2025–26 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team

2025–26 Hofstra Pride men's basketball
2025–26 Hofstra Pride men's basketball
CAA tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First round
Conference	Coastal Athletic Association
Record	24–11 (12–6 CAA)
Head coach	Speedy Claxton (5th season);
Associate head coach	Mike DePaoli
Assistant coaches	Tom Parrotta; Antwon Portley; Drew Metz;
Home arena	Mack Sports Complex

2025–26 CAA men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UNC Wilmington	15	–	3	.833	27	–	7	.794
Charleston	14	–	4	.778	21	–	11	.656
Hofstra †	12	–	6	.667	24	–	11	.686
Monmouth	11	–	7	.611	19	–	15	.559
Drexel	10	–	8	.556	17	–	16	.515
William & Mary	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Towson	9	–	9	.500	19	–	15	.559
Stony Brook	9	–	9	.500	17	–	15	.531
Campbell	8	–	10	.444	16	–	18	.471
Hampton	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
Elon	6	–	12	.333	14	–	18	.438
North Carolina A&T	4	–	14	.222	11	–	19	.367
Northeastern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	24	.226

† 2026 CAA tournament winner

The 2025–26 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team represents Hofstra University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pride, led by fifth-year head coach Speedy Claxton, play their home games at the Mack Sports Complex in Hempstead, New York as members of the Coastal Athletic Association.

Previous season

The Pride finished the 2024–25 season 15–18, 6–12 in CAA play, to finish in eleventh place.^[1] They defeated North Carolina A&T in the first round of the CAA tournament,^[2] before falling to Monmouth in the second round.^[3]

Preseason

On October 2, 2025, the CAA released their preseason coaches poll. Hofstra was picked to finish tied for eighth in the conference.^[4]

Preseason rankings

CAA Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Points
1	Towson	136 (7)
2	UNC Wilmington	132 (5)
3	Charleston	130 (1)
4	William & Mary	93
5	Hampton	80
6	Monmouth	76
7	Campbell	75
T-8	Hofstra	66
T-8	Northeastern	66
10	Drexel	63
11	Stony Brook	41
12	Elon	35
13	North Carolina A&T	17
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[4]

Preseason All-CAA Teams

Preseason All-CAA First Team
Player	Year	Position
Cruz Davis	Junior	Guard

Source:^[4]

Roster

2025–26 Hofstra Pride men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Biggie Patterson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Iona	Richmond, Virginia
G	1	Preston Edmead	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Williston Northampton School	Deer Park, New York
G	2	A.J. Wills	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	Wyoming	Richmond, Virginia
G	3	Trey Boyd III	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Pace	Durham, North Carolina
F	4	Joshua DeCady	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Kimball Union Academy	Queens Village, New York
G	5	Cruz Davis	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	St. John's	Plano, Texas
F/C	6	Victory Onuetu	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	IES Fuente Lucena	Alhaurín el Grande, Spain
G	7	Jaeden Roberts	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Fr	Putnam Science Academy	Boston, Massachusetts
G	8	Carlos Lopez	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Saint Francis (PA)	Atlantic City, New Jersey
G	11	Amir Williams	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Neumann Goretti High School	Newark, Delaware
G	15	Joshua Aaron Reaves	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	GS	UIC	Hamden, Connecticut
F/C	17	Alex Tsynkevich	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	GS	Kentucky Wesleyan	Minsk, Belarus
G	25	German Plotnikov	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	GS	North Platte Community College	Minsk, Belarus
F	33	Silas Sunday	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	282 lb (128 kg)	Sr	Iona	Lucan, Ireland
G	55	Brandon Morgan	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Western Carolina	Greensboro, North Carolina

Head coach

Speedy Claxton (Hofstra)

Assistant coach(es)

Mike DePaoli (Saint Rose)
Tom Parrotta (Fordham)
Antwon Portley (Fordham)
Drew Metz (St. John's)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 15, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at UCF	L 78–82	0–1	Addition Financial Arena (6,029) Orlando, FL
November 7, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Iona	L 73–81	0–2	Hynes Athletics Center (2,327) New Rochelle, NY
November 10, 2025* 11:30 am, FloCollege		Molloy	W 95–61	1–2	Mack Sports Complex (2,432) Hempstead, NY
November 14, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Bucknell	W 83–77	2–2	Sojka Pavilion (1,232) Lewisburg, PA
November 19, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Temple	L 76–81	2–3	Liacouras Center (2,442) Philadelphia, PA
November 28, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. La Salle Cathedral Classic	W 63–58	3–3	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
November 29, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. Merrimack Cathedral Classic	W 78–58	4–3	Palestra (1,989) Philadelphia, PA
November 30, 2025* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		at Penn Cathedral Classic	W 77−60	5−3	Palestra (973) Philadelphia, PA
December 3, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Columbia	L 70–72	5–4	Levien Gymnasium (671) New York, NY
December 7, 2025* 4:00 pm, ACCN		at Pittsburgh	W 80–73	6–4	Petersen Events Center (4,660) Pittsburgh, PA
December 10, 2025* 7:00 pm, FloCollege		Old Westbury	W 92–23	7–4	Mack Sports Complex (1,212) Hempstead, NY
December 13, 2025* 4:00 pm, ACCN		at Syracuse	W 70–69	8–4	JMA Wireless Dome (13,282) Syracuse, NY
December 21, 2025* 1:00 pm, FloCollege		Quinnipiac	W 74–66	9–4	Mack Sports Complex (2,267) Hempstead, NY
CAA regular season
December 29, 2025 7:00 pm, FloCollege		Campbell	W 86–72	10–4 (1–0)	Mack Sports Complex (1,935) Hempstead, NY
January 3, 2025 2:00 pm, FloCollege		at Drexel	W 70–67	11–4 (2–0)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (882) Philadelphia, PA
January 8, 2026 12:30 pm, FloCollege		at Towson	W 78–67	12–4 (3–0)	TU Arena (2,103) Towson, MD
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, FloCollege		Monmouth	W 67–64	13–4 (4–0)	Mack Sports Complex (1,796) Hempstead, NY
January 15, 2026 7:00 pm, FloCollege		at Stony Brook Battle of Long Island	L 71–76	13–5 (4–1)	Stony Brook Arena (1,890) Stony Brook, NY
January 17, 2026 12:00 pm, CBSSN		Elon	L 85–89	13–6 (4–2)	Mack Sports Complex (1,721) Hempstead, NY
January 22, 2026 7:00 pm, FloCollege		at North Carolina A&T	L 78–79	13–7 (4–3)	Corbett Sports Center (5,405) Greensboro, NC
January 24, 2026 2:00 pm, FloCollege		at William & Mary	L 82–89	13–8 (4–4)	Kaplan Arena (4,095) Williamsburg, VA
January 29, 2026 7:00 pm, FloCollege		Charleston	L 64–66	13–9 (4–5)	Mack Sports Complex (1,444) Hempstead, NY
January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, FloCollege		at Monmouth	W 73–57	14–9 (5–5)	OceanFirst Bank Center (2,572) West Long Branch, NJ
February 5, 2026 7:00 pm, FloCollege		Northeastern	W 80–63	15–9 (6–5)	Mack Sports Complex (1,773) Hempstead, NY
February 7, 2026 4:00 pm, CBSSN		Towson	W 71–49	16–9 (7–5)	Mack Sports Complex (3,525) Hempstead, NY
February 12, 2026 7:00 p.m., FloCollege		at Charleston	W 66–62	17–9 (8–5)	TD Arena (4,611) Charleston, SC
February 14, 2026 4:00 p.m., CBSSN		at UNC Wilmington	L 66–70	17–10 (8–6)	Trask Coliseum (5,220) Wilmington, NC
February 19, 2026 8:00 pm, CBSSN		Hampton	W 79–43	18–10 (9–6)	Mack Sports Complex (1,921) Hempstead, NY
February 21, 2026 2:00 pm, FloCollege		at Northeastern	W 82–68	19–10 (10–6)	Cabot Center (912) Boston, MA
February 28, 2026 7:00 pm, MSG2/FloCollege		Stony Brook Battle of Long Island	W 67–58	20–10 (11–6)	Mack Sports Complex (2,516) Hempstead, NY
March 3, 2026 7:00 pm, FloCollege		Drexel	W 62–51	21–10 (12–6)	Mack Sports Complex (1,402) Hempstead, NY
CAA tournament
March 8, 2026 8:30 pm, FloHoops	(3)	vs. (6) William & Mary Quarterfinals	W 92–61	22–10	CareFirst Arena Washington, D.C.
March 9, 2026 8:30 pm, CBSSN	(3)	vs. (7) Towson Semifinals	W 68–65 ^OT	23–10	CareFirst Arena (1,582) Washington, D.C.
March 10, 2026 7:00 pm, CBSSN	(3)	vs. (4) Monmouth Championship	W 75–69	24–10	CareFirst Arena (1,359) Washington, D.C.
NCAA tournament
March 20, 2026 3:15 p.m., TruTV	(13 MW)	vs. (4 MW) No. 18 Alabama First round	L 70–90	24–11	Benchmark International Arena (17,769) Tampa, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Coastal Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved October 15, 2025.
^ "Plotnikov's 23 help Hofstra beat North Carolina A&T 77-55 in Coastal Athletic Association Tournament". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
^ "Monmouth basketball advances at CAA Tournament, topping Hofstra, 65-60". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Towson Tabbed 2025-26 CAA Men's Basketball Favorite; Tyler Tejada Named Preseason Player of the Year". Coastal Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved October 15, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Hofstra University Athletics. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
^ "Hofstra Pride 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 15, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Coastal Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved October 15, 2025.

[2] "Plotnikov's 23 help Hofstra beat North Carolina A&T 77-55 in Coastal Athletic Association Tournament". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 15, 2025.

[3] "Monmouth basketball advances at CAA Tournament, topping Hofstra, 65-60". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved October 15, 2025.

[poll-4] "Towson Tabbed 2025-26 CAA Men's Basketball Favorite; Tyler Tejada Named Preseason Player of the Year". Coastal Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved October 15, 2025.

[5] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Hofstra University Athletics. Retrieved October 15, 2025.

[6] "Hofstra Pride 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 15, 2025.

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