2025–26 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 2025–26 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented Winthrop University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by fifth-year head coach Mark Prosser, played their home games at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.
- Mark Prosser (5th season)
Monty Sanders
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| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Record | 23–11 (13–3 Big South) |
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| Associate head coach | Tony Rack Monty Sanders |
| Assistant coaches |
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| Home arena | Winthrop Coliseum |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 31 | – | 5 | .861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longwood | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC Upstate | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 4 | – | 29 | .121 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 Big South tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The Eagles finished the 2024–25 season 23–11, 11–5 in Big South play, to finish in a tie for second place.[1] They defeated Longwood[2] and UNC Asheville,[3] before falling to top-seeded High Point in the Big South tournament championship game.[4]
Preseason
On October 15, 2025, the Big South Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Winthrop was picked to finish fifth in the conference.[5]
Preseason rankings
| Place | Team | Points | |
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| 1 | High Point | 80 (8) | |
| 2 | UNC Asheville | 68 (1) | |
| 3 | Longwood | 53 | |
| 4 | Radford | 52 | |
| 5 | Winthrop | 51 | |
| 6 | Presbyterian | 37 | |
| 7 | Charleston Southern | 27 | |
| 8 | Gardner–Webb | 19 | |
| 9 | USC Upstate | 18 | |
| (#) first-place votes | |||
Source:[5]
Preseason All-Big South Teams
| Player | Year | Position |
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| Daylen Berry | RS Senior | Guard |
Source:[6]
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| October 25, 2025* 6:30 pm |
Georgia Southern | W 96–91 | – |
Winthrop Coliseum Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 3, 2025* 8:00 am, YouTube |
vs. Queens Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon |
W 81–74 | 1–0 |
Rock Hill Sports & Event Center (1,300) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| November 7, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at George Mason | L 90–96 | 1–1 |
EagleBank Arena (2,933) Fairfax, VA | |||||||
| November 11, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Coastal Carolina | L 66–72 | 1–2 |
HTC Center (2,663) Conway, SC | |||||||
| November 15, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Mercer | W 105–69 | 2–2 |
Winthrop Coliseum (2,637) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| November 18, 2025* 8:00 pm, SECN+ |
at No. 21 Arkansas | L 83–84 | 2–3 |
Bud Walton Arena (19,200) Fayetteville, AR | |||||||
| November 23, 2025* 8:00 pm, SWAC TV |
at Jackson State | W 80–62 | 3–3 |
Williams Assembly Center (506) Jackson, MS | |||||||
| November 25, 2025* 8:30 pm, BTN |
at Nebraska | L 73–80 | 3–4 |
Pinnacle Bank Arena (13,973) Lincoln, NE | |||||||
| November 29, 2025* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
South Carolina State | W 101–79 | 4–4 |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,131) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| December 2, 2025* 7:30 pm, NEC Front Row |
at LIU | W 94–92 OT | 5–4 |
Steinberg Wellness Center (403) Brooklyn, NY | |||||||
| December 6, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Coastal Carolina | L 84–88 | 5–5 |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,626) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| December 9, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Toccoa Falls | W 111–62 | 6–5 |
Winthrop Coliseum (854) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| December 13, 2025* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Bob Jones | W 101–55 | 7–5 |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,031) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| December 18, 2025* 8:00 pm, SLN |
at North Dakota | L 88–90 | 7–6 |
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (312) Grand Forks, ND | |||||||
| December 21, 2025* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Clinton | W 107−41 | 8−6 |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,153) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| December 28, 2025* 2:00 pm, TNT |
at No. 15 Texas Tech | L 57–87 | 8–7 |
United Supermarkets Arena (12,814) Lubbock, TX | |||||||
| Big South regular season | |||||||||||
| December 31, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Longwood | L 70–82 | 8–8 (0–1) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,913) Farmville, VA | |||||||
| January 3, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Gardner–Webb | W 88–77 | 9–8 (1–1) |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,234) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| January 7, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Charleston Southern | W 81–77 | 10–8 (2–1) |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,057) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at USC Upstate | W 71–50 | 11–8 (3–1) |
G. B. Hodge Center (404) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
| January 14, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
High Point | W 92–75 | 12–8 (4–1) |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,956) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| January 17, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at UNC Asheville | W 69–67 | 13–8 (5–1) |
Kimmel Arena (1,496) Asheville, NC | |||||||
| January 21, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Radford | W 76–75 | 14–8 (6–1) |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,551) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| January 24, 2026 4:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Presbyterian | W 82–72 | 15–8 (7–1) |
Templeton Center (647) Clinton, SC | |||||||
| January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UNC Asheville | W 84−71 | 16−8 (8−1) |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,400) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| February 4, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Radford | W 80–78 | 17–8 (9–1) |
Dedmon Center (1,814) Radford, VA | |||||||
| February 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Longwood | W 79–74 | 18–8 (10–1) |
Winthrop Coliseum (2,041) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| February 12, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Gardner–Webb | W 103–85 | 19–8 (11–1) |
Paul Porter Arena (355) Boiling Springs, NC | |||||||
| February 19, 2026 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
USC Upstate | W 68–64 | 20–8 (12–1) |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,932) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| February 21, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at High Point | L 87–89 | 20–9 (12–2) |
Qubein Center (5,165) High Point, NC | |||||||
| February 26, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Charleston Southern | L 84–86 | 20–10 (12–3) |
Buccaneer Field House (902) North Charleston, SC | |||||||
| February 28, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Presbyterian | W 74–70 | 21–10 (13–3) |
Winthrop Coliseum (2,403) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
| Big South tournament | |||||||||||
| March 6, 2026 2:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(2) | vs. (7) Charleston Southern Quarterfinals |
W 86–81 | 22–10 |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (1,715) Johnson City, TN | ||||||
| March 7, 2026 2:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(2) | vs. (6) Presbyterian Semifinals |
W 73–71 | 23–10 |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (1,927) Johnson City, TN | ||||||
| March 8, 2026 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(2) | vs. (1) High Point Championship |
L 76–91 | 23–11 |
Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,109) Johnson City, TN | ||||||