The 2025–26 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Retrievers, led by fifth-year head coach Jim Ferry, played their home games at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Catonsville, Maryland as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 24–9, 14–2 in America East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated New Hampshire, UMass Lowell, and Vermont to win the America East tournament championship. As a result, the Retrievers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Howard in the First Four.
Previous season The Retrievers finished the 2024–25 season 13–19, 5–11 in America East play, to finish in eighth place. They were defeated by Bryant in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament.
Preseason On October 20, 2025, the America East Conference released their preseason polls. UMBC was picked to finish seventh in the conference.
Preseason rankings +America East Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 63 (7)T–2 47 (1) 47 4 39 (1) 5 37 6 35 7 UMBC 31 8 13 9 12
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Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| America East regular season
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