The 2025–26 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rainbow Warriors, led by eleventh-year head coach Eran Ganot, played their home games at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the regular season 22–8, 14–6 in Big West play to finish in second place.
The season marked the last as members of the Big West, as the school will join the Mountain West Conference on July 1, 2026.
Previous season The Rainbow Warriors finished the 2024–25 season 15–16, 7–13 in Big West play, to finish in ninth place. They failed to make the Big West tournament as only the top eight teams qualify.
Preseason On October 16, 2025, the Big West Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Hawaiʻi was picked to finish third in the conference.
Preseason rankings +Big West Preseason Poll Place Team Points 1 98 (8) 2 93 (3) 3 Hawaiʻi 76 4 69 5 63 6 58 7 54 8 31 9 26 10 20 11 17
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Roster
Schedule and results
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