The 2025–26 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team represented Bowling Green State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons, led by third-year head coach Todd Simon, played their home games at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference.

They finished the 2025–26 season 18–14, 9–9 in MAC play, to finish tied for 5th place. They qualified for the MAC tournament as the 5th seed where they lost in the quarterfinals to Toledo

Previous season The Falcons finished the 2024–25 season 14–18, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in eighth place. They were defeated by Akron in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament.

Offseason

Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Trey Thomas 1 G 6'0" 160 Senior Toronto, Ontario Graduated DaJion Humphrey 3 G 6'4" 185 Senior Detroit, Michigan Transferred to Samford Braelon Green 5 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Southfield, Michigan Transferred to Eastern Michigan Marcus Johnson 6 F 6'7" 265 Senior Akron, Ohio Transferred to Kansas State Wilguens Jr. Exacte 7 F 6'6" 236 Sophomore Montreal, Quebec Transferred to Drake Derrick Butler 10 G 6'2" 195 Senior Charlotte, North Carolina Graduated Jamai Felt 11 F 6'10" 210 Freshman Boston, Massachusetts Transferred to Temple Youssef Khayat 23 F 6'9" 215 Junior Beirut, Lebanon Signed with Sagesse SC Donovan Hunter 55 F 6'8" 197 Sophomore Columbus, Ohio Transferred to Bellarmine

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jason Kimbrough Jr. 1 G 6'0" 165 Junior Maricopa, Arizona Highland CC Josiah Shackelford 4 G 6'4" 212 Sophomore Sanford, Florida Flagler Mayar Wol 9 F 6'8" 196 Junior Raleigh, North Carolina Eastern Kentucky Javon Ruffin 11 G 6'5" 195 Senior Phoenix, Arizona Colorado Troy Glover II 16 F 6'10" 225 Senior Wheaton, Illinois UMSL Justin Thomas 25 G 6'7" 184 Senior Baton Rouge, Louisiana Florida State Aiden Goins 34 F 6'9" 275 Junior Knoxville, Tennessee Walters State CC

Recruiting class

Preseason On October 21, 2025, the MAC released the preseason coaches' poll. Bowling Green was picked to finish third in the MAC regular season.

Preseason rankings MAC preseason pollPredicted finishTeamVotes (1st place) 1 Akron 143 (11) 2 Miami (OH) 133 (2) 3 Kent State 122 4 Ohio 108 5 UMass 98 6 Toledo 95 7 Bowling Green 73 8 Ball State 62 9 Eastern Michigan 52 10 Western Michigan 46 11 Buffalo 37 12 Central Michigan 31 13 Northern Illinois14

MAC Tournament Champions: Akron (8), Miami-Ohio (2), Kent State (1), Ohio (1), UMass (1)

Source

Preseason All-MAC Preseason All-MAC teamsTeamPlayerPositionYearFirstJavontae CampbellGuardSenior Source

Roster

Schedule and results

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