The 2025–26 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach Talvin Hester, played their home games at Thomas Assembly Center in Ruston, Louisiana as members of Conference USA.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2024–25 season 20–12, 9–9 in C-USA play, to finish in sixth place. They were defeated by Middle Tennessee in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament.
Preseason On October 9, 2025, Conference USA released their preseason poll. Louisiana Tech was picked to finish fifth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +C-USA Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 143 (11) 2 126 (1) 3 113 4 103 5 Louisiana Tech 82 6 79 7 67 8 66 9 56 10 36 11 35 12 30
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Preseason All C-USA Team Preseason All C-USA TeamPlayerYearPositionKaden CooperJuniorGuard Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Conference USA regular season
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