The 2025–26 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles were led by second-year head coach Jonathan Mattox and played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena in Morehead, Kentucky as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).
Previous season The Eagles finished the 2024–25 season 15–17, 10–10 in OVC play, to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. In the OVC tournament, they were defeated by Lindenwood in the first round.
Preseason On October 14, 2025, the OVC released their preseason polls. Morehead State was picked to finish fifth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll Place Team Votes 1 188 (12) 2 177 (6) 3 163 (1) 4 135 (1) T-5 100Morehead State 7 80 8 79 9 67 (2) 10 63 11 57
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Players to Watch Each OVC team selected two "Players to Watch" for their team. Players to WatchPlayerPositionYearDavion CunninghamGuardRedshirt JuniorChase DawsonSophomore Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season
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