UConn’s men will open the 2026-27 season in Hartford, and the schedule split gives the Huskies a little of everything: a marquee nonconference game in Storrs, a loaded Big East slate spread across both home floors, and a season finale against St. John’s back at PeoplesBank Arena.
The season begins Monday, Nov. 2 against Gardner-Webb in Hartford, where UConn will be part of a men’s-women’s doubleheader. The women open that same day against Cornell.
The rest of the nonconference home schedule is split between the two venues, with Kansas coming to Storrs on Saturday, Dec. 12.
Hartford will host Wagner on Monday, Nov. 9, Rider on Monday, Nov.
30, Mississippi Valley State on Tuesday, Dec. 8 and Ohio State on Friday, Nov. 13.
Delaware State visits Hartford on Tuesday, Dec. 15.
UConn’s Big East home dates are spread out, too. The Huskies will host DePaul on Wednesday, Jan.
6, Marquette on Tuesday, Jan. 12, and Xavier on Saturday, Jan. 16 at Gampel Pavilion. Seton Hall comes to Storrs on Wednesday, Feb. 17, and Providence follows on Saturday, Feb.
Hartford gets its share of league action as well, with Georgetown on Wednesday, Dec. 23, Butler on Saturday, Jan.
23, Villanova on Wednesday, Feb. 3, Creighton on Sunday, Feb. 7, and St.
John’s on Tuesday, March 2.
There’s also a preseason game in Hartford against Purdue on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
The Creighton date in Hartford stands out after UConn’s only home loss of last season came against the Bluejays at Gampel Pavilion. And the St. John’s game being set for Hartford fits with what happened last February, when the Huskies hammered the Red Storm 72-40 in Hartford.
Tip times and TV details will be announced in the coming days.
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