The 2025–26 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks were led by second-year head coach Jeremy Shulman, and played their home games at Skyhawk Arena located in Martin, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
Previous season The Skyhawks finished the 2024–25 season 14–19, 9–11 in OVC play, to finish in eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the OVC tournament, they defeated Tennessee Tech in the first round, before losing in the quarterfinals to Little Rock.
Preseason On October 14, 2025, the OVC released their preseason polls. UT Martin was picked to finish eighth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll Place Team Votes 1 188 (12) 2 177 (6) 3 163 (1) 4 135 (1) T-5 100 7 80 8 UT Martin 79 9 67 (2) 10 63 11 57
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Players to Watch Each OVC team selected two "Players to Watch" for their team. Players to WatchPlayerPositionYearAfan TrnkaGuardJuniorLamine NiangForwardRedshirt junior Source:
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Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| OVC regular season
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