast Conference

East Carolina Pirates, American Athletic Conference

Elon Phoenix, Coastal Athletic Association

Florida State Seminoles, Atlantic Coast Conference

Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs, Big South Conference

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Atlantic Coast Conference