UConn’s men’s basketball team now knows where it will spend its home dates, and the schedule brings a heavy dose of variety - plus a few eye-catching matchups in both Hartford and Storrs.
The Huskies will open in front of fans with a preseason exhibition against Syracuse on Oct. 13 at Mohegan Sun Arena, and the first exhibition at their assigned home venues comes against Purdue on Oct. 27 at PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford. Tip times and TV information are still to come.
From there, the nonconference slate gets serious in a hurry. Kansas is set to visit Gampel Pavilion on Dec. 12, giving UConn a major blue blood matchup on campus.
Before that, the Huskies will host Ohio State in Hartford on Nov. 13.
The regular season starts with a Hartford doubleheader on Nov. 2, when the men open against Gardner-Webb and the women play Cornell. UConn’s final home game of the season will also be in Hartford, against St.
John’s on March 2. That date was set after UConn’s 72-40 rout of the Johnnies on the same floor last season.
Dan Hurley’s superstitions also carried over to another move: Creighton will be in Hartford as well, after the Bluejays came into Gampel Pavilion and handed UConn its only home loss last season.
The Huskies’ home split for 2026-27 includes a mix of Gampel and PeoplesBank Arena games. In Storrs, UConn will host Wagner on Nov.
9, Rider on Nov. 30, Mississippi Valley State on Dec.
8, Kansas on Dec. 12, DePaul on Jan.
6, Marquette on Jan. 12, Xavier on Jan.
16, Seton Hall on Feb. 17 and Providence on Feb. 27.
In Hartford, the schedule includes Purdue on Oct. 27, Gardner-Webb on Nov.
2, Ohio State on Nov. 13, Delaware State on Dec.
15, Georgetown on Dec. 23, Butler on Jan.
23, Villanova on Feb. 3, Creighton on Feb. 7 and St.
John’s on March 2.
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