Texas men’s basketball now has its full non-conference picture for the 2026-27 season, and the slate comes with a little bit of everything: a handful of home dates, a couple of neutral-site showcase games and a marquee matchup with Memphis at Moody Center.
The Longhorns will open with Chicago State on Nov. 2, then keep rolling through home games against Gardner-Webb on Nov. 5, Grambling State on Nov.
9, Southern Utah on Nov. 19, Southern Indiana on Nov.
22, Jackson State on Dec. 8, Prairie View A&M on Dec. 21 and East Texas A&M on Dec.
Texas had already announced games against Memphis, Baylor, Miami and Louisville, along with a two-game stay in the Rady’s Children’s Invitational.
The biggest non-conference date on the calendar is Memphis on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at Moody Center. Baylor and Miami both land as neutral-site games, with Texas and Baylor set for San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center on Nov. 15 and the meeting with the Hurricanes scheduled for Houston’s Toyota Center on Dec. 12.
The trip to San Antonio will carry a bit of history with it. Texas has not played there since the 2003 NCAA Tournament, when it beat UConn in the Sweet 16 and Michigan State in the Elite Eight at the Alamodome.
The Baylor game also brings a familiar rivalry into the spotlight. Texas leads that all-time series 165-98, making Baylor the most common opponent in program history. The Bears got the last word in the most recent meeting, winning 93-85 in the 2023-24 season.
The full schedule still lacks tipoff times and television assignments.
Texas’ road portion of the non-conference slate includes the Rady’s Children’s Invitational in San Diego on Nov. 26-27 at Jenny Craig Pavilion. The Longhorns open that event against Georgetown in the semifinals on Thursday, Nov. 26 at 1:30 p.m.
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27, Texas will face either Saint Mary’s or UCLA in either the championship game or the third-place game.
From there, Texas heads to Louisville for the SEC/ACC Challenge on Tuesday, Dec. 1, meeting the Cardinals at the KFC Yum! Center. It will be the seventh all-time matchup between the teams and the first since Texas beat Louisville 81-80 in the semifinals of the Saatva Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden during the 2023-24 season.
The Miami game in Houston rounds out the headline neutral-site dates. That matchup will be the fifth all-time meeting between Texas and Miami, with the series tied 2-2.
The SEC already released its league schedule on Monday, though eight mid-week dates remain to be announced later. Texas’ home conference schedule in Moody Center includes Florida on Jan.
2, Auburn on Jan. 12 or 13, Oklahoma on Jan. 16, Arkansas on Jan.
23, Kentucky on Jan. 30, Alabama on Feb. 9 or 10, Texas A&M on Feb. 16 or 17, Tennessee on Feb. 27 and Missouri on March 2 or 3.
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