2025–26 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team
| 2025–26 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (0–0 Sun Belt) |
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| Home arena | HTC Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 10 | – | 5 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy | 1 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Alabama | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 4 | – | 9 | .308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 3 | – | 10 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 2 | – | 11 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 3 | – | 10 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 Sun Belt tournament winner As of December 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025–26 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represents Coastal Carolina University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by 2nd-year head coach Justin Gray, play their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Previous season
The Chanticleers finished the 2024–25 season 10–22, 3–15 in Sun Belt play, to finish in thirteenth place.[1] They lost to Southern Miss in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament.
Preseason
Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll
The Chanticleers were picked to finish in thirteenth place in the conference's preseason poll.[2] Junior guard RaSheed Jones was named to the conference preseason second team.[2]
| Coaches poll | ||
| Predicted finish | Team (1st place Votes) | |
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| 1 | James Madison - 175 (1) | |
| 2 | Arkansas State - 154 (3) | |
| 3 | South Alabama - 152 (4) | |
| 4 | Troy - 148 (1) | |
| 5 | Old Dominion - 145 (2) | |
| 6 | Marshall - 128 (1) | |
| 7 | App State - 123 (1) | |
| 8 | Texas State - 106 | |
| 9 | Louisiana - 95 (1) | |
| 10 | Georgia Southern - 66 | |
| 11 | Georgia State - 59 | |
| 12 | Southern Miss - 57 | |
| 13 | Coastal Carolina - 43 | |
| 14 | ULM - 19 | |
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Western Michigan MAC-SBC Challenge |
L 71–76 | 0–1 |
21 – Jones | 8 – Peat | 4 – Beadle | University Arena (1,443) Kalamazoo, MI | ||||
| November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Virginia-Lynchburg | W 121–44 | 1–1 |
17 – Ngopot | 13 – MacVicar | 6 – Craig | HTC Center (2,230) Conway, SC | ||||
| November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Winthrop | W 72–66 | 2–1 |
23 – Beadle | 8 – Ngopot | 4 – Jones | HTC Center (2,663) Conway, SC | ||||
| November 14, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Jacksonville State | L 67–74 | 2–2 |
20 – Beadle | 8 – Hill | 3 – Tied | Pete Mathews Coliseum (2,023) Jacksonville, AL | ||||
| November 21, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Western Illinois Western Illinois MTE |
W 84–64 | 3–2 |
20 – Jones | 12 – Hill | 4 – Tied | Western Hall (655) Macomb, IL | ||||
| November 22, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
vs. North Dakota Western Illinois MTE |
W 75–58 | 4–2 |
31 – Dancler | 7 – Tied | 5 – Dancler | Western Hall (165) Macomb, IL | ||||
| November 23, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Illinois State | L 42–94 | 4–3 |
11 – Beadle | 7 – Thompson | 2 – Thompson | CEFCU Arena (3,512) Normal, IL | ||||
| November 30, 2025* 3:30 p.m. |
Alabama A&M | W 67–60 | 5–3 |
19 – Dancler | 9 – Dancler | 3 – Beadle | HTC Center (1,502) Conway, SC | ||||
| December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m. |
at USC Upstate | L 78–85 OT | 5–4 |
19 – Jones | 8 – Peat | 4 – Tied | G. B. Hodge Center (717) Spartanburg, SC | ||||
| December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m. |
at Winthrop | W 88–84 | 6–4 |
23 – Jones | 9 – Hill | 5 – Jones | Winthrop Coliseum (1,626) Rock Hill, SC | ||||
| December 13, 2025* 8:00 p.m. |
at Grand Canyon | L 61–82 | 6–5 |
18 – Beadle | 6 – Hill | 6 – Beadle | Global Credit Union Arena (7,102) Phoenix, AZ | ||||
| December 18, 2025 6:30 p.m. |
at Appalachian State | Holmes Center Boone, NC | |||||||||
| December 20, 2025 2:00 p.m. |
at Old Dominion | Chartway Arena Norfolk, VA | |||||||||
| December 22, 2025* 7:00 p.m. |
at Saint Joseph's | Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA | |||||||||
| January 1, 2026 1:00 p.m. |
Georgia Southern | HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| January 3, 2026 1:00 p.m. |
Georgia State | HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| January 8, 2026 7:00 p.m. |
Old Dominion | HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| January 10, 2026 1:00 p.m. |
Appalachian State | HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| January 14, 2026 TBA |
at Marshall | Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV | |||||||||
| January 17, 2026 1:00 p.m. |
at Georgia Southern | Hill Convocation Center Statesboro, GA | |||||||||
| January 22, 2026 7:00 p.m. |
Texas State | HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| January 24, 2026 1:00 p.m. |
Southern Miss | HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| January 29, 2026 TBA, ESPN+ |
at South Alabama | Mitchell Center Mobile, AL | |||||||||
| January 31, 2026 3:00 p.m. |
at Louisiana-Monroe | Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, LA | |||||||||
| February 4, 2026 7:00 p.m. |
Arkansas State | HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| February 7, 2026* 7:00 p.m. |
TBA MAC-SBC Challenge |
HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| February 12, 2026 8:00 p.m. |
at Louisiana | Cajundome Lafayette, LA | |||||||||
| February 18, 2026 7:00 p.m. |
James Madison | HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| February 21, 2026 1:00 p.m. |
Marshall | HTC Center Conway, SC | |||||||||
| February 24, 2026 7:00 p.m. |
at Georgia State | Georgia State Convocation Center Atlanta, GA | |||||||||
| February 27, 2026 TBA |
at James Madison | Atlantic Union Bank Center Harrisonburg, VA | |||||||||
| Sun Belt tournament | |||||||||||
| March 3–9, 2026 TBA |
vs. TBA | Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL | |||||||||
Sources:[4]
References
- ^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "James Madison Tabbed 2025-26 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Favorite & ODU's Davis Named Preseason Player of the Year". sunbeltsports.org. October 20, 2025. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
- ^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster".
- ^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule".