The 2025–26 Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons men's basketball team represented Purdue University Fort Wayne during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mastodons, led by 12th-year head coach Jon Coffman, played their home games at the Gates Sports Center and the Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana as members of the Horizon League.

Previous season The Mastodons finished the 2024–25 season 19–13, 12–8 in Horizon League play, to finish in fifth place. They were defeated by Youngstown State in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League tournament.

Offseason Departures Purdue Fort Wayne departuresNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometown Reason for departure Rasheed Bello 0 G 6'0" 185 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated Jalen Jackson 1 G 6'2" 200 Junior Fort Wayne, IN Transferred to Butler Trey Lewis 2 G 6'6" 200 RS Sophomore Ferndale, MI Transferred to Western Michigan Quinton Morton-Robertson 3 G 5'8" 155 Graduate student Radford, VA Graduated Johnathan DeJurnett 5 F 6'8" 225 Graduate student Memphis, TN Graduated De'Vion Lavergne 6 G 6'3" 170 Sophomore Melville, LA Transferred to Louisiana Chandler Cuthrell 7 F 6'8" 220 Senior Baltimore, MD Transferred to Elon Jordan Lomax 23 G 6'3" 160 Freshman Brownsburg, IN Transferred to Glen Oaks CC Keaton Dukes 24 G 6'3" 170 Junior Syracuse, IN Left Program Eric Mulder 32 F 6'8" 225 Junior Oskaloosa, IA Transferred to Iowa State

Incoming transfers Purdue Fort Wayne incoming transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometown Previous school Ja'Corey Lipkins 0 G 6'2" 195 Sophomore Canton, OH Charleston (WV) Ebrahim Kaba 1 G 6'9" 215 RS Freshman East Orange, NJ St. Bonaventure Mikale Stevenson 2 G 6'2" 190 Graduate student Fort Wayne, IN Grambling State DeAndre Craig Jr. 9 G 6'0" 180 Junior Chicago, IL Denver Darius Duffy 34 F 6'8" 230 Graduate student Murray, KY Milwaukee

Preseason On October 8, 2025, the Horizon League released their preseason poll. Purdue Fort Wayne was picked to finish fifth in the conference, while receiving one first-place vote. One player was named to the preseason All-Horizon League Second Team.

Preseason rankings + Horizon League Preseason Coaches Poll Rank Team Points 1 428 (24) 2 384 (7) 3 364 (2) 4 345 (8) 5 287 (1) 6 274 7 221 8 217 (2) 9 176 10 115 11 93

Preseason All-Horizon League Teams Preseason All-Horizon League TeamsTeamPlayerPositionYear Second Corey Hadnot II Guard Junior

Roster

Schedule and results

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