Xavier will host Missouri State as part of 2025-26 non-conference basketball schedule
Xavier men's basketball's non-conference schedule for the 2025-26 campaign is nearing completion after a social media report from Alex Rosinski on June 24 that the Musketeers will host Missouri State at Cintas Center on Dec. 12.
Xavier now has eight non-conference games scheduled with three more to be announced soon.
Missouri State, which competes in the Missouri Valley Conference, finished 9-23 last season under first-year head coach Cuonzo Martin, who is in his second stint with the school after coaching the Bears from 2008-2011.
Martin took Tennessee (2014), California (2016) and Missouri (2021) to the NCAA Tournament before returning to Missouri State in 2024.
Five of Xavier's 18 regular-season games at Cintas Center have now been revealed. There will be three more non-conference home affairs for the Musketeers this fall, plus 10 games against Big East foes.
Xavier opens the season on Nov. 3 against Marist and hosts Santa Clara a week later. Xavier will host Cincinnati in the Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout on Dec. 5.
Away from home, Xavier will visit Iowa to begin a home-and-home series in November. The Musketeers will also play two games in the Charleston Classic in November with Clemson, Georgia and West Virginia in the bracket.