The 2026–27 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by sixth-year head coach Shaka Smart, played their home games at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a member of the Big East Conference.

Previous season The Golden Eagles finished the 2025–26 season 12-20, 7-13 in Big East play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As a No. 7 seed in the Big East tournament they were defeated by Xavier in the first round. The team failed to qualify for any post-season tournaments.

Offseason Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Chase Ross 2 G 6'5" 210 Senior Dallas, TX Graduated Tre Norman 5 G 6'4" 205 Junior Boston, MA Transferred to Milwaukee Sheek Pearson 6 F 6'11" 205 Freshman St. Louis, MO Transferred to Saint Louis Zaide Lowery 7 G 6'5" 205 Junior Springfield, MO Left Team Due to Undisclosed Reasons; Transferred to Dayton Ben Gold 12 F 6'11" 235 Senior Wellington, New Zealand Graduated Sean Jones 22 G 5'10" 185 Redshirt Junior Columbus, OH Transferred to Toledo Casey O'Malley 40 G 6'3" 200 Senior Omaha, NE Walk-on; Graduated Jonah Lucas 41 G 6'1" 180 Senior West Lafayette, IN Walk-on; Graduated

Incoming transfers

During a 2026 matchup against Xavier, a sideline report by TNT reporter Jared Greenberg said that head coach Shaka Smart will break his current mold and utilize the transfer portal.

Incoming Transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Colin Porter 2 G 5'10" 170 Graduate Student Ashland, KY Liberty Nolan Minessale 4 G 6'5" 200 Junior Brookfield, WI St. Thomas Sananda Fru 11 F 6'11" 250 Senior Berlin, Germany Louisville

Staff Changes

On April 1, 2026, Assistant Coach Nevada Smith accepted an offer to become the head coach of Siena. Additionally, it was announced on April 7, that Assistant Coach DeAndre Haynes left the program at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season. That same day, former Florida International University Basketball Coach Jeremy Ballard was announced as a new assistant coach, having served as an assistant under Shaka Smart at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2012-2015.

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=""| Vancouver, British Columbia Foreign Tour

!colspan=12 style=""|

!colspan=12 style=""| Non-Conference Regular Season

!colspan=12 style=""|

!colspan=9 style=""|

Source

References