West Virginia’s 2026-27 men’s basketball Big 12 slate is set, and the Mountaineers will have no shortage of heavy hitters coming through Hope Coliseum.
The Big 12 and WVU announced the conference schedule, which gives the Mountaineers 18 league games split evenly between home and road. West Virginia will host Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU and UCF.
Big 12 play begins on the road for WVU, with a trip to Kansas on Saturday, Jan. 2.
The first home conference game comes three days later, when Oklahoma State visits on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
West Virginia will finish its regular-season league schedule at Iowa State on Saturday, March 6.
Several of the most notable home dates fall on weekends at Hope Coliseum. Cincinnati comes to Morgantown on Jan.
16, Arizona on Jan. 30, Iowa State on Feb. 6 and Houston on Feb.
- The Mountaineers’ midweek home games include Kansas State on Jan.
12, Arizona State on Jan. 27, UCF on Feb. 16 and TCU on March 3, along with the opener against Oklahoma State.
The conference tournament is set for March 9-13 in Kansas City, Missouri, where the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament will be played.
Season tickets are already on sale for the 2026-27 campaign. WVU says Upper Baseline season tickets remain discounted by 25%, with no required Mountaineer Athletic Club per seat contribution and a price of less than $15 per game. New season tickets are available for $250.
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