2025–26 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team

2025–26 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball
2025–26 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	16–16 (10–8 Big Sky)
Head coach	Eric Duft (4th season);
Associate head coach	Dan Russell
Assistant coaches	Shaun Vandiver; Jorge Ruiz; Luke Spring;
Home arena	Dee Events Center

2025–26 Big Sky men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Portland State	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
Montana State	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Eastern Washington	11	–	7	.611	14	–	19	.424
Montana	10	–	8	.556	18	–	16	.529
Northern Colorado	10	–	8	.556	20	–	12	.625
Weber State	10	–	8	.556	16	–	16	.500
Idaho †	9	–	9	.500	21	–	15	.583
Sacramento State	6	–	12	.333	10	–	21	.323
Idaho State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	20	.394
Northern Arizona	4	–	14	.222	10	–	22	.313

† 2026 Big Sky tournament winner

The 2025–26 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by fourth-year head coach Eric Duft, played their home games at the Dee Events Center in Ogden, Utah as members of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2024–25 season 12–22, 5–13 in Big Sky play, to finish in ninth place.^[1] They defeated Sacramento State,^[2] before falling to top-seeded Northern Colorado in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky tournament.^[3]

Preseason

On October 22, 2025, the Big Sky Conference released their preseason coaches and media poll. Weber State was picked to finish ninth in both the coaches poll and the media poll.^[4]

Preseason rankings

Big Sky Preseason Coaches' Poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Montana	78 (6)
2	Portland State	72 (3)
3	Northern Colorado	63
4	Idaho	59 (1)
T-5	Eastern Washington	40
T-5	Montana State	40
7	Sacramento State	35
8	Idaho State	31
9	Weber State	22
10	Northern Arizona	10
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[4]

Big Sky preseason media poll
Place	Team	Votes
1	Montana	323 (21)
2	Portland State	302 (9)
3	Northern Colorado	245 (2)
4	Idaho	231 (2)
5	Idaho State	202
6	Montana State	165
7	Sacramento State	143 (1)
8	Eastern Washington	136
9	Weber State	113
10	Northern Arizona	61
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[4]

Preseason All-Big Sky Team

No players were named to the All-Big Sky Team.^[5]

Roster

2025–26 Weber State Wildcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Edwin Suarez Jr.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Arizona Western College	San Juan, Puerto Rico
G	3	Tijan Saine Jr.	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Western Washington	Everett, Washington
G	4	Anthony Moore	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Lincoln High School	Stockton, California
F/C	5	Nigel Burris	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Utah State	San Francisco, California
G	6	Trevor Hennig	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Mount Si High School	North Bend, Washington
F/C	7	Malek Gomma	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Jr	Seattle	Anchorage, Alaska
G/F	8	Viljami Vartiainen	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Helsinki Basketball Academy	Helsinki, Finland
G	9	Duce Paschal	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Central Catholic High School	Portland, Oregon
G	11	Brady Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Green Canyon High School	Fargo, North Dakota
G	12	ArDarius Grayson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Oakland Tech High School	Oakland, California
C	15	Declan Cutler	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	Royal Crown School	Vancouver, British Columbia
F/C	17	Bourgeois Tshilobo	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Bishop Alemany High School	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
G	23	Tyler Christensen	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Cedar Valley High School	Eagle Mountain, Utah
G	24	Jace Whiting	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	UNLV	Burley, Idaho
F	33	David Hansen	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Fr	Magrath High School	Magrath, Alberta

Head coach

Eric Duft (Sterling (KS))

Assistant coach(es)

Dan Russell (Wyoming)
Shaun Vandiver (Colorado)
Jorge Ruiz (Grand Canyon)
Luke Spring (UMass)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 5, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2025* 7:00 pm		Colorado Christian	W 66–63	–	11 – Whiting	14 – Gomma	3 – Tied	Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		West Coast Baptist	W 130–38	1–0	20 – Hennig	13 – Cutler	8 – Grayson	Dee Events Center (1,086) Ogden, UT
November 8, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah	L 89–92	1–1	15 – Whiting	11 – Suarez Jr.	4 – Saine Jr.	Jon M. Huntsman Center (6,214) Salt Lake City, UT
November 12, 2025* 7:00 pm, KMYU/MWN		at Utah State	L 73–83	1–2	19 – Hennig	12 – Burris	5 – Saine Jr.	Smith Spectrum (9,124) Logan, UT
November 15, 2025* 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Irvine	L 70−79	1−3	13 – Suarez Jr.	8 – Gomma	4 – Whiting	Bren Events Center (1,964) Irvine, CA
November 19, 2025* 8:00 pm, ESPN+		Campbell Junction City Jam	W 91−85	2−3	23 – Saine Jr.	9 – Gomma	7 – Saine Jr.	Dee Events Center (2,224) Ogden, UT
November 22, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UT Arlington Junction City Jam	L 73–74	2–4	13 – Whiting	5 – Tied	2 – Tied	Dee Events Center (2,473) Ogden, UT
November 29, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Kansas City	W 82–61	3–4	17 – Vartiainen	12 – Suarez Jr.	5 – Tied	Dee Events Center (2,012) Ogden, UT
December 3, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Oral Roberts Big Sky-Summit Challenge	W 92–66	4–4	18 – Whiting	7 – Tied	7 – Saine Jr.	Dee Events Center (2,133) Ogden, UT
December 7, 2025* 11:00 am, SLN		at St. Thomas Big Sky-Summit Challenge	L 65–88	4–5	17 – Whiting	10 – Gomma	4 – Whiting	Lee & Penny Anderson Arena (1,998) St. Paul, MN
December 10, 2025* 6:00 pm, SLN		at Kansas City	W 64–60	5–5	19 – Gomma	13 – Gomma	5 – Whiting	Swinney Recreation Center (572) Kansas City, MO
December 17, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Utah Valley	L 74–90	5–6	26 – Suarez	10 – Suarez	5 – Saine	UCCU Center (1,457) Orem, UT
December 20, 2025* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Utah Tech	L 80–82	5–7	28 – Saine	7 – Gomma	4 – Saine	Dee Events Center (2,793) Ogden, UT
December 22, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Lincoln (CA)	W 103–64	6–7	14 – Paschal	8 – Cutler	5 – Whiting	Dee Events Center (1,163) Ogden, UT
Big Sky regular season
January 1, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Portland State	L 90–95 ^OT	6–8 (0–1)	23 – Saine Jr.	12 – Suarez Jr.	8 – Saine Jr.	Dee Events Center (2,624) Ogden, UT
January 3, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Sacramento State	W 95–82	7–8 (1–1)	20 – Tied	8 – Suarez Jr.	3 – Tied	Dee Events Center (2,716) Ogden, UT
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Arizona	W 78–65	8–8 (2–1)	16 – Vartiainen	6 – Tied	4 – Saine Jr.	Findlay Toyota Court (273) Flagstaff, AZ
January 10, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Northern Colorado	W 76–71	9–8 (3–1)	18 – Suarez Jr.	8 – Suarez Jr.	1 – Tied	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,470) Greeley, CO
January 15, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Eastern Washington	W 91–80	10–8 (4–1)	23 – Saine Jr.	8 – Gomma	5 – Saine Jr.	Dee Events Center (2,920) Ogden, UT
January 17, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Idaho	L 67–75	10–9 (4–2)	25 – Saine Jr.	12 – Gomma	6 – Saine Jr.	Dee Events Center (3,202) Ogden, UT
January 22, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Montana	L 65–81	10–10 (4–3)	21 – Thompson	5 – Tied	6 – Williams	Dahlberg Arena (2,947) Missoula, MT
January 24, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Montana State	L 88–91	10–11 (4–4)	24 – Saine Jr.	6 – Suarez Jr.	4 – Saine Jr.	Worthington Arena (3,782) Bozeman, MT
January 31, 2026 1:00 pm, ESPN+		Idaho State	W 81–79	11–11 (5–4)	28 – Saine Jr.	10 – Gomma	8 – Saine Jr.	Dee Events Center (3,015) Ogden, UT
February 2, 2026 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Sacramento State	L 90–104	11–12 (5–5)	22 – Saine Jr.	10 – Gomma	6 – Saine Jr.	Hornet Pavilion (2,819) Sacramento, CA
February 5, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Colorado	L 74–88	11–13 (5–6)	24 – Saine Jr.	12 – Suarez Jr.	12 – Suarez Jr.	Dee Events Center (2,649) Ogden, UT
February 7, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Northern Arizona	W 72–53	12–13 (6–6)	20 – Saine Jr.	9 – Tied	5 – Saine Jr.	Dee Events Center (2,903) Ogden, UT
February 12, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Idaho	W 83–72	13–13 (7–6)	29 – Saine Jr.	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	ICCU Arena (1,680) Moscow, ID
February 14, 2026 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at Eastern Washington	L 66–84	13–14 (7–7)	20 – Saine Jr.	4 – Vartiainen	2 – Tied	Reese Court (1,773) Cheney, WA
February 19, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Montana State	W 82–79 ^OT	14–14 (8–7)	19 – Henning	9 – Gomma	5 – Saine Jr.	Dee Events Center (4,011) Ogden, UT
February 21, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Montana	W 92–72	15–14 (9–7)	25 – Vartiainen	6 – Tied	7 – Saine Jr.	Dee Events Center (3,975) Ogden, UT
February 28, 2026 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Idaho State	W 83–73	16–14 (10–7)	24 – Saine Jr.	9 – Burris	4 – Saine Jr.	Reed Gym (1,811) Pocatello, ID
March 2, 2026 8:00 pm, ESPN+		at Portland State	L 60–84	16–15 (10–8)	20 – Henderson	9 – Minott	10 – Henderson	Viking Pavilion (1,649) Portland, OR
Big Sky tournament
March 9, 2026 8:30 pm, ESPN+	(6)	vs. (3) Eastern Washington Quarterfinal	L 79–84	16–16	27 – Saine Jr.	8 – Gomma	2 – Saine Jr.	Idaho Central Arena Boise, ID
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Sources:^[6]^[7]

References

^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ "Lights Out Shooting Leads Weber State To First-Round Win Over Sacramento State". KSL Sports. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ "University of Northern Colorado men's basketball tops Weber State to win first game at Big Sky Conference Tournament". Greeley Tribune. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Montana Men's Basketball Named Big Sky Favorites by Coaches and Media". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ "Montana's Money Williams Named Preseason Most Valuable Player; Portland State Places Three on Preseason All-Conference Team". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Weber State University Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
^ "Weber State Wildcats 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[1] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[2] "Lights Out Shooting Leads Weber State To First-Round Win Over Sacramento State". KSL Sports. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[3] "University of Northern Colorado men's basketball tops Weber State to win first game at Big Sky Conference Tournament". Greeley Tribune. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[poll-4] "Montana Men's Basketball Named Big Sky Favorites by Coaches and Media". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[5] "Montana's Money Williams Named Preseason Most Valuable Player; Portland State Places Three on Preseason All-Conference Team". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[6] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". Weber State University Athletics. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

[7] "Weber State Wildcats 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

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