Donnelly Unveils the 2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule

LAKELAND, Fla. – The 2025-26 Florida Southern College men's basketball schedule has been announced by head coach Mike Donnelly. The Moccasins will host 20 home games inside George W. Jenkins Field House, opening with the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic on Nov. 1-2.
 
"I am excited about this year's schedule," said head coach Mike Donnelly on the 2025-26 season. "The league will obviously be challenging once again, and our non-conference schedule is filled with quality opponents. Playing 20 home games will allow our fans the opportunity to support us throughout the entire season!" 
 
The Moccasins enter year four of hosting the Small College Basketball (SCB) Hall of Fame Classic, featuring some of Division II's finest. This year, the Mocs will face Alaska Anchorage for just the second time in program history and first time in the lower 48. In game two of the season, FSC will face first time opponent UVA Wise out of the South Atlantic Conference.
 
Two weekends later, FSC will host Clark Atlanta on November 14 and Savannah State on Nov. 15. Just three days later, the Mocs welcome in Staten Island, another first-time opponent. Both the Mocs and Dolphins rank among the top-25 winningest teams in NCAA Division II by winning percentage.
 
The Century Retail Thanksgiving Classic closes out a seven-game season-opening homestand for the Moccasins. FSC will welcome in Winona State and Bemidji State from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Nov. 28-29 for a two-day event. The Mocs are 2-0 all-time against Winona State but have not faced the Warriors since 2002. Bemidji becomes FSC's third first-time opponent of the season.
 
The first road trip of the 2025-26 campaign will take place on Wed., Dec. 3 as the Mocs open up Sunshine State Conference play just up the road at Saint Leo. Florida Southern will return to Lakeland just three days later to host Rollins on Dec. 6 for the first home SSC contest of the season. Lincoln visits Lakeland on Dec. 10 returning the trip the Mocs made to Pennsylvania during the 2023-24 season. The Mocs play one more conference contest on the road at Lynn on Dec. 13 before hosting the annual Mocs Christmas Classic Dec. 19-20. FSC will host Bentley and Lees-McRae with Barry joining for neutral-site games.
 
The Moccasins close out 2025 on New Year's Eve as Palm Beach Atlantic visits Jenkins Field House for a late afternoon contest. Just three days later, the Mocs play their first contest of 2026 as FSC travels to Nova Southeastern for the first meeting between the Sharks and Mocs of 2025-26.
 
The next three contests on the Moccasins' scheduled rotate back-and-forth between home and away. FSC first hosts Barry on Jan. 7 before traveling to Florida Tech on Jan. 10. The back-and-forth continues with a home game versus Embry-Riddle on Jan. 14.
 
FSC's first back-to-back road SSC contests come Jan. 17 and Jan. 21 as FSC travels to Eckerd before taking on Tampa inside the Bob Martinez Athletics Center.  The Mocs will get a tiny spell at home as Lynn (Jan. 24) and Saint Leo (Jan. 28) head to Lakeland but another back-to-back on the road follows. FSC will head down to West Palm Beach on Feb. 4 to take on Palm Beach Atlantic before heading to Winter Park to face Rollins on Feb. 7.
 
Eckerd visits Jenkins Field House on Feb. 11 before the Mocs celebrate Valentine's Day on the road at Embry-Riddle on Feb. 14. The final four games of the season feature three at home and one on the road. FSC will host Florida Tech (Feb. 18), Tampa (Feb. 21) and Nova Southeastern (Feb. 28) while traveling to Barry (Feb. 25).
 
The SSC Men's Basketball Championships will take place March 3, 5, and 8 with each game played at the higher seed. The NCAA DII Regionals will be competed March 14-17 with the Elite Eight taking place March 24-26. The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship will be decided on Sunday, April 5 inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. It will be part of the NCAA Division I Final Four weekend with the NCAA DI semifinals taking place Saturday, the NCAA DII Championship on Sunday and the NCAA DI Championship on Monday.
 
2025-26 Florida Southern Men's Basketball Home Schedule
Nov. 1 – SCB Hall of Fame Classic – Alaska Anchorage, 5:45 PM
Nov. 2 – SCB Hall of Fame Classic – UVA Wise, 5:45 PM
Nov. 14 – Clark Atlanta, 7:00 PM
Nov. 15 – Savannah State, 7:00 PM
Nov. 18 – Staten Island, 7:00 PM
Nov. 28 – Century Retail Thanksgiving Classic – Winona State, 7:30 PM
Nov. 29 – Century Retail Thanksgiving Classic – Bemidji State, 7:30 PM
Dec. 6 – Rollins, 4:30 PM*
Dec. 10 – Lincoln, 7:00 PM
Dec. 19 – Mocs Christmas Classic – Bentley, 7:30 PM
Dec. 20 – Mocs Christmas Classic – Lees-McRae, 7:30 PM
Dec. 31 – Palm Beach Atlantic, 4:30 PM*
Jan. 7 – Barry, 7:30 PM*
Jan. 14 – Embry-Riddle, 7:30 PM*
Jan. 24 – Lynn, 6:00 PM*
Jan. 28 – Saint Leo, 7:30 PM*
Feb. 11 – Eckerd, 7:30 PM*
Feb. 18 – Florida Tech, 7:30 PM*
Feb. 21 – Tampa, 6:00 PM*
Feb. 28 – Nova Southeastern, 6:00 PM*
* Sunshine State Conference