2025–26 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team

2025–26 Oregon Ducks men's basketball
2025–26 Oregon Ducks men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–20 (5–15 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dana Altman (16th season);
Assistant coaches	Tony Stubblefield; Mike Mennenga; Brian Fish; Yasir Rosemond;
Home arena	Matthew Knight Arena

2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Michigan	19	–	1	.950	32	–	3	.914
No. 15 Nebraska	15	–	5	.750	27	–	6	.818
No. 11 Michigan State	15	–	5	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 13 Illinois	15	–	5	.750	25	–	8	.758
No. 19 Wisconsin	14	–	6	.700	24	–	11	.686
No. 8 Purdue †	13	–	7	.650	28	–	8	.778
UCLA	13	–	7	.650	24	–	11	.686
Ohio State	12	–	8	.600	21	–	13	.618
Iowa	10	–	10	.500	22	–	12	.647
Indiana	9	–	11	.450	18	–	14	.563
Minnesota	8	–	12	.400	15	–	17	.469
USC	7	–	13	.350	18	–	14	.563
Washington	7	–	13	.350	16	–	17	.485
Rutgers	6	–	14	.300	14	–	19	.424
Northwestern	5	–	15	.250	15	–	19	.441
Oregon	5	–	15	.250	12	–	20	.375
Maryland	4	–	16	.200	12	–	21	.364
Penn State	3	–	17	.150	12	–	20	.375

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 20, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ducks were led by 16th-year head coach Dana Altman and played their home games at Matthew Knight Arena as second-year members of the Big Ten Conference. The finished the season 12–20, 5–15 in Big Ten play to finish tied for 15th place. They lost to Maryland in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.

Previous season

The Ducks finished the 2024–25 season 25-10, 12–8 in Big Ten play to finish in eighth place. In the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Indiana in the second round before losing to Michigan State in the quarterfinals. They received an at–large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 5 seed in the East region. There they defeated Liberty in the first round before losing to Arizona in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Oregon Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Ra'Heim Moss	0	G	6'4"	205	Senior	Springfield, OH	Graduated
Jadrian Tracey	2	G/F	6'5"	210	Senior	Fort Myers, FL	Transferred to VCU^[1]
TJ Bamba	5	G	6'5"	210	Graduate Student	The Bronx, NY	Graduated
Supreme Cook	7	F	6'9"	200	Graduate Student	East Orange, NJ	Graduated
Keeshawn Barthelemy	9	G	6'2"	180	Graduate Student	Montreal, QC	Graduated
Mookie Cook	11	F	6' 6"	215	Sophomore	Portland, OR	Transferred to San Francisco^[2]
James Cooper	12	F	6'7"	215	Senior	Mauldin, SC	Walk-on; transferred to Georgia State
Andre Warren	15	G	6'3"	175	Junior	Stockton, CA	Walk-on; not retained
Brandon Angel	21	F	6'8"	205	Graduate Student	Torrey Pines, CA	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Oregon incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Takai Simpkins	5	G	6'5"	190	Senior	Brooklyn, NY	Elon^[3]
Sean Stewart	13	F	6'9"	220	Junior	Windermere, FL	Ohio State^[4]
Devon Pryor	22	F	6'7"	185	Junior	Houston, TX	Texas^[5]
Miles Stewart	35	F	6'8"	215	Senior	Windermere, FL	Howard^[6]

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
JJ Frakes SG	Berrien Springs, MI	Berrien Springs High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Dec 16, 2024
JJ Frakes SG	Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: (NR)
Ege Demir C	Kaduna, Nigeria	Darüşşafaka Lassa	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	250 lb (110 kg)	Jul 21, 2025
Ege Demir C	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Efe Vatan C	Istanbul, Turkey	Galatasaray S.K.	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	Aug 14, 2025
Efe Vatan C	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking: Rivals: 113 247Sports: 176
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Additionally, on October 1, 2025, two-time CBA All-Star Lin Wei committed to play college basketball at Oregon. He becomes the first former Chinese professional basketball player to play college basketball.^[7]

Roster

2025–26 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Efe Vatan	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Fr	Galatasaray S.K.	Istanbul, Turkey
G	3	Jackson Shelstad	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	West Linn High School	West Linn, Oregon
F	4	Dezdrick Lindsay	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Florida SouthWestern State College	Louisville, Kentucky
G	5	Takai Simpkins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Elon	Brooklyn, New York
F	6	Oleksandr Kobzystyi	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	KK Mega Basket	Kremenchuk, Ukraine
G	7	Luke Johnson (W)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Huntington High School	Portland, Oregon
F/C	10	Kwame Evans	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Montverde Academy	Baltimore, Maryland
G	12	Drew Carter (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	UC Davis	Portland, Oregon
F	13	Sean Stewart	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Ohio State	Windermere, Florida
G	14	JJ Frakes	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Berrien Springs High School	Berrien Springs, Michigan
G	15	Rian Gonzalez (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Volcano Vista High School	Albuquerque, New Mexico
C	16	Ege Demir	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	Jr	Darüşşafaka Lassa	Kaduna, Nigeria
F	22	Devon Pryor	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Texas	Houston, TX
G	23	Wei Lin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Nanjing Monkey Kings	Xiamen, China
G	24	Jamari Phillips	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Dream City Christian (AZ)	Modesto, California
C	32	Nathan Bittle	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Prolific Prep	Central Point, Oregon
F	35	Miles Stewart	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	Howard	Windermere, Florida

Head coach

Dana Altman (Eastern New Mexico)

Assistant coach(es)

Tony Stubblefield (Omaha)
Mike Mennenga (Morehead State)
Brian Fish (Marshall)
Yasir Rosemond (Oregon)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 24, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Utah	W 73–53	–	20 – Bittle	12 – Bittle	4 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (6,893) Eugene, OR
October 30, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+		at Stanford	L 70–78	–	15 – S. Stewart	9 – Evans Jr.	5 – Evans Jr.	Maples Pavilion (2,349) Stanford, CA
Regular season
November 4, 2025* 7:30 p.m., BTN		Hawaii	W 60–59	1–0	12 – Bittle	14 – Bittle	3 – Evans Jr.	Matthew Knight Arena (5,627) Eugene, OR
November 7, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+		Rice	W 67–63	2–0	25 – Bittle	8 – Bittle	5 – Simpkins	Matthew Knight Arena (5,619) Eugene, OR
November 12, 2025* 6:30 p.m., Peacock		South Dakota State	W 83–69	3–0	22 – Shelstad	10 – Bittle	8 – Shelstad	Matthew Knight Arena (5,019) Eugene, OR
November 17, 2025* 7:00 p.m., FS1		Oregon State Rivalry	W 87–75	4–0	24 – Bittle	14 – Evans Jr.	3 – Shelstad	Matthew Knight Arena (7,616) Eugene, OR
November 24, 2025* 5:00 p.m., truTV		vs. No. 21 Auburn Players Era Festival Game 1	L 73–84	4–1	22 – Simpkins	10 – Pryor	8 – Shelstad	Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
November 25, 2025* 8:00 p.m., TNT		vs. San Diego State Players Era Festival Game 2	L 80–97	4–2	21 – Shelstad	5 – Evans Jr.	5 – Evans Jr.	Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
November 27, 2025* 11:00 a.m., truTV		vs. Creighton Players Era Festival consolation game	L 66–76	4–3	18 – S. Stewart	9 – Demir	5 – Shelstad	Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
December 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., FS1		No. 24 USC	L 77–82	4–4 (0–1)	23 – Evans Jr.	9 – Evans Jr.	5 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (6,107) Eugene, OR
December 6, 2025 3:00 p.m., Peacock		at UCLA	L 63–74	4–5 (0–2)	20 – Shelstad	6 – Tied	2 – Tied	Pauley Pavilion (7,022) Los Angeles, CA
December 13, 2025* 1:00 p.m., BTN		UC Davis	W 104–62	5–5	21 – Shelstad	13 – Evans Jr.	9 – Shelstad	Matthew Knight Arena (5,299) Eugene, OR
December 17, 2025* 8:00 p.m., BTN		Portland	W 94–69	6–5	21 – Evans Jr.	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (4,479) Eugene, OR
December 21, 2025* 6:00 p.m., Peacock		vs. No. 7 Gonzaga Northwest Elite Showdown	L 82–91	6–6	28 – Bittle	9 – Bittle	5 – Bittle	Moda Center (10,055) Portland, OR
December 28, 2025* 5:00 p.m., BTN		Omaha	W 80–57	7–6	26 – Bittle	13 – S. Stewart	7 – Lindsay	Matthew Knight Arena (5,392) Eugene, OR
January 2, 2026 4:30 p.m., Peacock		at Maryland	W 64–54	8–6 (1–2)	16 – Tied	8 – Evans Jr.	4 – Simpkins	Xfinity Center (11,291) College Park, MD
January 5, 2026 4:00 p.m., Peacock		at Rutgers	L 85–88 ^OT	8–7 (1–3)	28 – Bittle	13 – Evans Jr.	5 – Lin	Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000) Piscataway, NJ
January 8, 2025 7:30 p.m., BTN		Ohio State	L 62–72	8–8 (1–4)	14 – Bittle	9 – Bittle	5 – Lin	Matthew Knight Arena (6,037) Eugene, OR
January 13, 2026 6:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 8 Nebraska	L 55–90	8–9 (1–5)	14 – Lin	7 – S. Stewart	3 – Tied	Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,163) Lincoln, NE
January 17, 2026 1:00 p.m., NBC		No. 4 Michigan	L 71–81	8–10 (1–6)	22 – S. Stewart	8 – S. Stewart	4 – Lin	Matthew Knight Arena (8,750) Eugene, OR
January 20, 2026 6:00 p.m., FS1		No. 10 Michigan State	L 52–68	8–11 (1–7)	15 – Simpkins	7 – Simpkins	4 – Lindsay	Matthew Knight Arena (6,634) Eugene, OR
January 25, 2026 12:00 p.m., Peacock		at Washington Rivalry	L 57–72	8–12 (1–8)	15 – S. Stewart	8 – Evans Jr.	1 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,346) Seattle, WA
January 28, 2026 8:00 p.m., BTN		UCLA	L 57–73	8–13 (1–9)	24 – Evans Jr.	8 – Tied	3 – S. Stewart	Matthew Knight Arena (5,721) Eugene, OR
February 1, 2026 5:00 p.m., FS1		Iowa	L 66–84	8–14 (1–10)	18 – Evans Jr.	8 – S. Stewart	4 – Simpkins	Matthew Knight Arena (5,807) Eugene, OR
February 7, 2026 10:00 a.m., CBS		at No. 12 Purdue	L 64–68	8–15 (1–11)	23 – Bittle	7 – Tied	3 – Tied	Mackey Arena (14,876) West Lafayette, IN
February 9, 2026 5:30 p.m., FS1		at Indiana	L 74–92	8–16 (1–12)	15 – Bittle	8 – Bittle	6 – Bittle	Assembly Hall (17,222) Bloomington, IN
February 14, 2026 12:00 p.m., BTN		Penn State	W 83–72	9–16 (2–12)	22 – Tied	9 – Evans Jr.	5 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (6,102) Eugene, OR
February 17, 2026 7:45 p.m., FS1		Minnesota	L 44–61	9–17 (2–13)	15 – Bittle	9 – Evans Jr.	4 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (5,204) Eugene, OR
February 21, 2026 1:00 p.m., FS1		at USC	W 71–70	10–17 (3–13)	21 – Evans Jr.	11 – Bittle	2 – Tied	Galen Center (6,490) Los Angeles, CA
February 25, 2026 8:00 p.m., BTN		Wisconsin	W 85–71	11–17 (4–13)	20 – Bittle	6 – Tied	5 – Tied	Matthew Knight Arena (5,682) Eugene, OR
February 28, 2026 11:00 a.m., BTN		at Northwestern	L 62–63	11–18 (4–14)	19 – Bittle	15 – Evans Jr.	5 – Carter	Welsh–Ryan Arena (5,564) Evanston, IL
March 3, 2026 6:00 p.m., Peacock		at No. 11 Illinois	L 54–80	11–19 (4–15)	15 – Bittle	8 – Tied	5 – Simpkins	State Farm Center (15,544) Champaign, IL
March 7, 2026 8:00 p.m., FS1		Washington Rivalry	W 85–79	12–19 (5–15)	20 – Evans Jr	7 – Tied	5 – Bittle	Matthew Knight Arena (7,472) Eugene, OR
Big Ten Tournament
March 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., Peacock/NBCSN	(16)	vs. (17) Maryland First round	L 60−70	12−20	16 – Bittle	9 – Evans Jr.	5 – Simpkins	United Center (15,828) Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[8]

References

^ Morton, Matt (April 16, 2025). "VCU Lands Oregon Transfer Jadrian Tracey, Second Portal Pickup Under Martelli". Ram Nation. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
^ "Men's Basketball Lands Former McDonald's All-American Mookie Cook". usfdons.com. April 15, 2025.
^ King, Collin (April 9, 2025). "Oregon lands commitment from former Elon Guard Takai Simpkins". On3. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
^ Demmitt, Zach (May 8, 2025). "Ohio State Buckeyes 5-Star Sean Stewart Commits to Oregon Ducks From Transfer Portal". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
^ Peery, Wade (March 29, 2025). "Texas transfer small forward Devon Pryor commits to Oregon Ducks". On3. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
^ Crepea, James (May 25, 2025). "Former Howard forward commits to transfer to Oregon". Oregon Live. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
^ O'Donnell, Ricky (October 21, 2025). "Oregon basketball commit Lin Wei is immediately eligible, and makes Ducks even better". Yahoo Sports.
^ "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". goducks.com. Retrieved October 22, 2025.

[1] Morton, Matt (April 16, 2025). "VCU Lands Oregon Transfer Jadrian Tracey, Second Portal Pickup Under Martelli". Ram Nation. Retrieved October 22, 2025.

[2] "Men's Basketball Lands Former McDonald's All-American Mookie Cook". usfdons.com. April 15, 2025.

[3] King, Collin (April 9, 2025). "Oregon lands commitment from former Elon Guard Takai Simpkins". On3. Retrieved October 22, 2025.

[4] Demmitt, Zach (May 8, 2025). "Ohio State Buckeyes 5-Star Sean Stewart Commits to Oregon Ducks From Transfer Portal". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 22, 2025.

[5] Peery, Wade (March 29, 2025). "Texas transfer small forward Devon Pryor commits to Oregon Ducks". On3. Retrieved October 22, 2025.

[6] Crepea, James (May 25, 2025). "Former Howard forward commits to transfer to Oregon". Oregon Live. Retrieved October 22, 2025.

[7] O'Donnell, Ricky (October 21, 2025). "Oregon basketball commit Lin Wei is immediately eligible, and makes Ducks even better". Yahoo Sports.

[8] "2025–26 Men's Basketball Schedule". goducks.com. Retrieved October 22, 2025.

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