The 2025–26 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Maine during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by fourth-year head coach Chris Markwood, played their home games at the Memorial Gymnasium in Orono, Maine as members of the America East Conference.
Previous season The Black Bears finished the 2024–25 season 20–14, 10–6 in America East play, to finish in third place. They defeated UMass Lowell and Vermont, before losing to Bryant in the championship game of the America East tournament.
Preseason On October 20, 2025, the America East Conference released their preseason polls. Maine was picked to finish second in the conference, while receiving a first-place vote.
Preseason rankings +America East Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 63 (7)T–2 Maine 47 (1) 47 4 39 (1) 5 37 6 35 7 31 8 13 9 12
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Preseason All-America East Team No players were named to the All-America East team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| America East regular season
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