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Big 12 Unveils 18-Game Basketball Scheduling Matrix for 2025–26 Season

Conference play has been cut from 20 to 18 games to ease travel burdens at the same time that competitive balance is preserved.

Jan 29, 2025; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Kansas State Wildcats head coach Jerome Tang questions a call by the officials during the first half against the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Bramlage Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-Imagn Images
Jan. 5, 2025; Orlando, Florida; Kansas basketball coach Bill Self looks on during a game against UCF at Addition Financial Arena.
Kansas women's basketball coach Brandon Schneider coaches his players during a Dec. 15, 2024 game against Penn State in Lawrence, Kansas.
Kansas Jayhawks head men’s basketball coach Bill Self attends the Grind Session High School Basketball World Championships game between Prolific Prep and DME Academy at Coffin Sports Complex on Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Lawrence, Kansas.

Overview

  • The Big 12 Conference released its 2025-26 men’s and women’s basketball scheduling matrix with an 18-game league slate replacing last season’s 20-game format.
  • Under the new matrix each school will play three opponents home and away and face the remaining 12 teams once, alternating six games at home and six on the road.
  • Kansas men’s basketball will meet Arizona, Iowa State and Kansas State in home-and-home series and play single games against teams such as Baylor, BYU and Houston at Allen Fieldhouse.
  • The Kansas women’s program will host Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech twice and split its other 12 conference games evenly between home and road venues.
  • Big 12 teams led the nation with a 66.7% winning percentage in the 2025 NCAA tournament, and the conference will announce a full schedule with dates, times and broadcast details at a later date.