Complete Schedule
ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's basketball team and head coach
Todd May have announced the program's 2025-26 schedule.
CU is slated for 28 games this winter with eight being played against non-conference foes and 20 more versus Mountain East Conference.
The season starts November 14-15 at Indiana (Pa.) as the Mountain Lions take on the host Crimson Hawks before finishing up against Pitt-Johnstown November 15.
Five of the next six games are inside the Carter Center with a rivalry game against Bluefield State serving as the home opener November 19. Two more non-conference contests highlight November as regional contenders California (Pa.) (November 22) and Virginia Union (November 24) visit Athens.
West Virginia State is the first MEC foe as Concord travels to WVSU December 3. Each MEC school plays a double-round robin schedule against the league. CU's early-season home stretch sees Charleston enter the Carter Center December 6, and the home stand wraps up December 10 against Frostburg State.
The 2025 portion of the slate concludes at Point Park (December 17) and at Fairmont State (December 20).
Shifting to 2026, the first six games of the new year are alternating home and away. The Maroon and Gray welcomes Salem in a non-conference tilt January 3. Other home games are against Davis & Elkins (January 10) and defending MEC regular-season champion West Liberty (January 17).
After a trip to Charleston January 21, CU plays back-to-back home games versus Glenville State (January 24) and Fairmont State (January 28).
Concord's only three-game road trip of the year comes January 31-February 4 as it visits Frostburg State (January 31), Bluefield State (February 2) and Salem (February 4). Back-to-back home game follow with Point Park making just its second-ever trip to Athens February 7. The Mountain Lions host West Virginia Wesleyan February 11.
The final two home games of the year are February 18 versus Wheeling and February 25 against West Virginia State. In between is a trip to West Liberty, and the season wraps up February 28 at Glenville State.
The MEC Tournament will be March 4-8 at WesBanco Arena in Wheeling, West Virginia.
SCHEDULE NOTES
-After a one-year hiatus, Concord returns to IUP. In November 2023, CU went 2-0 versus IUP and UPJ, including springing a 61-57 upset of the then-nationally-ranked, fourth-rated Crimson Hawks.
-The home team has won all four previous meetings between Concord and Virginia Union. This November is the third year of the current series between the programs. CU lost 86-81 at VUU last year, but defeated the Panthers 63-60 two years ago inside the Carter Center.
-Concord's 85-77 win at West Liberty last season was the first road win over the Hilltoppers since the 1997-98 season.
-The Mountain Lions have won six straight home games over Bluefield State, and eight of the last nine games overall.
