Men’s Basketball

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer FIU Athletics Director Scott Carr announced Joey Cantens as the next men’s basketball head coach.  Cantens, who played at FIU as a guard under head coach Mike Gilligan, returns as the 10th head coach in program history.  He began his coaching career at Florida State University as a graduate assistant […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer Finishing out the regular season with a win against #3 Conference USA ranked Western Kentucky, the FIU Panthers have made the CUSA tournament.   This year’s tournament will be hosted at Propst Arena inHuntsville, Alabama. FIU will face the #9 ranked Missouri State Bears on Tuesday, March 10 as their matchup […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer After defeating Louisiana Tech 84-76, the FIU Panthers will go on to finish the 2025-26 season with two games at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. The Panthers will play the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders at 7 PM on Thursday, March 5 and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at 2 PM […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer After defeating Conference USA #4 ranked Louisiana Tech, FIU now goes on to face another highly ranked team in the Liberty Flames.  FIU has faced Liberty before, as their first conference opponent of the season. On December 28, 2025, the FIU Panthers faced off against the Liberty Flames at the […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer The FIU men’s basketball team prepares for back-to-back games at home this week, starting on Thursday against Delaware. This will be the Panthers’ first matchup against the Delaware Blue Hens as Conference USA rivals. Delaware currently holds a 3-9 conference record, while FIU sits at 4-8. FIU enters the week […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer The FIU Men’s Basketball team will travel to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to face the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in the second game of a two game road trip.  The last time the Panthers faced off against the Hilltoppers was in Huntsville, Alabama in the opening round of the Conference USA Championship, […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer The FIU Panthers Men’s Basketball face off against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders away from home on Wednesday, Feb 4, at 7:30 p.m..  The last time FIU faced Middle Tennessee, which was on March 8th, 2025, where the Panther got blown out by the Blue Raiders in Tennessee, 56-78.  This […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer The FIU men’s basketball team will face-off against Jax State at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center on Wed. Jan. 28, at 7 p.m.., In their previous game, the Panthers snapped their losing streak after defeating New Mexico State and also got their first win away from home After starting the […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer FIU men’s basketball is looking for a victory to put an end to a current four-game losing streak.  The Panthers are 2-5 in Conference USA, ranking them #10 in the conference only just ahead of University of Texas at El Paso and Delaware.  The Panthers will face UTEP on Thursday, […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer As they look to improve their conference record, the FIU Panthers men’s basketball team will face off against the Sam Houston Bearkats at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m..  FIU is currently 2-4 against Conference USA rivals and are ranked #12 in the Conference […]

Christopher Rodriguez | Staff Writer Following their loss at Missouri State, the Panthers move on to play Kennesaw State in Georgia.  FIU is looking to find a win on the road, as they are yet to win away from home (0-5). The Panthers are also looking to get another conference win which would move them […]