The 2025–26 Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hurricanes were led by first-year head coach Jai Lucas, and played their home games at the Watsco Center on the university's campus in Coral Gables, Florida as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Lucas entered his first season after longtime head coach Jim Larrañaga announced his retirement during the previous season. Bill Courtney was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season and was not retained in the offseason.

The Hurricanes started the season with three straight wins before facing their first Power-4 opponent in rivals Florida. Florida was ranked tenth at the time of their meeting in the Jacksonville Hoops Showdown, which the Hurricanes lost 68–82. They won two more games before traveling to Kissimmee, Florida to participate in the ESPN Events Invitational. The team lost the opening game of the tournament against ninth-ranked BYU before winning the third-place game against Georgetown. The Hurricanes won their remaining five non-conference games, with their victory at Ole Miss in the ACC–SEC Challenge being their only further Power-4 opponent. They began ACC play on a 4–0 winning streak, defeating Pittsburgh and Georgia Tech at home and Wake Forest and Notre Dame on the road. The team experienced rougher patch after that, going 2–3 in their next five games. They lost games against twenty-second ranked Clemson, rivals Florida State and California over the stretch. The Hurricanes went 4–1 over their next five games, with their only loss being a three-point defeat at Virginia. The run included an upset of eleventh-ranked North Carolina. They won their next two games, including a rivalry re-match against Florida State and entered the AP poll at number 22. They went 1–1 as a ranked team, defeating SMU and losing to Louisville by three on the final day of the season.

The Hurricanes finished the season 26–9 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the 2026 ACC tournament, they earned a double-bye into the Quarterfinals where they were defeated Louisville who was the sixth seed, and ranked twenty-fourth in a rematch of their final regular season game. They lost in the Semifinals to second seed and tenth-ranked Virginia. The team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the seven-seed in the West region. They were ranked twenty-fifth in the AP Poll released prior to the tournament. They were defeated ten-seed Missouri in the First Round before losing by ten points to second seed and eighth-ranked Purdue to end their season.

Previous season

The Hurricanes finished the season 7–24 and 3–17 in ACC play to finish in eighteenth place. Under the new ACC tournament rules, they did not qualify for the 2025 ACC tournament. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the NIT.

Offseason Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure 0 G 6'7" 210 Atlanta, Georgia Graduated 1 C 6'10" 241 Gainesville, Florida Graduated 2 F 6'8" 223 Raleigh, North Carolina Graduated 3 G 6'5" 190 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Transferred to Alabama 4 F 6'7" 200 Minneapolis, Minnesota Transferred to Iowa 5 G 6'2" 180 Marion, Indiana Graduated 8 F 6'8" 195 Potomac, Maryland Transferred to Northeastern 10 G 6'7" 209 Lille, France Transferred to UAB 11 G 6'4" 196 Delray Beach, Florida Transferred to Seton Hall 15 F 6'9" 228 Grayson, Georgia Transferred to Eastern Washington 23 G 6'4" 200 Concord, North Carolina Transferred to Creighton 24 G 6'0" 185 Indianapolis, Indiana Transferred to Oklahoma 35 F 6'9" 213 Bolgatanga, Ghana Graduated 99 G 6'3" 190 Sugar Land, Texas Transferred to Michigan State

Incoming transfers Incoming Transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school 1 G 6'3" 183 Broward County, Florida Georgia 3 G 6'3" 198 Tallahassee, Florida Michigan 4 G/F 6'7" 231 Miami, Florida Missouri 5 F 6'9" 238 Indiana 8 C 6'11" 266 Orlando, Florida TCU 10 G 6'4" 204 Phoenix, Arizona New Mexico

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results Source:

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Rankings

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

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