South Florida Men’s Basketball vs. UNT

Je'Shawn Stevenson, a junior guard who came from Cleveland State with coach Daniyal Robinson, enters the season as the American's preseason player of the year at North Texas. Robinson's first Mean Green team went 19–14, beat Florida Atlantic in the conference tournament, then lost a three-overtime quarterfinal to Tulsa, 90–84. The Mean Green rank seventh in the preseason poll. South Florida offers Jake Feldhaus, the 2026 Kentucky Mr. Basketball, who averaged 20.7 points and 13.0 rebounds for Madison High School.