The 2025–26 Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team represented Niagara University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Eagles, led by seventh-year head coach Greg Paulus, played their home games at the Gallagher Center in Lewiston, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Purple Eagles finished the 2024–25 season 11–20, 6–14 in MAAC play, to finish in 12th place. They failed to qualify for the MAAC tournament, as only the top ten teams qualify.
Preseason On September 30, 2025, the MAAC released their preseason coaches poll. Niagara was picked to finish 12th in the conference.
Preseason rankings +MAAC Preseason Poll Place Team Points 1 158 (8) 2 152 (3) 3 140 (2) 4 133 5 115 6 104 7 85 8 74 9 69 10 59 11 48 12 Niagara 26 13 20
Source:
Preseason All-MAAC Teams No players were named to the First, Second or Third Preseason All-MAAC Teams.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season
Sources:
References