The 2025–26 Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by first-year head coach Andy Bronkema, played their home games at McGuirk Arena in Mount Pleasant, Michigan as members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the 2025–26 season 10–21, 6–12 in MAC play, to finish in 10th place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.
Previous season The Chippewas finished the 2024–25 season 14–17, 7-11 in MAC play, to finish tied for ninth place out of the twelve teams competing. They did not qualify for the MAC men's basketball tournament
Offseason Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jakobi Heady 0 G/F 6'6" 200 Senior Sauk Village, Illinois Transferred to Bethune–Cookman Shaedon Simpson 1 G 6'6" 185 RS Freshman Toronto, Ontario Transferred to Saint Peter's Cayden Vasko 2 G 6'6" 190 Sophomore Lowell, Indiana Transferred to Wofford Mohammad Habhab 3 F 6'9" 205 Freshman Dearborn, Michigan Transferred to Eastern Michigan Kyler VanderJagt 4 G 6'4" 205 Junior Grand Rapids, Michigan Transferred to Toledo Quentin Heady 5 F 6'6" 200 Sophomore Sauk Village, Illinois Transferred to Bethune–Cookman Damarion Bonds 7 G 6'6" 180 Junior Pontiac, Michigan Transferred to Alabama State Ryan Hatcher 9 G 6'2" 155 Freshman Detroit, Michigan Trey Phillips 11 F 6'7" 205 Sophomore Scottsdale, Arizona Entered transfer portal Hunter Harding 12 C 7'0" 245 Sophomore Toronto, Ontario Transferred to Indiana State Bryan Ndjonga 13 F 6'9" 200 Sophomore Yaoundé, Cameroon Transferred to Canisius Ugnius Jarusevicius 21 F 6'10" 220 Junior Alytus, Lithuania Transferred to Nebraska Drew Barbee 22 G 6'3" 200 RS Freshman Mount Pleasant, Michigan Transferred to Incarnate Word Gus Salem 23 G 6'2" 185 Freshman Los Angeles, California Entered transfer portal Armani Mighty 26 C 6'10" 240 Junior Toronto, Ontario Transferred to Mercer Anthony Pritchard 30 G 6'2" 185 Senior Tulsa, Oklahoma Graduated
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jaxson Whitaker 3 G 6'4" 215 Sophomore Muskegon, Michigan Ferris State Kareem Aburashed 4 C 6'10" 235 Senior West Bloomfield, Michigan Wayne State Tamario Adley 5 G 6'1" 195 Senior Detroit, Michigan Wayne State Phat Phat Brooks 10 G 6'2" 195 Sophomore Grand Rapids, Michigan Michigan Kayden Nation 11 F 6'7" 225 Junior Peoria, Illinois Indian Hills CC Keenan Garner 13 F 6'6" 220 Sophomore Fishers, Indiana IU Indy Nick Mullen 21 F 6'10" 230 Senior Chesterton, Indiana IU South Bend Will Ashford 22 G 6'5" 200 Sophomore Aurora, Illinois Purdue Northwest Jorden Brooks 23 G 6'1" 185 Junior Grand Rapids, Michigan Ferris State Rodney Johnson Jr. 24 F 6'5" 220 Senior Bryan, Texas Tennessee Tech Nathan Claerbaut 32 C 7'0" 230 Senior Zeeland, Michigan Ferris State Logan McIntire 33 G 6'5" 205 Senior Ramsey, Indiana Kentucky Wesleyan
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Preseason Preseason rankings MAC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
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Roster
Schedule and results
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