The 2025–26 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team represented Radford University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by first-year head coach Zach Chu, played their home games at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 9–7 in Big South play, to finish in third place. In the Big South tournament, the Highlanders were defeated by Presbyterian in the quarterfinals.
Previous season The Highlanders finished the 2024–25 season 20–13, 9–7 in Big South play, to finish in fourth place. They defeated Presbyterian in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament, before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions High Point in the semifinals.
On March 11, 2025, it was announced that head coach Darris Nichols would be leaving the program after four seasons, in order to take the head coaching position at La Salle. Five days later, on March 16, the school announced that they would be hiring SMU chief strategist Zach Chu as the team's new head coach.
Preseason On October 15, 2025, the Big South Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Radford was picked to finish fourth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +Big South Preseason Poll Place Team Points 1 80 (8) 2 68 (1) 3 53 4 Radford 52 5 51 6 37 7 27 8 19 9 18
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Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| Big South regular season
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