The 2025–26 Grambling State Tigers men's basketball team represented Grambling State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first-year head coach Patrick Crarey, played their home games at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center in Grambling, Louisiana as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Tigers finished the 2024–25 season 12–22, 7–11 in SWAC play, to finish in eighth place. They defeated Alabama A&M, and upset top-seeded Southern, before falling to eventual tournament champions Alabama State in the semifinals of the SWAC tournament.
On April 3, 2025, it was announced that head coach Donte Jackson would be leaving the program, after eight years at the helm, in order to take the head coaching position at Alabama A&M. A week later, on April 10, the school announced that they would be hiring Florida A&M head coach Patrick Crarey as the team's next head coach.
Preseason On October 8, 2025, the SWAC released their preseason polls. Grambling State was picked to finish seventh in the conference.
Preseason rankings +SWAC Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 232 (12) 2 214 (5) 3 208 (1) 4 183 (3) 5 182 6 163 7 Grambling State 151 8 115 9 99 10 74 11 70 (1) 12 25
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Preseason All-SWAC Teams No players were named to the First or Second Preseason All-SWAC Teams.
Roster
Schedule and results
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