The 2025–26 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by eighth-year head coach Richie Riley, played their home games at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama as members in the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season The Jaguars finished the 2024–25 season 21–11, 13–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a four-way tie for first place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they lost in the semifinals to Arkansas State.

The Jaguars were briefly offered a bid to the 2025 National Invitation Tournament, but the offer was revoked when UC Riverside withdrew from the College Basketball Invitational to accept an NIT bid.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Cantia Rahming 0 F 6'7" 205 GS Senior Tampa, FL Graduated; Signed to play with Medi Bayreuth Dylan Fasoyiro 2 G 6'3" 195 GS Senior Houston, TX Graduated; Signed to play with BBC Coburg of ProB League Elijah Ormiston 3 F 6'8" 220 Senior Minneapolis, MN Graduated; Signed to play with MBK Komárno Julian Margrave 12 F 6'10" 210 Junior Louisburg, KS Transferred to Omaha Myles Corey 20 G 6'0" 185 GS Senior Ontario, CA Transferred to Rhode Island Ethan Kizer 21 F 6'5" 195 Sophomore Metamora, IL Transferred to South Dakota Barry Dunning Jr. 22 G 6'6" 195 Junior Mobile, AL Transferred to Pittsburgh Judah Brown 25 F 6'6" 225 GS Senior Bermuda Dunes, CA Graduated; Signed to play with SKN St. Pölten Caleb Kizer 32 F 6'7" 230 Senior Metamora, IL Transferred to South Dakota

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Chaze Harris 2 G 6'6" 190 Senior Cleveland, OH Life Hantz Louis-Jeune 4 G 6'5" 185 Graduate Lake Worth, FL Lenoir–Rhyne Brian Hawthorne 7 G 6'2" 190 Junior Shawnee, KS Rockhurst Peyton Law 9 F 6'7" 220 Senior Calhoun, GA Freed–Hardeman Adam Olsen 12 F 6'8" 225 Junior Surrey, BC UBC

Recruiting classes

2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Preseason Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Jaguars were picked to finish in third place in the conference's preseason poll. Redshirt sophomore guard John Broom was named to the conference preseason third team.

Coaches poll 1 James Madison - 175 (1) 2 Arkansas State - 154 (3) 3 South Alabama - 152 (4) 4 Troy - 148 (1) 5 Old Dominion - 145 (2) 6 Marshall - 128 (1) 7 App State - 123 (1) 8 Texas State - 106 9 Louisiana - 95 (1) 10 Georgia Southern - 66 11 Georgia State - 59 12 Southern Miss - 57 13 Coastal Carolina - 43 14 ULM - 19

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season

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References