Breaking down UConn's full 2025-26 schedule

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Breaking down UConn's full 2025-26 schedule

On Friday, UConn women’s basketball’s full 2025-26 schedule was released. While there are a few more details still yet to be revealed (more on that in a moment), there’s more than enough to talk about.

Let’s break it down:

Still waiting on TV and tip times

As exciting as it is to get every date on UConn’s schedule, it’s a bit incomplete until the tip times come out. In recent years, they’ve been released in early October, so the wait shouldn’t be too long.

The more pressing information is the television schedule, though. This is the first season of the Big East’s new media deal so it’s impossible to know what to expect. We do know that SNY, the longtime home of the Huskies, is out, replaced by some combination of Fox Sports (FOX, FS1, FS2), NBC Sports (NBC, Peacock) and TNT Sports (TNT, TBS, truTV and Max).

Previously, the SNY held the tier III rights, which meant it picked up games that Fox and the other television partners passed on. Now, it seems likely those same contests will end up on a streaming service, whether it be Peacock or HBO Max.

We won’t know for certain until the tip times and television information go live, though.

Splitting the venues

Like most years, UConn split its home slate evenly between Gampel Pavilion and PeoplesBank Arena (formerly the XL Center). There will be eight games in Storrs (plus two in the NCAA Tournament) and eight in Hartford (including the exhibition vs. Southern Connecticut).

Within that breakdown, the Huskies have one marquee matchup (Notre Dame is at Gampel, Tennessee is in Hartford) and another power conference foe (Florida State in Storrs, Ohio State downtown) at each venue.

Not only did PeoplesBank Arena get a new name over the offseason, it’s also undergone an extension renovation. The locker rooms were rebuilt, the seating was replaced and additional premium spaces were added. The three UConn teams that play in Hartford — the basketball and men’s hockey — toured the new locker rooms on Wednesday.

Mohegan Sun Arena will also be a frequent host of the Huskies with the exhibition vs. Boston College (Oct. 13), the Women’s Hall of Fame Showcase (Nov. 21, 23) and eventually the Big East Tournament.

Home sweet home

UConn won’t travel much this season, though it’ll rack up the miles when it does so.

17 of 31 regular season contests will take place in Connecticut and that number could increase to 22 of a possible 40 games when including the postseason. If the exhibitions are added in, that’s 24 of 42 dates on the schedule coming in Connecticut.

On top of that, the Huskies will play once in Providence, once in New York City and twice more in the NYC metro area. In total, UConn could play 28 of 42 possible games in the northeast.

The Huskies certainly make up for that with long-distance travel, though. They will journey to Germany, Tampa and Los Angeles in the non-conference, Fort Worth or Sacramento for the regionals and, if they make it, Phoenix for the Final Four.

Overall, the home and away split is balanced. UConn’s longest home stand is just three games (Nov. 9 vs. Florida State, Nov. 12 vs. Loyola, Nov. 16 vs. Ohio State) and it doesn’t spend more than three consecutive games on the road (Dec. 20 in Brooklyn, Dec. 28 at Butler, Dec. 31 at Providence) — and even that is broken up by the holiday break.

Working for the weekend

UConn’s schedule features plenty of weekend games. Sunday leads the way with 11 contests while another five will be on Saturdays. During the week, the Huskies will be in action most often on Wednesday with eight games, while there’s three on Thursdays, two on Tuesdays and one apiece on Monday and Friday.

New Year’s Eve plans

UConn will snap one of its most bizarre streaks this season. For the first time since the 2021-22 campaign, the Huskies won’t play Marquette around New Year’s. The two schools tipped off the New Year’s Eve in 2022 and 2023, then rang in 2025 together this past season.

Instead, UConn will spend the last day of the year in Providence.

Important dates

While nothing is official yet, there’s a few important dates to look ahead to — though there won’t be any celebration as grand as the night when Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in Division I basketball history.

There’s the basic ones: The season opener (Nov. 4 vs. Louisville) and finale (Mar. 1 at St. John’s), as well as the first game of league play (Nov. 20 at Xavier, the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

As for the events, UConn will unveil a new national championship banner for the first time since 2016. That historically happens during the first regular season game at Gampel Pavilion, which would be Nov. 9 vs. Florida State. UConn men’s basketball has also hosted a banner reveal in Hartford each of the last two seasons, so if the women decide to do the same, that would fall on Nov. 16 vs. Ohio State.

The Huskies’ final game before the holidays is against Iowa on Dec. 20 in Brooklyn and they return to action on Dec. 28 at Butler. Senior day should be Feb. 22 vs. Providence.

Last season, Auriemma bemoaned UConn’s congested second-half schedule but not much changed in that regard. From Dec. 28 until March 1, the Huskies play every 3-4 days without a break. A brief reprieve will come before the Big East Tournament (March 7-9) before they get a much longer break ahead of the NCAA Tournament.

As of the date of publication (Thursday, Sept. 25), UConn is 18 days from its first exhibition, 40 days from the season opener and 45 days from the home opener. March is a mere 157 days away.

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