The 2025–26 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Asheville during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by eighth-year head coach Mike Morrell, played their home games at Kimmel Arena in Asheville, North Carolina, as members of the Big South Conference.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2024–25 season 21–11, 11–5 in Big South play, to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Charleston Southern in the quarterfinals of the Big South tournament, before falling to Winthrop in the semifinals.
Preseason On October 15, 2025, the Big South Conference released their preseason coaches poll. UNC Asheville was picked to finish second in the conference, while receiving one first-place vote.
Preseason rankings +Big South Preseason Poll Place Team Points 1 80 (8) 2 UNC Asheville 68 (1) 3 53 4 52 5 51 6 37 7 27 8 19 9 18
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Big South Preseason Player of the Year Big South Preseason Player of the YearPlayerYearPositionToyaz SolomonFifth YearForward Source:
Preseason All-Big South Teams Preseason All-Big South TeamsTeamPlayerYearPositionFirstToyaz SolomonFfith YearForwardSecondKameron TaylorSophomoreGuard/Forward Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| Big South regular season
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