The 2025–26 FIU Panthers men's basketball team represented Florida International University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by eighth-year head coach Jeremy Ballard, played their home games at Ocean Bank Convocation Center in Miami, Florida as members of Conference USA.
Previous season The Panthers finished the 2024–25 season 10–23, 3–15 in C-USA play, to finish in tenth (last) place. They upset Western Kentucky, before falling to Jacksonville State in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament.
Preseason On October 9, 2025, Conference USA released their preseason poll. FIU was picked to finish tenth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +C-USA Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 143 (11) 2 126 (1) 3 113 4 103 5 82 6 79 7 67 8 66 9 56 10 FIU 36 11 35 12 30
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Preseason All-Conference USA Team No players were named to the Preseason All-Conference USA Team.
Postseason Awards
Forward Corey Stephenson was named to the All-Conference USA Second Team, while freshman forward Eric Dibami brought home All-Freshman and All-Defensive Team honors.
Roster
Schedule and results
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