The 2025–26 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen, led by fourth-year head coach Frank Martin, played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as first-year members of the Mid-American Conference.
They finished the 2025–26 season 17–16, 7–11 in MAC play, to finish tied for 7th place. They qualified for the MAC tournament as the 8th seed where they upset previously unbeaten and 20th ranked Miami in the quarterfinals. They lost to Toledo the following day in the semifinal.
Previous season The Minutemen finished the 2024–25 season 12–19, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As a No. 11 seed in the A-10 tournament they lost in the first round to La Salle.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jaylen Curry 0 G 6'0" 168 Sophomore Charlotte, NC Transferred to Oklahoma State Nate Guerengomba 2 G 6'4" 216 Freshman Washington, D.C. Transferred to Quinnipiac Marqui Worthy 3 G 6'3" 216 Sophomore Anaheim, CA Transferred to UC Riverside Shahid Muhammad 4 F/C 6'10" 205 Junior Queens, NY Transferred to Florida State Daniel Rivera 5 F 6'6" 215 Senior San Juan, PR Transferred to UAB Rahsool Diggins 7 G 6'2" 190 Senior Philadelphia, PA Graduated Lewis Walker 8 F 6'6" 227 Freshman Winston-Salem, NC Transferred to North Carolina A&T Tarique Foster 12 F 6'8" 185 Sophomore Bronx, NY Transferred to Albany Amadou Doumbia 14 F 6'11" 215 Freshman Bamako, Mali Transferred to North Carolina A&T Akil Watson 23 F 6'9" 185 Sophomore Middletown, New York Transferred to Saint Peter's Malek Abdelgowad 25 F/C 6'10" 220 Senior Cairo, Egypt Graduated John Brigham 35 F 6'9" 213 Freshman Franklin, MA
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Leonardo Bettiol 3 F 6'9" 238 Graduate student Roncade, Italy Abilene Christian Isaiah Placide 4 G 6'4" 205 Graduate student Hampton, GA Eckerd College K'Jei Parker 5 G 6'2" 190 Junior Lakeland, FL Florida SouthWestern Donovan Brown 10 G 6'2" 185 Senior Bolingbrook, IL Florida Tech Charles Outlaw 22 F/C 6'9" 217 Junior Orlando, FL Trinity Valley Community College Marcus Banks Jr 24 G 6'3" 200 Graduate student Hampton, VA UMBC Dimitri Clerc 25 F/C 6'10" 270 Junior Lausanne, Switzerland Pensacola State
2025 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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