University of Connecticut Athletics
Huskies Announce 2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule
8/19/2025 1:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball
STORRS – The UConn men's basketball team has officially unveiled its 2025-26 non-conference schedule. The Huskies will play seven games at home, three at neutral sites and one on the road in what is one of the fiercest non-conference slates in the country and UConn history.
Match-ups against a total of six top-50 teams highlight the schedule, with three foes on the slate who finished in the top-17 of the final '24-25 Kenpom rankings. UConn will play a pair of games at its home away from home, Madison Square Garden, including a showdown with the defending national champions.
Prior to the season opener, Connecticut will take part of a pair of exhibition contests against high-major foes. Taking advantage of new NCAA rules to allow such contests, UConn will face Boston College on Oct. 13 in the Hall of Fame Exhibition at Mohegan Sun Arena and host Michigan State at PeoplesBank Arena on Oct. 28 in the start of a home-and-home preseason series.
The regular season commences on Nov. 3 with the first of three-straight at home against regional foes to kick off the campaign. UConn will face New Haven on Nov. 3, UMass Lowell on Nov. 7 and Columbia on Nov. 10. The Huskies take on their first test away from their friendly confines on Nov. 15 when they travel to the TD Garden to take on BYU in the Hall of Fame Series Boston. The Cougars are a projected top-10 squad in several 'way too early' 2025-26 rankings.
On Nov. 19, the Huskies return home to host Arizona at Gampel Pavilion for the first leg of a home-and-home series to be returned in Tucson in 2026. The Wildcats have finished top-13 in the final Kenpom rankings in each of the last four years and project as a preseason top-20 side.
A regional match-up with Bryant in the Nutmeg State follows on Nov. 23, the first meeting with the Bulldogs since 2014. On Nov. 28 (Black Friday) UConn will take on Illinois at Madison Square Garden in a rematch of the 2024 East Regional Final. The Illini have finished as a top-20 outfit in four of the last five years and have made five-straight NCAA Tournaments. The contest is the first of a two-game neutral site series, to conclude at the United Center in Chicago in the 2026-27 campaign.
On Tuesday, Dec. 2 the Huskies hit the road for their first true away game of the season and a return to Allen Fieldhouse to take on Kansas. Connecticut dropped a thriller at the Phog in 2023, one of only three losses in the '23-24 campaign. The match-up is the first game of a home-and-home series with a return to Connecticut next season.
UConn is at home for the first time in December when it welcomes East Texas A&M to Connecticut on Dec. 5, a rematch of the first all-time meeting between the two programs a year ago. The Huskies return to New York City for the Jimmy V Classic on Dec. 9 for a showdown with the defending national champion Florida Gators. The contest will pit the last three national champions in a rematch of a 2025 NCAA Tournament Second Round thriller.
Connecticut closes the non-conference slate when it welcomes Texas to Hartford on Dec. 12. The contest is the return game of a win for the Huskies on Dec. 8, 2024, in Austin. UConn is 8-3 all-time against the Longhorns.
Tip times, television information and remaining venue designations will be available in the coming weeks, along with the full BIG EAST conference schedule.
2025-26 Non-Conference Schedule
Mon, Oct. 13 – vs. Boston College (Hall of Fame Exhibition, Mohegan Sun Arena)
Tue, Oct. 28 – Michigan State (Exhibition, PeoplesBank Arena)
Mon, Nov. 3 – New Haven
Fri, Nov. 7 – UMass Lowell
Mon, Nov. 10 – Columbia
Sat, Nov. 15 – vs. BYU (Hall of Fame Series Boston, TD Garden)
Wed, Nov. 19 – Arizona (Gampel Pavilion)
Sun, Nov. 23 – Bryant
Fri, Nov. 28 – vs. Illinois (Madison Square Garden)
Tue, Dec. 2 – at Kansas
Fri, Dec. 5 – East Texas A&M
Tue, Dec. 9 – vs. Florida (Jimmy V Classic, Madison Square Garden)
Fri, Dec. 12 – Texas (PeoplesBank Arena)
