The 2025–26 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by first-year head coach Phil Martelli Jr., played their home games at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia, as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

The 2024–25 team finished the season as both Atlantic 10 regular season and tournament champions, making it the first year since 2023 the Rams won both the regular season and tournament. During the season, VCU finished with a 28–7 overall record, and a 15–3 record in Atlantic 10 conference play. The Rams defeated their rivals, George Mason, in the Atlantic 10 championship game, earning the conference's automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. There, the Rams were seeded 11th and lost in the opening round to the six-seed, BYU.

VCU point guard, Max Shulga, finished the season earning the Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Following the season, head coach, Ryan Odom, accepted a job to coach the University of Virginia, his alma mater, finishing his two-year coaching career with VCU with a 52–21 record and a 26–10 record in Atlantic 10 play. Three days after Odom's departure, VCU hired Bryant University's men's basketball coach, Phil Martelli Jr., making Martelli Jr. the fifth head coach at VCU in the last ten years.

Offseason Departures VCU departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure 1 PG St. Louis, MO Graduated 2 SG Toledo, OH Graduated 4 PF Cheltenham, PA Graduated 11 PG Kyiv, UKR Graduated 22 SG Richmond, VA Graduated

Outgoing transfers Outgoing transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightHometownYearNew school 5 UTL Richmond, VA Longwood 9 C London, GBR Texas Tech 17 UTL Pontonx-sur-l'Adour, FR Virginia

Incoming transfers VCU incoming transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious School 2 G Fort Myers, FL Oregon 4 PG Philadelphia, PA UConn 5 SF Baltimore, MD Bryant 15 G Washington, D.C. LSU 17 PF Gornji Milanovac, Serbia Charleston 22 PF Brooklyn, NY Bryant

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

External links VCU Basketball