UT Martin announces 2025-26 men’s basketball non-conference schedule
The 11 non-conference games on the UT Martin men’s basketball schedule have been unveiled for Year Two of the Jeremy Shulman Era in 2025-26.
The Skyhawks will take on five non-conference teams that finished above .500 last season, including a pair of postseason participants.
UT Martin will be matched up against squads from eight different leagues in 2025-26 before officially opening up Ohio Valley Conference play on Dec. 18.
The 2025-26 campaign officially opens at UNLV on Nov. 4 as the Skyhawks head to Las Vegas for the first time since the 2013-14 season.
The home opener is set for Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. as Kentucky Christian visits the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center for the second time in as many years.
A stretch of four straight road/neutral games follow as UT Martin heads to Bradley — fresh off a 28-9 campaign and appearance in the NIT quarterfinals — on Nov. 12.
The next three outings will take place in the Sunshine State, beginning with a Nov. 18 showdown at Florida State, one year after the retirement of Skyhawk alum Leonard Hamilton.
UT Martin will then take part in the Pensacola Invitational multi-team event on Nov. 22-23, clashing against Prairie View A&M in the first game before a matchup against either Southern Miss or North Florida.
A season-long three-game homestand is next on tap, starting with a Nov. 25 contest against Brescia at 6 p.m.
A pair of return trips from last year are next on the schedule.
Charleston Southern plays at 11 a.m. on Dec. 2 as part of the annual “Character Counts” game.
SouthWestern Athletic Conference champion and NCAA Tournament participant Alabama State then makes its first trip to the Elam Center at 2 p.m. on Dec. 7.
A mid-week Dec. 10 outing at Southern Illinois follows for the Skyhawks before the non-conference slate wraps up with a Dec. 14 home game against Champion Christian as the Tigers come to UT Martin for the fourth consecutive season.
The OVC slate — previously announced on July 31 — includes 20 games with home-and-home series against all other member institutions in a true round-robin format.
The league schedule runs through Feb. 28, and the 2026 OVC Tournament is set for March 4-7 at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., for the ninth straight year.
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2025-26 UTM Men’s
Basketball Schedule
N. 4 at UNLV
N. 9 Kentucky Christian
N. 12 at Bradley
N. 18 at Florida State
N. 22 Prairie View A&M *
N. 23 So. Miss./No. Florida *
N. 25 Brescia
D. 2 Charleston Southern
D. 7 Alabama State
D. 10 at Southern Illinois
D. 14 Champion Christian
D. 18 • at Tennessee State
D. 20 • at Tennessee Tech
J. 1 • Western Illinois
J. 3 • Eastern Illinois
J. 8 • at Morehead State
J. 10 • at Southern Indiana
J. 15 • SIU-Edwardsville
J. 17 • Lindenwood
J. 20 • at Southeast Missouri
J. 24 • Little Rock
J. 29 • at Eastern Illinois
J. 31 • at Western Illinois
F. 5 • Southern Indiana
F. 7 • Morehead State
F. 12 • at Lindenwood
F. 14 • at SIU-Edwardsville
F. 17 • Southeast Missouri
F. 19 • at Little Rock
F. 26 • Tennessee Tech
F. 28 • Tennessee State
M. 4-7 OVC Tournament
* at Pensacola, Fla.
• OVC Games