2025–26 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team

The 2025–26 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team represented Delaware State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets, led by fifth-year head coach Stan Waterman, played their home games at Memorial Hall in Dover, Delaware as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Previous season The Hornets finished the 2024–25 season 16–14, 8–6 in MEAC play to finish in third place. They were upset in the quarterfinals of the MEAC tournament by No. 6-seeded NC Central.

Preseason On October 8, 2025, the MEAC released their preseason polls. Delaware State was picked to finish fifth in the conference.

Preseason rankings +MEAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 118 (12) 2 97 (4) 3 90 4 73T–5 Delaware State 70 7 31 8 27

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Preseason All-MEAC Teams Preseason All-MEAC TeamTeamPlayerYearPositionFirstPonce JamesSophomoreGuardSecondZion BetheaGraduate SeniorCamian Shell Source:

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=""| MEAC regular season

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