The 2025–26 Baylor Bears men's basketball team represented Baylor University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, the Bears' 120th season. The Bears, members of the Big 12 Conference, played their home games at Foster Pavilion. They were led by 23rd-year head coach Scott Drew.

Previous season The Bears finished the 2024–25 season 20–15, 10–10 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to Texas Tech. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the number nine seed in the East Region, where they defeated Mississippi State in the first round before losing in the second round to Duke.

Offseason

Departures Baylor DeparturesNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for DepartureV. J. Edgecombe7G6'5"180Fr.Bimini, BahamasDrafted by the Philadelphia 76ers Yanis Ndjonga 41 F 6'8" 210 RS-So. Yaounde, Cameroon Transferred to McNeese Jason Asemota 5 F 6'8" 190 Fr. Lynn, MA Transferred to Boston College Langston Love 13 G 6'4" 190 RS-Jr. Universal City, TX Transferred to Georgetown Jalen Celestine 32 G 6'6" 185 Sr. Ajax, Ontario Transferred to Cincinnati Rob Wright III 1 G 6'1" 180 Fr. Wilmington, DE Transferred to BYU Josh Ojianwuna 17 F 6'10" 230 Jr. Asaba, Nigeria Transferred to Ohio State

Incoming transfers Incoming TransfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious School Caden Powell 44 C 6'2" 180 Sr. Waco, TX Transferred from Rice Juslin Bodo Bodo 21 C 6'11" 225 Jr. Castaic, CA Transferred from High Point Michael Rataj 12 G 6'9" 220 Sr. Augsburg, Germany Transferred from Oregon State Isaac Williams 10 G 6'1" 165 So. Dallas, TX Transferred from Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Obi Agbim 5 G 6'3" 180 Gr. Aurora, CO Transferred from Wyoming JJ White 1 G 6'2" 180 Gr. Norman, OK Transferred from Omaha Dan Skillings Jr. 0 G 6'5" 180 Sr. Philadelphia, PA Transferred from Cincinnati Will Kuykendall 2 G 6'2" 175 RS-So. Santa Maria, CA Transferred from Arizona

Recruiting classes 2024 recruiting class

Preseason The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released on October 16, 2025. All awards were voted on by the league's 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players. The Big 12 preseason media poll was released on October 30, 2025.

Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll Big 12 CoachesPoints 1.Houston224 (12) 2.BYU204 (1) 3.Texas Tech200 4.Arizona179 (1) 5.Iowa State170 6.Kansas163 7.Baylor137 8.Cincinnati120 9.Kansas State117 10.TCU90 11.West Virginia79 12.Oklahoma State77 13.Utah50 14.UCF39 15.Colorado37 16.Arizona State34Reference: (#) first-place votes

Big 12 Preseason Media Poll Big 12 Media 1.Houston 2.Texas Tech 3.BYU 4.Arizona 5.Iowa State 6.Kansas 7.Baylor 8.Kansas State 9.Cincinnati 10.TCU 11.West Virginia 12.Oklahoma State 13.Utah 14.UCF 15.Colorado 16.Arizona StateReference:

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References