The 2025–26 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mocs were led by fourth-year head coach Dan Earl and played their home games at McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).
Previous season The Mocs finished the 2024–25 season 29–9, 15–3 in SoCon play, to finish as SoCon regular season champions. They defeated Mercer in the quarterfinals of the SoCon tournament, before being upset by #5 seed Furman in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the NIT, where they would defeat Middle Tennessee, Dayton, Bradley, Loyola Chicago, and UC Irvine to win their first ever NIT championship.
Preseason On October 1, 2025, the SoCon released their preseason coaches poll. Chattanooga was picked to finish atop the conference, while receiving five first-place votes.
Preseason rankings +SoCon Preseason Poll Place Team Points 1 Chattanooga 77 (5) 2 73 (5) 3 62 4 61 5 43 6 41 7 32 8 30 9 21 10 10
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Preseason All-SoCon Team Preseason All-SoCon TeamPlayerYearPositionJikari JohnsonGraduate StudentGuardCollin MulhollandRS SophomoreForwardTeddy Washington Jr.Graduate StudentGuard Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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