The 2025–26 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by first year head coach Alex Jensen, played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This was the Utes' second season in the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season The Utes finished the 2024–25 season 16–17, 8–12 in Big 12 Conference play to finish in eleventh place. As the No. 11 seed in the Big 12 tournament, Utah lost their first-round game against UCF, 87−72.
The Utes' were selected to participate in the inaugural 2025 College Basketball Crown tournament. They were defeated in their first round game against Butler, 86−84.
Offseason
Departures Source: NameNum.Pos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure Ezra Ausar 2 F 6'8" 240 Senior Atlanta, GA Transferred to USC Ayomide Bamisile 21 F 6'7" 210 Freshman Lagos, Nigeria Transferred to ULM Hunter Erickson 0 G 6'3" 200 Graduate Senior Provo, UT Out of eligibility Brandon Haddock 14 G 6'2" 185 Senior Southlake, TX Out of eligibility Joul Karram 5 C 6'10" 225 Sophomore Nazareth, Israel Transferred to Utah Valley Zach Keller 32 F 6'10" 235 Senior Highlands Ranch, CO Transferred to Utah State Miro Little 1 G 6'3" 195 Junior Tampere, Finland Transferred to UC Santa Barbara Caleb Lohner 11 F 6'11" 250 Graduate Senior Flower Mound, TX Drafted in the 7th round of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos Lawson Lovering 34 C 7'1" 245 Senior Cheyenne, WY Out of eligibility Gabe Madsen 55 G 6'6" 200 Graduate Senior Rochester, MN Out of eligibility Mason Madsen 45 G 6'4" 195 Graduate Senior Rochester, MN Out of eligibility Mike Sharavjamts 25 G 6'9" 195 Senior Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Transferred to South Carolina Brady Smith 6 G 6'1" 175 Junior Logan, UT Transferred to Weber State Jake Wahlin 10 F 6'10" 210 Junior Provo, UT Transferred to Clemson
Incoming transfers NameNum.Pos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious school(s) Terrence Brown 2 G 6'3" 175 Junior Minneapolis, MN Fairleigh Dickinson Babacar Faye 5 F 6'9" 230 Graduate Senior Dakar, Senegal Western Kentucky Josh Hayes 7 F 6'9" 210 Junior Gainesville, FL Northwest Florida State Jahki Howard 10 F 6'7" 195 Sophomore Roxbury, MA Auburn Alvin Jackson III 15 G 6'5" 215 Sophomore Washington D.C. Salt Lake CC Don McHenry 3 G 6'2" 170 Graduate Senior Milwaukee, WI Western Kentucky Elijah "Choppa" Moore 15 G 6'4" 215 Sophomore Parkchester, N.Y. Syracuse James Okonkwo 32 F 6'8" 245 Graduate Senior Maidenhead, England Akron Jacob Patrick 6 G 6'6" 195 Junior Ludwigsburg, Germany Otto-Hahn Gymnasium Ludwigsburg Seydou Traore 0 F 6'6" 220 Junior Bronx, N.Y. Iowa
Recruiting classes
2025 recruiting class
Preseason The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released on October 16, 2025. All awards were voted on by the league's 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players. The Big 12 preseason media poll was released on October 30, 2025.
Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll Big 12 CoachesPoints 1.Houston224 (12) 2.BYU204 (1) 3.Texas Tech200 4.Arizona179 (1) 5.Iowa State170 6.Kansas163 7.Baylor137 8.Cincinnati120 9.Kansas State117 10.TCU90 11.West Virginia79 12.Oklahoma State77 13.Utah50 14.UCF39 15.Colorado37 16.Arizona State34Reference: (#) first-place votes
Big 12 Preseason Media Poll Big 12 Media 1.Houston 2.Texas Tech 3.BYU 4.Arizona 5.Iowa State 6.Kansas 7.Baylor 8.Kansas State 9.Cincinnati 10.TCU 11.West Virginia 12.Oklahoma State 13.Utah 14.UCF 15.Colorado 16.Arizona StateReference:
Roster
Schedule
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