The 2025–26 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Orange, led by third-year head coach Adrian Autry, played their home games at JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York as 13th-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Orange began the season with a four game winning streak against non-Power 4 opponents before traveling to Paradise, Nevada to participate in the Players Era Festival. They lost the first game of the tournament against third-ranked Houston, in overtime. The team lost two more games in the tournament, one to Kansas and the second to fifteenth-ranked Iowa State. Syracuse returned to New York to defeat thirteenth-ranked Tennessee by two points in the ACC–SEC Challenge. The Orange finished the non-conference regular season on a 4–1 run, with their only loss coming against Hofstra. They began the ACC season with a three-point loss to Clemson. The team rebounded by winning their next three games, including road wins against Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh. They could not carry the momentum as they lost their next four straight games, including an overtime loss at Boston College. The team broke the streak with a defeat of Notre Dame. The Orange went 2–2 over their next four games, defeating California in a double-overtime thriller and SMU by one point. Over the stretch they lost to fourteenth-ranked North Carolina and eighteenth-ranked Virginia. The Orange lost their final five games of the regular season, which included a thirty-seven point loss to third ranked Duke and another loss to North Carolina, where they were ranked sixteenth. The final game of the regular season was an overtime loss in a re-match with Pittsburgh.

The Orange finished the 2025–26 season 15–17 and 6–12 in ACC play to finish in 14th place. As the fourteenth-seed in the ACC tournament, they were defeated by SMU 69–86 in the First Round. The Orange were not invited to any post-season tournaments.

On March 11, 2026, the school fired head coach Adrian Autry. On March 24, the school named former Orange player and Siena head coach Gerry McNamara the team's new head coach.

Previous season The Orange finished the 2024–25 season 14–19 and 7–13 in ACC play to finish in 14th place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated Florida State in the first round before losing to SMU.

Offseason Departures Departures 0 G 6'2" 188 Harlem, New York Transferred to Mercer 3 G 6'5" 200 Wake Forest, North Carolina Graduated 4 F 6'7" 192 Concord, California Transferred to California 5 G 6'0" 180 Brooklyn, New York Graduated 6 F 6'8" 215 Sombor, Serbia Transferred to Long Beach State 8 G 6'4" 176 Bronx, New York Transferred to Utah 10 C 7'4" 265 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Transferred to Florida A&M 11 G 6'6" 205 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Transferred to UAB 12 G 6'0" 180 Albany, New York Graduated 13 F 6'7" 215 Newark, Delaware 30 F 6'5" 205 Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 34 G 6'2" 175 Katonah, New York — 44 C 6'11" 265 Houston, Texas Graduated 51 G 6'1" 175 Highland Park, Illinois

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers 4 G 6'5" 190 Salem, Oregon Oregon State 5 F 6'8" 225 Windsor, Connecticut Cincinnati 10 F 6'9" 225 Conakry, Guinea Georgia Tech 11 G 6'3" 185 Toronto, Canada Georgia Tech 42 F 6'9" 230 Bellevue, Nebraska UCLA 55 G 6'4" 200 Carson, California Montana State

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results Source:

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