TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State men's basketball head coach announced the completed non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season.
 
The season is highlighted by five home games in noncon action and a trip to Cameron Indoor to battle the Blue Devils of Duke University. Five road games, including the Multiple-Team Event (MTE) games, are played more than four hours from Hulman Center.
 
The Sycamores kick off the season in exhibition play, heading to Hinkle Fieldhouse to battle Butler on October 29. The exhibition will be the first time Indiana State is back in Hinkle after the National Invitational Tournament run in 2023-24. This meeting also marks the first time head coach Matthew Graves will serve as head coach against his alma mater.
 
To open the regular season, Indiana State will be on the road in North Carolina to face the Charlotte 49ers on November 3. In the last 10 years, including the upcoming season, the Sycamores have started the season on the road seven times.
 
The 2025-26 home opener is set for November 6 against Division III's Illinois Tech before hitting the road again on November 10, traveling to Edwardsville to play SIUE. A season ago, the Cougars came to Terre Haute and left with a 77-72 victory. SIUE went on to win the Ohio Valley Championship for the first time in program history.
 
The Sycamores head back to North Carolina, this time to Durham to play Duke for the first time in program history on November 14. The Blue Devils ended last season ranked No. 3 in the nation in the AP Top 25 (released April 8) after falling to Houston in the NCAA Final Four. Early last month, Duke was ranked inside the top 15 nationally in the "too early" preseason polls (USA Today), (Jeff Borzello via ESPN).
 
Indiana State returns to Hulman Center on November 19 to face Louisiana Tech, marking only the third meeting in history; the programs faced each other once in each of the 1974 and 1975 seasons. Indiana State won the debut matchup before LA Tech won the second meeting.
 
The Sycamores host in-state foe Ball State on November 22. Last year, Indiana State won the meeting in Muncie 94-84 hitting 44.4% from three.
 
This season's MTE will be played in Ruston, Louisiana over Thanksgiving Break. Indiana State, for the second time this season, will play LA Tech on November 26 before playing Alcorn State on November 28.
 
The Sycamores open back up after the break against Division III's Eureka on December 2. Indiana State handled the Quakers 93-48 last year in Hulman Center. The second part of the two-game homestand sees Southern Indiana coming to town on December 7. Indiana State fell in Evansville last year, 87-77.
 
To wrap up the noncon slate, Indiana State begins a home-and-home series with Milwaukee, starting in the UWM Panther Arena on December 14. The Panthers will visit Hulman Center in 2026-27.
 
Times for the non-conference schedule are TBA, and the Missouri Valley Conference schedule will be released at a later date.
 
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