The 2025–26 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by fourth-year head coach Chris Jans, played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum located near Starkville, Mississippi as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2024–25 season 21–13, 8–10 in SEC play to finish in a four-way tie for 9th place. They defeated LSU in the first round of the SEC tournament before losing to Missouri in the second round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the 9th seed in the east, where they lost in the first round to Baylor.
Offseason
Departures All players listed as "graduated" are tentative departures unless otherwise noted.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Claudell Harris Jr. 0 G 6'4" 200 Senior Hahnville, Louisiana Graduated Kanye Clary 1 G 5'11" 190 Junior Virginia Beach, Virginia Transferred to Oklahoma State Riley Kugel 2 G 6'5" 210 Junior Orlando, Florida Transferred to UCF KeShawn Murphy 3 F 6'10" 230 Junior Birmingham, Alabama Transferred to Auburn Cameron Matthews 4 F 6'7" 235 Graduate Student Olive Branch, Mississippi Graduated Jeremy Foumena 7 C 6'11" 250 Sophomore Montreal, Quebec Transferred to UCF Harrison Alexander 8 G 6'5" 190 Freshman Madison, Mississippi Transferred to SIU Edwardsville Adrian Myers 9 F 6'6" 210 Sophomore Stephens City, Virginia Transferred to San Jose State EJ Paymon 11 F 6'9" 230 Freshman Raymond, Mississippi Transferred to Southern Miss Martavious Russell 21 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Coker, Alabama Transferred to Louisiana–Monroe RJ Meléndez 22 F 6'7" 210 Senior Arecibo, Puerto Rico Graduated Michael Nwoko 23 C 6'10" 245 Sophomore Toronto, Ontario Transferred to LSU Trey Jackson III 40 G 6'2" 200 Senior Starkville, Mississippi Graduated
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jaborri McGhee 2 G 6'2" 200 Senior McComb, Mississippi UAB Brandon Walker 4 F 6'8" 255 Senior Oak Cliff, Texas Montana State Jayden Epps 10 G 6'2" 190 Senior Norfolk, Virginia Georgetown Amier Ali 14 G/F 6'8" 210 Sophomore Dallas, Texas Arizona State Quincy Ballard 15 C 7'0" 265 Senior Syracuse, New York Wichita State Achor Achor 99 F 6'9" 230 Senior Melbourne, Australia Kansas State
Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""|Non-conference regular season
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