The 2025–26 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team represented Western Michigan University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos, led by fourth-year head coach Dwayne Stephens, played their home games at University Arena in Kalamazoo, Michigan as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They finished the season 10–21, 4–14 in MAC play, to finish in a three-way tie for last place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.

On March 8, 2026, the school fired head coach Dwayne Stephens. On March 21, the school named UT Rio Grande Valley's head coach, Kahil Fennell, the team's new head coach.

Previous season The Broncos finished the 2024–25 season 12–20, 9–9 in MAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the MAC Tournament, they lost to Kent State in the quarterfinals.

Offseason

Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Donovan Williams 0 G 6' 5" 220 Graduate student Rockford, IL Graduated Marquese Josephs 1 G 6' 1" 200 Sophomore Toronto, ON Transferred to Saginaw Valley State Chansey Willis Jr. 2 G 6' 2" 190 Junior Detroit, MI Transferred to Minnesota JaVaughn Hannah 4 G 6' 4" 205 Junior Mount Clemens, MI Transferred to San Jose State Brandon Muntu 7 G 6' 4" 190 RS Junior Calgary, AB Transferred to Tennessee Tech Hutch Ward 12 F 6' 7" 210 Sophomore Kalamazoo, MI Left team Seryee Lewis 15 F 6' 9" 240 RS Sophomore Chicago, IL Transferred to Prairie View A&M Owen Lobsinger 20 F 6' 9" 225 Senior Flint, MI Graduated Markhi Strickland 22 G/F 6' 6" 210 RS Junior Miami, FL Transferred to North Dakota State Josh Thomas 23 G/F 6' 6" 185 RS Freshman Lincolnshire, IL Transferred to Saginaw Valley State Jack Stefanski 33 F 6' 6" 205 RS Junior Frankfort, MI Transferred to Saginaw Valley State

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Trey Lewis 1 G 6' 6" 200 RS Junior Ferndale, MI Purdue Fort Wayne Jalen Griffith 2 G 5' 10" 150 Junior Chicago, IL Navarro Hudson Ward 8 F 6' 7" 220 Sophomore Leduc, AB Penn State Justice Williams 11 G 6' 4" 185 RS Senior Philadelphia, PA Robert Morris Jayden Brewer 12 G 6' 6" 160 Senior Indianapolis, IN FIU Declan Peterson 22 C 6' 11" 250 Senior Bentley, AB Calgary

Recruiting class

Preseason On October 21, 2025, the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Western Michigan was picked to finish tenth in the MAC regular season.

Preseason rankings MAC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Akron 143 (11) 2 Miami (OH) 133 (2) 3 Kent State 122 4 Ohio 108 5 UMass 98 6 Toledo 95 7 Bowling Green 73 8 Ball State 62 9 Eastern Michigan 52 10 Western Michigan 46 11 Buffalo 37 12 Central Michigan 31 13 Northern Illinois 14

MAC Tournament Champions: Akron (8), Miami (OH) (2), Kent State (1), Ohio (1), UMass (1)

Source

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season

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