The 2025–26 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented Xavier University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Big East Conference. The Musketeers, led by first-year Richard Pitino, played their home games at the Cintas Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Previous season The Musketeers finished the 2024–25 season 22–13, 13–7 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big East tournament, they lost Marquette in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated Texas in the First Four before losing to Illinois in the round of 64.

On March 24, 2025, head coach Sean Miller left the school for a second time as he was named the head coach of Texas. Two days later, the school named New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino the team's new head coach.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Trey Green 0 G 6'0" 168 Sophomore Charlotte, NC Transferred to Saint Louis Marcus Foster 1 G 6'5" 215 Graduate student Atlanta, GA Graduated Jerome Hunter 2 F 6'8" 216 Graduate student Columbus, OH Graduated Dailyn Swain 3 G/F 6'7" 200 Sophomore Columbus, OH Transferred to Texas John Hugley IV 4 F 6'11" 260 Senior Cleveland, OH Transferred to Duquesne Lassina Traoré 6 F 6'10" 240 Senior Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Transferred to Texas Ryan Conwell 7 G 6'3" 210 Junior Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Louisville Cam'Ron Fletcher 11 G 6'7" 230 Graduate student St. Louis, MO Transferred to High Point Dayvion McKnight 20 G 6'0" 195 Graduate student Shelbyville, KY Graduated Dante Maddox Jr. 21 G 6'2" 200 Senior Chicago Heights, IL Transferred Zach Freemantle 32 F 6'9" 227 Graduate student Teaneck, NJ Graduated/undrafted in 2025 NBA draft; signed with the Orlando Magic Bob Nunge 35 G 6'6" 190 Senior Newburgh, IN Walk-on; graduated Brad Colbert 45 G 6'2" 200 Senior Loveland, OH Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Malik Messina-Moore 1 G 6'5" 190 Senior Ventura, CA Montana Gabriel Pozzato 2 F 6'7" 200 Sophomore Rome, Italy Evansville All Wright 3 G 6'3" 180 Sophomore Durango, Mexico Valparaiso Filip Borovićanin 4 F 6'9" 220 Senior Belgrade, Serbia New Mexico Isaiah Walker 7 G 6'5" 200 Senior Wyoming, OH Belmont Luke Naser 8 G 6'0" 200 Sophomore Las Vegas, NV Walk-on; UNLV Mier Panoam 9 G 6'2" 200 Junior Anchorage, AK North Dakota Tre Carroll 12 F 6'7" 233 Junior Punta Gorda, FL Florida Atlantic Anthony Robinson 21 F/C 6'10" 238 Sophomore Peachtree City, GA Virginia Pape N'Diaye 22 F 7'0" 215 Sophomore Ivory Coast UNLV Jovan Milicevic 24 F 6'10" 260 Sophomore Toronto, ON New Mexico

Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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