2025–26 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team

2025–26 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball
2025–26 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	19–14 (11–9 Big West)
Head coach	Jim Les (15th season);
Associate head coach	Kevin Nosek
Assistant coaches	Kyle Vogt; Jonathan Metzger-Jones; Fortune Solomon; Mike Kosich;
Home arena	University Credit Union Center

2025–26 Big West Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine	15	–	5	.750	23	–	12	.657
Hawai'i †	14	–	6	.700	24	–	9	.727
Cal State Fullerton	12	–	8	.600	18	–	16	.529
Cal State Northridge	12	–	8	.600	20	–	14	.588
UC San Diego	12	–	8	.600	23	–	11	.676
UC Davis	11	–	9	.550	19	–	14	.576
UC Santa Barbara	11	–	9	.550	18	–	14	.563
Cal Poly	10	–	10	.500	14	–	19	.424
Long Beach State	6	–	14	.300	10	–	22	.313
UC Riverside	5	–	15	.250	10	–	22	.313
Cal State Bakersfield	2	–	18	.100	8	–	24	.250

† 2026 Big West tournament winner

The 2025–26 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team represented the University of California, Davis during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by 15th-year head coach Jim Les, played their home games at the University Credit Union Center in Davis, California, as members of the Big West Conference.

This was the Aggies' last season as members of the Big West Conference, as they will be joining the Mountain West Conference in all sports except football, effective July 1, 2026.^[1]

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2024–25 season 15–17, 9–11 in Big West play, to finish in sixth place.^[2] They were defeated by Cal Poly in the first round of the Big West tournament.^[3]

Preseason

On October 16, 2025, the Big West Conference released their preseason coaches poll. UC Davis was picked to finish sixth in the conference.^[4]

Preseason rankings

Big West Preseason Poll
Place	Team	Points
1	UC Irvine	98 (8)
2	UC Santa Barbara	93 (3)
3	Hawai'i	76
4	UC San Diego	69
5	Cal State Northridge	63
6	UC Davis	58
7	Cal Poly	54
8	Long Beach State	31
9	UC Riverside	26
10	Cal State Bakersfield	20
11	Cal State Fullerton	17
(#) first-place votes

Source:^[4]

Preseason All-Big West Team

No players were named the Preseason All-Big West Team.^[4]

Roster

2025–26 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Brayden Fagbemi	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Central Arkansas	Naperville, Illinois
G	1	Carl Daughtery Jr.	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Central Arkansas	Maumelle, Arkansas
G	2	Marcus Wilson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Fr	Washington State	Albuquerque, New Mexico
G	4	Connor Sevilla	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Dougherty Valley High School	San Ramon, California
G	5	Jalen Stokes	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Dougherty Valley High School	Oakland, California
F	7	Niko Rocak	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	GS	UC Santa Barbara	Geneva, Switzerland
G	8	Chase Rawlins	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Folsom High School	Folsom, California
G	10	Cyril "CJ" Franklin Jr.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	College of Southern Nevada	Las Vegas, Nevada
G	11	Ylan Esso-Essis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Modesto Junior College	Le Mans, France
C	13	Jonathan Noudjihidi	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Coahoma Community College	N'Djamena, Chad
F	14	Abdullah Amzil	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Drive Basketball Academy	Helsinki, Finland
F	20	Isaiah Chappell	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Crossroads School	Los Angeles, California
F	21	Omer Suljanovic	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	UCC Assigeco Piacenza	Vienna, Austria
G	36	Nils Cooper	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Pepperdine	Santa Monica, California

Head coach

Jim Les (Bradley)

Assistant coach(es)

Kevin Nosek (UC Davis)
Kyle Vogt (Lakeland)
Jonathan Metzger-Jones (Pacific)
Fortune Solomon (Cal State Bakersfield)
Mike Kosich (Montana State Billings)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 28, 2025

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 5:00 pm, ESPN+		Menlo	W 96–69	1–0	18 – N. Cooper	6 – Tied	4 – Tied	The Pavilion (877) Davis, CA
November 5, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		North Dakota State	W 80–68	2–0	26 – C. Sevilla	5 – O. Suljanovic	6 – M. Wilson	The Pavilion (893) Davis, CA
November 9, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Portland	L 63–67	2–1	14 – I. Chappell	7 – I. Chappell	7 – B. Fagbemi	Chiles Center (948) Portland, OR
November 14, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Sacramento State	W 77–73	3–1	20 – C. Sevilla	8 – N. Rocak	5 – Tied	The Pavilion (3,786) Davis, CA
November 18, 2025* 7:00 pm, MW Network		at Nevada Acrisure Series	W 75–71	4–1	26 – N. Cooper	6 – I. Chappell	4 – N. Cooper	Lawlor Events Center (6,957) Reno, NV
November 21, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Colorado Acrisure Series	L 79–95	4–2	21 – M. Wilson	9 – N. Cooper	9 – B. Hargress	CU Events Center (5,209) Boulder, CO
November 24, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Louisiana Acrisure Series	W 77–56	5–2	18 – N. Cooper	5 – Tied	2 – Tied	The Pavilion (1,316) Davis, CA
December 4, 2025 9:00 pm, ESPN+		at Hawai'i	L 69–75	5–3 (0–1)	17 – C. Sevilla	8 – N. Rocak	5 – M. Wilson	Stan Sheriff Center (4,219) Honolulu, HI
December 13, 2025* 1:00 pm, BTN		at Oregon	L 62–104	5–4	15 – C. Daughtery Jr.	5 – N. Rocak	4 – B. Fagbemi	Matthew Knight Arena (5,299) Eugene, OR
December 17, 2025* 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Seattle	L 78–79	5–5	20 – I. Chappell	5 – Tied	7 – M. Wilson	The Pavilion (961) Davis, CA
December 21, 2025* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Idaho State	W 93–83	6–5	18 – C. Sevilla	7 – I. Chappell	5 – M. Wilson	Reed Gym (1,066) Pocatello, ID
December 28, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Pacific Union	W 108–52	7–5	19 – N. Cooper	13 – O. Suljanovic	5 – I. Chappell	The Pavilion (901) Davis, CA
January 1, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Northridge	W 89–80	8–5 (1–1)	23 – C. Sevilla	8 – N. Rocak	6 – B. Fagbemi	The Pavilion (923) Davis, CA
January 3, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Bakersfield	L 79–81	8–6 (1–2)	15 – I. Chappell	7 – N. Cooper	8 – B. Fagbemi	The Pavilion (1,068) Davis, CA
January 8, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Santa Barbara	W 93-86	9–6 (2–2)	19 – Cooper	7 – Fagbemi	5 – Fagbemi	The Thunderdome (2,091) Santa Barbara, CA
January 10, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal Poly	L 78–84	9–7 (2–3)	18 – Daughtery Jr.	7 – Cooper	5 – Cooper	Mott Athletics Center (2,483) San Luis Obispo, CA
January 15, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Fullerton	W 74–69	10–7 (3–3)	16 – Rocak	9 – Wilson	6 – Fagbemi	The Pavilion (1,133) Davis, CA
January 17, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Irvine	W 75–72	11–7 (4–3)	17 – Rocak	6 – Tied	5 – Rocak	The Pavilion (1,413) Davis, CA
January 22, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		UC San Diego	L 74–80	11–8 (4–4)	17 – Wilson	11 – Rocak	5 – Wilson	The Pavilion (1,475) Davis, CA
January 24, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Riverside	W 74–66	12–8 (5–4)	19 – Cooper	7 – Cooper	5 – Rocak	The Pavilion (1,502) Davis, CA
January 29, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Northridge	L 78–94	12–9 (5–5)	15 – Sevilla	8 – Chappell	8 – Wilson	The Matadome (625) Northridge, CA
January 31, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Bakersfield	W 80–72	13–9 (6–5)	22 – Sevilla	5 – Stokes	5 – Wilson	Icardo Center (768) Bakersfield, CA
February 5, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Santa Barbara	W 85-75	14–9 (7–5)	24 – Wilson	6 – Wilson	6 – Wilson	The Pavilion (1,811) Davis, CA
February 7, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal Poly	W 67–58	15–9 (8–5)	24 – Wilson	9 – Fagbemi	4 – Fagbemi	The Pavilion (1,521) Davis, CA
February 12, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC San Diego	L 51–68	15–10 (8–6)	13 – Wilson	4 – Tied	3 – Tied	LionTree Arena (1,874) La Jolla, CA
February 14, 2026 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Long Beach State	W 71–54	16–10 (9–6)	18 – Wilson	10 – Rocak	6 – Wilson	The Pavilion (1,317) Davis, CA
February 19, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Fullerton	L 92–93	16–11 (9–7)	26 – Cooper	6 – Tied	6 – Tied	Titan Gym (535) Fullerton, CA
February 21, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Riverside	W 78–73	17–11 (10–7)	22 – Sevilla	7 – Stokes	4 – Tied	SRC Arena (325) Riverside, CA
February 26, 2026 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Hawai'i	L 73–77	17–12 (10–8)	25 – Wilson	8 – Suljanovic	3 – Tied	The Pavilion (1,821) Davis, CA
March 5, 2026 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Long Beach State	W 76–70 ^OT	18–12 (11–8)	30 – Wilson	13 – Rocak	4 – Fagbemi	Walter Pyramid (1,419) Long Beach, CA
March 7, 2026 5:00 pm, ESPNU		at UC Irvine	L 69–79 ^OT	18–13 (11–9)	20 – Rocak	5 – Tied	8 – Wilson	Bren Events Center (2,963) Irvine, CA
Big West tournament
March 11, 2026 8:30 pm, ESPN+	(6)	vs. (7) UC Santa Barbara First round	W 79–73	19–13	24 – Daughtery Jr.	9 – Chappell	4 – Wilson	Lee's Family Forum (1,035) Henderson, NV
March 12, 2026 8:30 pm, ESPN+	(6)	vs. (3) Cal State Fullerton Quarterfinals	L 70–82	19–14	20 – Sevilla	7 – Tied	6 – Fagbemi	Lee's Family Forum (1,030) Henderson, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources:^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Mountain West Welcomes UC Davis". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
^ "Koonce scores 18, Cal Poly knocks off UC Davis 86-76 in Big West Conference Tournament". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "UC Irvine Predicted to Win The Big West in 2025-26 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". The Big West. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". UC Davis Athletics. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
^ "UC Davis Aggies 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[1] "Mountain West Welcomes UC Davis". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved October 31, 2025.

[2] "2024-25 Men's Basketball Standings". The Big West. Retrieved October 27, 2025.

[3] "Koonce scores 18, Cal Poly knocks off UC Davis 86-76 in Big West Conference Tournament". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[poll-4] "UC Irvine Predicted to Win The Big West in 2025-26 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". The Big West. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[5] "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule". UC Davis Athletics. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

[6] "UC Davis Aggies 2025-26 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 28, 2025.

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