RedHawks 2025-26 Prospective
Steele has done a fabulous job rebuilding the RedHawks program. Steele has improved the RedHawks’ win total in each of his last three seasons, winning 25 games last season. The 27 and 25 wins rank first and second on the program’s all-time ledger.
Steele, who has the RedHawks in position to earn an NCAA tournament bid even if they get upset in the MAC Tournament, owns a 76-40 record at Miami. He is 53-25 in MAC play, winning 28 of their last 32 regular-season conference contests over the last two years. However, they haven’t been able to get past Akron the last two seasons, losing to the Zips in the Conference championship game last year.
Prior to Steele landing in Oxford, Miami posted only one winning season since 2010, and that was when they went 12-11 in the Covid-shortened 2020-21 campaign. Steele is projected as a No. 11 seed by On3.com and ESPN’s bracketology. However, the RedHawks have only one Quad II victory and no Quad I wins, and they have just a 33% chance of making the NCAA Tournament.
Miami plays three of its final four regular-season games on the road. Miami travels to Eastern Michigan (10-17) on February 24 and then to Western Michigan (9-17) on February 27. The RedHawks host Toledo (13-13) on March 3 and then close the regular season at Ohio (15-13) on March 6.
