KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The NABC has announced the recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and individual players.
 
As a team, LMU men's basketball earned the Team Academic Excellence Award for the previous year. Five individual members of last year's team were named to the NABC Honor Court including Rick Issanza (Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Innovation Grad.), Nakyel Shelton (Educational Studies Grad.), Tanner Thomas (Educational Studies Grad.), George Tupy (Finance and Accounting), and Jan Vide (Sociology).
 
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men's basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
 
The NABC's academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball.
 
"College basketball student-athletes do incredible things on the court, but their achievements in the classroom are equally worthy of celebration," said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. "Education is one of the NABC's core values, and the hundreds of programs and thousands of athletes represented on these awards reinforce the commitment to academic success that exists across all levels of our sport."
 
2026-27 Season Ticket Packages
Season tickets are now on sale, starting at less than $10 per game. Ticket holders enjoy premium benefits, including prime seating locations, two free beers at all home games, the best per-game value, priority access to postseason tickets, and more.
 

• Courtside Seating: $899 (limited availability)
• Reserved Chairback Seating (Sec. 104, 108-112): $249
• Reserved Bleacher Seating (Sec. 401-405): $159

2026-27 LMU Men's Basketball Season Ticket Map 

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LMU Faculty & Staff Season Tickets
LMU faculty and staff can purchase discounted season tickets for only $189 in reserved chairback sections (Sec. 104, 108–112).
 
To purchase any season ticket packages, click here, call (310) 338-4537, email favian.velasco@lmu.edu, or complete the online form to be contacted by the LMU Ticket Office.
 
Free Men's Basketball Tickets for LMU Students
All regular-season LMU men's basketball home games and all LMU Athletics home events are free for current students with a valid OneCard. Students 21+ with valid government-issued ID may also redeem two (2) free beers at men's basketball home games (physical ID required).
 
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