9/18/2025 | Men’s Basketball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic men’s basketball team has announced its non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season.
Before their third year of American Conference play begins in January of 2026, the Owls will take part in 13 regular season contests, beginning with a previously announced matchup against Boston College on Monday, Nov. 3, at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena, the first of six home games.
Also highlighted on the schedule is the third edition of the Field of 68 Tip-Off with Liberty and Charleston, this year taking place in Lynchburg, Va., as well as the previously announced eight-team Sunshine Slam on November 24 and November 25. The non-conference slate will conclude on December 23 at a neutral site matchup against UCF.
Head Coach John Jakus enters his second campaign at the helm of the program that has made postseason appearances in four consecutive years and has tallied seven straight winning seasons. The Owls received a berth in the 2025 National Invitational Tournament and posted an 18-16 record.
Complete game times and TV designations will be announced at a later date, with the American Athletic Conference schedule also to be announced in the coming weeks.
SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN
Florida Atlantic will host Florida Tech in an exhibition on Thursday, Oct. 30, before officially beginning the season against Boston College on November 3. Following the first road trip of the season for the Field of 68 Tip-Off, the Owls return home to face Coastal Georgia for the second consecutive season.
The next three Owl matchups will be a part of the previously announced Sunshine Slam, first with a home game against Pacific that will not count in the official event standings, before the two-day neutral site tournament games in Daytona Beach on November 24 against LMU and either Ohio or George Mason on November 25, depending on the first matchup’s results.
FAU heads back to Paradise on November 30 to host St. Bonaventure for the first meeting of a home-and-home series. The Owls will head back on the road but remain in-state with a visit to Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday, Dec. 7.
After back-to-back home games against Saint Leo on December 10 and Albany on December 13, the Owls will travel to California for the first meeting with Saint Mary’s in program history on December 19. The Gaels are coming off five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
The non-conference slate concludes on Tuesday, Dec. 23, with the Owls facing the Knights for the first time at a neutral site.
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