The 2025–26 Sacramento State Hornets men's basketball team represented California State University, Sacramento during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets were led by first-year head coach Mike Bibby and played their home games at Hornet Pavilion in Sacramento, California as a member of the Big Sky Conference. This marked Sacramento State's first season playing at Hornet Pavilion, and also marked their final season as members of the Big Sky Conference before transitioning to the Big West Conference on July 1, 2026.

Previous season The Hornets finished the 2024-25 season 7–25, 3–15 in Big Sky play to finish last in the conference. As the 10-seed in the Big Sky Tournament they were defeated by 7-seed Weber State in the First round 70–83 to end their season.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jalen Pitre 1 F 6'8" 220 Junior Long Beach, CA Transferred to Tennessee State Bailey Nunn 2 G 6'0" 160 Sophomore Melbourne, Australia Entered transfer portal EJ Neal 3 G 6'5" 200 Senior San Francisco, CA Transferred to USC Alex Kovatchev 4 G 6'5" 190 Sophomore Perth, Australia Transferred to Florida Michael Wilson 5 G 6'2" 195 Sophomore Sacramento, CA Transferred to Dominican (CA) Deonte Williams 6 G 6'6" 210 Junior Sydney, Australia Entered transfer portal Lachlan Brewer 7 G 6'6" 190 Freshman Launceston, Australia Transferred to Idaho State Emil Skyttä 10 G 6'4" 195 Sophomore Helsinki, Finland Transferred to North Dakota State Leo Ricketts 11 G 6'0" 160 Freshman Pleasant Hill, CA Transferred to West Valley College Kiir Kiir Chol Deng 14 F 6'9" 215 Sophomore Juba, South Sudan Entered transfer portal Jacob Holt 15 F 6'10" 250 Senior Delta, BC, Canada Out of eligibility Julian Vaughns 24 G 6'3" 175 Junior Oakland, CA Entered transfer portal Bowyn Beatty 25 F 7'0" 225 Sophomore Canberra, Australia Transferred to La Salle Chudi Dioramma 34 F 6'10" 245 Freshman London, England Transferred to Arkansas State

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous college Brandon Gardner 0 F 6'8" 215 Sophomore Waynesboro, GA USC Mikey Williams 1 G 6'3" 193 Sophomore San Diego, CA UCF Taj Glover 2 G 6'3" 190 Freshman Atlanta, GA South Florida Jahni Summers 4 G 6'6" 195 Junior Evansville, IN Indiana State Jayden Teat 5 G 6'2" 180 Sophomore Sacramento, CA Utah Zach Anderson 7 G 6'6" 185 Junior Scottsdale, AZ Scottsdale CC Shaqir O'Neal 8 F 6'8" 200 Senior Los Angeles, CA Florida A&M Jeremiah Cherry 9 F 6'11" 250 Senior San Diego, CA UNLV Isaiah Bronson 13 G 6'2" 180 Freshman Gilbert, AZ Cal Poly Pomona Prophet Johnson 16 G 6'3" 195 Senior Dayton, OH Fairfield Arman Madi 23 G 6'6" 205 Sophomore Scottsdale, AZ Northern Arizona Jeremiah Nyarko 34 F 6'9" 215 Senior Accra, Ghana Stony Brook

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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