The 2025–26 North Alabama Lions men's basketball team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by eighth-year head coach Tony Pujol, played their home games at the CB&S Bank Arena located in Florence, Alabama as members the ASUN Conference.
Previous Season The Lions finished the 2024–25 season 24–11, 14–4 in ASUN play to tie for the ASUN regular season championship. This marked the school's first ASUN regular season championship.
In the ASUN tournament, the Lions advanced to the championship before losing to the Lipscomb Bisons 65–76.
After the conference postseason, the Lions were awarded their first-ever berth into the NIT, where they lost to Bradley in the first round. The season ended as their winningest since 2008.
Following the season, First-Team All-Conference point guard Jacari Lane entered the transfer portal. On April 14, Lane announced he would be transferring to Texas A&M, becoming the first transfer for new Aggies head coach Bucky McMillan.
Preseason On October 17, 2025, the ASUN released their preseason polls. North Alabama was picked to finish second in the coaches poll and first in the media poll, while receiving 18 first-place votes in the latter poll.
Preseason rankings
+ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll Place Team Votes 1 136 (6) 2 North Alabama 117 3 111 (2) 4 98 (2) 5 94 (1) 6 88 7 77 8 57 9 56 10 36 11 34 (1) 12 32
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+ASUN Preseason Media Poll Place Team Votes 1 North Alabama 519 (18) 2 495 (3) 3 468 (9) 4 465 (12) 5 408 (9) 6 381 7 357 8 243 9 192 10 189 11 174 12 126
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Preseason All-ASUN Team Preseason All-ASUN TeamPlayerYearPositionCorneilous Williams^Redshirt JuniorForwardDonte BacchusSenior Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| ASUN regular season
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