Via Kansas Athletics
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men’s basketball will open the 2025-26 Big 12 Conference season at UCF on Saturday, Jan. 3, as the league announced its schedule today. Specific times and television coverage will be released by the conference later.
The full schedule for the Jayhawks is now set with the dates and opponents revealed for Big 12 play and the already announced non-conference slate that features marquee matchups against North Carolina, Duke, UConn, Syracuse, Missouri, NC State and others.
Kansas will host a total 16 games in historic Allen Fieldhouse. Season ticket renewals and new season tickets are currently available here.
Following the UCF contest on Jan. 3, Kansas will play host to TCU on Jan. 6 followed by a Jan. 10 contest at West Virginia. The Jayhawks will return home for two games against Iowa State (Jan. 13) and Baylor (Jan. 16) before hitting the road for two contests at Colorado (Jan. 20) and at Kansas State (Jan. 24). KU will close out January with a home game against BYU on Jan. 31.
KU will play its first of three ESPN Big Monday games at Texas Tech on Feb. 2 before returning home for contests against Utah (Feb. 7) and Arizona (Feb. 9), which is also a Big Monday battle. The Jayhawks will spend Valentines Day, Feb. 14, at Iowa State, followed by a road game at Oklahoma State (Feb. 18). Kansas will host Cincinnati on Feb. 21 and two days later host Houston for its third and final ESPN Big Monday game of the season.
Kansas will make a road swing for two games at Arizona (Feb. 28) and at Arizona State (March 3) before returning home to host Kansas State on Senior Night on March 7.
The Big 12 is entering its 30th season of competition and Kansas has won 20 of the 29 conference regular-season titles, including an NCAA record-tying 13 consecutive from 2005-17.
The Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship will be held March 10-14 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday will be March 15. KU has won 11 Big 12 Tournaments with its most recent in 2022.
The season officially gets under way with Late Night in the Phog on Friday, Oct. 17, at 6:30 p.m. Late Night will be the first look at the 2025-26 KU’s men’s team that features returners Flory Bidunga, Jamari McDowell and Elmarko Jackson. Coach Bill Self welcomes eight newcomers to the KU squad, featuring freshman Darryn Peterson, the top-rated recruit in the nation, and four upperclassmen transfers – Melvin Council Jr., Jayden Dawson, Nginyu “Gee” Ngala, and Tre White. Peterson, the third No. 1 ranked national recruit to play for Self at Kansas, joining Andrew Wiggins and Josh Jackson, is surrounded by a talented freshmen class this year, including Kohl Rosario, Paul Mbiya, Bryson Tiller, Samis Calderon and Corbin Allen.
Kansas Men’s Basketball 2025-26 Schedule (Home games in ALL CAPS; times are Central where listed)
*Big 12 Conference Game
Oct. 17 (Fri.) – LATE NIGHT IN THE PHOG (6:30 p.m.)
Oct. 24 (Fri.) – at Louisville (Exhibition)
Oct. 28 (Tue.) – FORT HAYS STATE (EXHIBITION)
Nov. 3 (Mon.) – GREEN BAY
Nov. 7 (Fri.) – at North Carolina
Nov. 11 (Tue.) – TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI
Nov. 15 (Sat.) – PRINCETON
Nov. 18 (Tue.) – vs. Duke (Champions Classic, New York City, ESPN, 9 p.m.)
Nov. 24 (Mon.) – vs. Notre Dame (Players Era, Las Vegas)
Nov. 25 (Tue.) – vs. Syracuse (Players Era, Las Vegas)
Nov. 26 or 27 (Wed. or Thurs.) – vs. TBD (Players Era, Las Vegas)
Dec. 2 (Tue.) – CONNECTICUT
Dec. 7 (Sun.) – vs. Missouri (Kansas City, Mo.)
Dec. 13 (Sat.) – at NC State
Dec. 16 (Tue.) – TOWSON
Dec. 22 (Mon.) – DAVIDSON
Jan. 3 (Sat.) – at UCF*
Jan. 6 (Tue.) – TCU*
Jan. 10 (Sat.) – at West Virginia*
Jan. 13 (Tue.) – IOWA STATE*
Jan. 16 (Fri.) – BAYLOR*
Jan. 20 (Tue.) – at Colorado*
Jan. 24 (Sat.) – at Kansas State*
Jan. 31 (Sat.) – BYU*
Feb. 2 (Mon.) – at Texas Tech* (ESPN, 8 p.m.)
Feb. 7 (Sat.) – UTAH*
Feb. 9 (Mon.) – ARIZONA* (ESPN, 8 p.m.)
Feb. 14 (Sat.) – at Iowa State*
Feb. 18 (Wed.) – at Oklahoma State*
Feb. 21 (Sat.) – CINCINNATI*
Feb. 23 (Mon.) – HOUSTON* (ESPN, 8 p.m.)
Feb. 28 (Sat.) – at Arizona*
March 3 (Tue.) – at Arizona State*
March 7 (Sat.) – KANSAS STATE*
March 10-14 – at Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship (T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo)
