The 2025–26 Central Arkansas Bears basketball team represented the University of Central Arkansas during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears, led by second-year head coach John Shulman, played their home games at the Farris Center in Conway, Arkansas as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
Previous season The Bears finished the 2024–25 season 9–24, 4–14 in ASUN play, to finish in a tie for fourth place. They defeated Stetson, before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Lipscomb in the quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament.
Preseason On October 17, 2025, the ASUN released their preseason polls. Central Arkansas was picked to finish eighth in the coaches poll and eleventh in the media poll.
Preseason rankings
+ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll Place Team Votes 1 136 (6) 2 117 3 111 (2) 4 98 (2) 5 94 (1) 6 88 7 77 8 Central Arkansas 57 9 56 10 36 11 34 (1) 12 32
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+ASUN Preseason Media Poll Place Team Votes 1 519 (18) 2 495 (3) 3 468 (9) 4 465 (12) 5 408 (9) 6 381 7 357 8 243 9 192 10 189 11 Central Arkansas 174 12 126
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Roster
Schedule and results
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