2025–26 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team

2025–26 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball
2025–26 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	9–1 (0–0 A–10)
Head coach	Josh Schertz (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Zak Boisvert; Antone Gray; Corey Tate; Rob Gardiner; Phil Gaetano;
Home arena	Chaifetz Arena

2025–26 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
George Mason	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
Saint Louis	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
St. Bonaventure	0	–	0	–	11	–	2	.846
Richmond	0	–	0	–	10	–	2	.833
Davidson	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Dayton	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
Fordham	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
George Washington	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
Rhode Island	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
VCU	0	–	0	–	8	–	4	.667
Saint Joseph's	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
Duquesne	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
La Salle	0	–	0	–	4	–	8	.333
Loyola Chicago	0	–	0	–	4	–	9	.308

† 2026 A-10 tournament winner As of December 20, 2025

The 2025–26 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team represents Saint Louis University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Billikens, led by second-year head coach Josh Schertz, play their home games at Chaifetz Arena as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Previous season

The Billikens finished the 2024–25 season with a 19–15 record, going 11–7 in Atlantic 10 conference play and finishing in 5th place.^[1] The team won their first Atlantic 10 tournament game against Davidson 83–75 in the second round,^[2] before losing to Loyola Chicago 64–72 in the quarterfinals.^[3] The Billikens were invited to the NIT,^[4] where they lost to Arkansas State 78–103 in the first round.^[5]

Preseason

On September 30, 2025, the Atlantic 10 Conference released their preseason poll. Saint Louis was picked to finish second in the conference, while receiving eleven first-place votes.^[6]

Preseason rankings

Atlantic 10 Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	VCU	342 (11)
2	Saint Louis	341 (11)
3	Dayton	321 (3)
4	George Washington	296
5	Loyola Chicago	286 (2)
6	George Mason	254
7	Saint Joseph's	195
8	St. Bonaventure	185
9	Duquesne	155
10	Richmond	142
11	Davidson	107
12	Rhode Island	102
13	La Salle	56
14	Fordham	53
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[6]

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Teams

Preseason All-Atlantic 10 Teams
Team	Player	Year	Position
First	Robbie Avila	Senior	Center

Source:^[6]

Roster

2025–26 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Kellen Thames	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Jr	Pattonville High School	St. Louis, Missouri
G	1	Quentin Jones	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Northern Illinois	Chicago, Illinois
F	2	Badara Diakite	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	South Kent School	Bamako, Mali
G	3	Trey Green	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	RS So	Xavier	Charlotte, North Carolina
G	4	Amari McCottry	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	St. Thomas More High School	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
G	5	Jaden Schertz (W)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Indiana State	Harrogate, Tennessee
F	6	Kalu Anya	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Brown	Worcester, Massachusetts
F	9	Ishan Sharma	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Virginia	Milton, Ontario
F	11	Brady Dunlap	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS So	St. John's	Studio City, California
G	12	Isaac Holmes (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Apex High School	Apex, North Carolina
G	13	Dion Brown	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Boston College	Great Barrington, Massachusetts
G	14	Luke Laczkowski	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	St. Mark's School of Texas	Dallas, Texas
F	15	Jax Kerr	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Owasso High School	Muskogee, Oklahoma
C	21	Robbie Avila	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Indiana State	Oak Forest, Illinois
G/F	24	Cam Hutson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	East Lansing High School	East Lansing, Michigan
F	25	Paul Otieno	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Quinnipiac	Nairobi, Kenya

Head coach

Josh Schertz (Florida Atlantic)

Assistant coach(es)

Zak Boisvert (Fordham)
Antone Gray (Rhode Island College)
Corey Tate (Missouri)
Rob Gardiner (Wright State)
Phil Gaetano (Sacred Heart)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 7, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 23, 2025* 7:00 p.m.	at Bradley	W 98–77	–	19 – Thames	8 – Thames	– – –	Carver Arena Peoria, IL
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., FDMWX/ESPN+	Southeast Missouri State	W 92−67	1−0	18 – Avila	11 – Brown	3 – Thames	Chaifetz Arena (5,364) St. Louis, MO
November 6, 2025* 7:00 p.m., FDMWX/ESPN+	Chicago State	W 108−86	2−0	16 – Sharma	6 – Green	3 – Thames	Chaifetz Arena (3,522) St. Louis, MO
November 10, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Lindenwood	W 109−66	3−0	23 – McCottry	9 – McCottry	4 – Jones	Chaifetz Arena (3,710) St. Louis, MO
November 15, 2025* 7:00 p.m., FDMW/ESPN+	Grand Canyon	W 78−64	4−0	20 – McCottry	15 – Brown	4 – McCottry	Chaifetz Arena (6,105) St. Louis, MO
November 21, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Purdue Fort Wayne Acrisure Series campus game	W 91–60	5–0	21 – Brown	10 – McCottry	5 – Avila	Chaifetz Arena (4,359) St. Louis, MO
November 27, 2025* 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	vs. Santa Clara Acrisure Invitational semifinal	W 71–70	6–0	21 – Green	8 – Thames	5 – Avila	Acrisure Arena Palm Desert, CA
November 28, 2025* 6:00 p.m., TruTV	vs. Stanford Acrisure Invitational championship	L 77−78	6−1	15 – Green	8 – Avila	5 – McCottry	Acrisure Arena Palm Desert, CA
December 2, 2025* 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Loyola Marymount	W 91−70	7−1	23 – Green	11 – Thames	7 – Jones	Gersten Pavilion (908) Los Angeles, CA
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Central Michigan	W 107−65	8−1	19 – Jones	6 – Sharma	5 – McCottry	Chaifetz Arena (4,446) St. Louis, MO
December 13, 2025* 7:00 p.m., FDMW/ESPN+	San Francisco	W 85−75	9−1	18 – McCottry	11 – Brown	4 – Jones	Chaifetz Arena (5,814) St. Louis, MO
December 17, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bethune–Cookman	W 112−53	10−1	19 – Green	9 – Kerr	5 – Brown	Chaifetz Arena (4,097) St. Louis, MO
December 21, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	New Hampshire						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
December 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Principia College (D-III)						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
Atlantic 10 regular season
December 31, 2025 3:00 p.m., FDMW/ESPN+	Saint Joseph's						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
January 7, 2026 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	at VCU						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
January 10, 2026 3:00 p.m., USA	at La Salle						John Glaser Arena Philadelphia, PA
January 14, 2026 7:00 p.m., FDMW/ESPN+	Fordham						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
January 17, 2026 3:00 p.m., CBSSN	Richmond						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
January 20, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Duquesne						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse Pittsburgh, PA
January 23, 2026 4:30 p.m., ESPN2	at St. Bonaventure						Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
January 27, 2026 7:00 p.m., FDMWX/ESPN+	George Washington						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
January 30, 2026 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	Dayton						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
February 3, 2026 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
February 7, 2026 2:00 p.m., FDMW/ESPN+	La Salle						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
February 13, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN2	at Loyola Chicago						Joseph J. Gentile Arena Chicago, IL
February 17, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rhode Island						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
February 20, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	VCU						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
February 24, 2026 6:00 p.m., FDMW/ESPN+	at Dayton						UD Arena Dayton, OH
February 28, 2026 7:00 p.m., FDMWX/ESPN+	Duquesne						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
March 4, 2026 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	Loyola Chicago						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
March 7, 2026 3:00 p.m., USA	at George Mason						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
A-10 tournament
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[7]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP^[8]	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV
Coaches	—	—	RV	RV	—	—	RV

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Saint Louis wins 83-75 against Davidson in Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament". FOX Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Men's Basketball Advances to A10 Semifinal After 72-64 Win Over SLU". Loyola Phoenix. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "What to know about the 2025 NIT: Bracket, schedule and how to watch the games". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "Nelson's 26 lead Arkansas State over Saint Louis in NIT 103-78". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "VCU Picked to Repeat as A-10 Men's Basketball Champions; 23 Earn Preseason Honors". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
^ "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Saint Louis Billikens. Learfield. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
^ "AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll". AP News. Retrieved October 14, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[2] "Saint Louis wins 83-75 against Davidson in Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament". FOX Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[3] "Men's Basketball Advances to A10 Semifinal After 72-64 Win Over SLU". Loyola Phoenix. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[4] "What to know about the 2025 NIT: Bracket, schedule and how to watch the games". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[5] "Nelson's 26 lead Arkansas State over Saint Louis in NIT 103-78". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[poll-6] "VCU Picked to Repeat as A-10 Men's Basketball Champions; 23 Earn Preseason Honors". Atlantic 10. Retrieved December 7, 2025.

[7] "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Saint Louis Billikens. Learfield. Retrieved November 19, 2025.

[8] "AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll". AP News. Retrieved October 14, 2025.

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