Canton, NY – The SUNY Canton men's basketball team and Head Coach Dylan Seikel have released the team's 2025-26 schedule. The Roos have a 25 game regular season schedule that includes 11 home games in their second season in the SUNYAC.
 
The team's slate includes 18 SUNYAC contests with two games each against the other nine conference opponents.
 
After a pair of scrimmages in late October, the Roos open the regular season on November 7th and 8th at Norwich and Colby-Sawyer, respectively. Canton plays their third straight road game to start the year, this one locally at Clarkson, on November 11th.
 
The team hosts SUNY Poly (11/14) and VTSU Lyndon (11/15) for their home-opening weekend before a non-conference tilt at St. John Fisher (12/2) to kick off December. The Roos open league play at Morrisville and Cortland on December 5th and 6th, respectively.  
   
SUNY Canton kicks off the 2026 portion of its schedule with a non-league road game at VTSU Castleton on January 2nd. The team's final 16 games of the regular season will come within SUNYAC play.
 
The Roos will host Plattsburgh (1/9), Potsdam (1/10), New Paltz (1/20), Oneonta (1/27), Oswego (2/6), Cortland (2/13), Morrisville (2/14), Buffalo State (2/20) and Fredonia (2/21). Road league games in 2026 include trips to Oneonta (1/6), New Paltz (1/13), Oswego (1/16), Fredonia (1/23), Buffalo State (1/24), Potsdam (1/30) and Plattsburgh (1/31). The team's final five SUNYAC games will all be at home.
 
Following the regular season, the Roos will look to qualify for their first SUNYAC Tournament. The top two seeds earn first round byes with the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds hosting first round games on February 24th. The No. 1 overall seed hosts championship weekend with two semifinal games on February 27th and the championship game on February 28th. The winner of the SUNYAC Tournament will earn the conference's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
The Roos also feature a junior varsity program for the second season and are currently scheduled for 13 games during the 2025-26 season.
 
   
 

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