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Men’s Basketball Unveils 2025-26 Big 12 Schedule Matrix
6/12/2025 9:55:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Cougars learn schedule breakdown in return to 18-game league schedule
HOUSTON – The University of Houston Men's Basketball program and Big 12 Conference released the league's 2025-26 schedule matrix on Thursday.The Cougars and Big 12 schools will return to an 18-game schedule for the upcoming season. A year ago, Houston competed in 20-game conference schedule and posted a 19-1 mark, joining Duke as the only schools in NCAA Division I history to accomplish that feat.
Houston also posted a 10-0 road record in Big 12 games, becoming the first school in NCAA Division I history to accomplish that feat in a season.
The Cougars enter the 2025-26 campaign with a 14-game road winning streak, the nation's longest active streak.
All Big 12 schools will play three schools in home-and-away series, six opponents at home only and six schools on the road only.
In 2025-26, Houston meets Baylor, Cincinnati and Texas Tech in home-and-away series.
Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Kansas State, UCF and West Virginia will visit Fertitta Center while the Cougars hit the road to meet BYU, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU and Utah.
Opponents were selected based to best balance the schedule in terms of travel and competitiveness.
A full Big 12 schedule with game dates, times and broadcasting networks will be released at a later date.
2025-26 BIG 12 SCHEDULE MATRIX
| HOUSTON | KANSAS | |
| Home & Away: Baylor, Cincinnati, Texas Tech | Home & Away: Arizona, Iowa State, Kansas State | |
| Home Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Kansas State, UCF, West Virginia | Home Only: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, TCU, Utah | |
| Away Only: BYU, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma State, TCU, Utah | Away Only: Arizona State, Colorado, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia | |
| ARIZONA | KANSAS STATE | |
| Home & Away: Arizona State, BYU, Kansas | Home & Away: Kansas, TCU, West Virginia | |
| Home Only: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia | Home Only: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Iowa State, UCF, Utah | |
| Away Only: Baylor, Colorado, Houston, Utah, TCU, UCF | Away Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Houston, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech | |
| ARIZONA STATE | OKLAHOMA STATE | |
| Home & Away: Arizona, Colorado, Utah | Home & Away: Iowa State, TCU, UCF | |
| Home Only: Cincinnati, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, West Virginia | Home Only: Baylor, BYU, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, West Virginia | |
| Away Only: Baylor, BYU, Houston, Iowa State, TCU, UCF | Away Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Colorado, Texas Tech, Utah | |
| BAYLOR | TCU | |
| Home & Away: Houston, Iowa State, TCU | Home & Away: Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma State | |
| Home Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Colorado, Texas Tech, Utah | Home Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, West Virginia | |
| Away Only: Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, UCF | Away Only: Baylor, Colorado, Kansas, Texas Tech, UCF, Utah | |
| BYU | TEXAS TECH | |
| Home & Away: Arizona, Texas Tech, Utah | Home & Away: Baylor, Colorado, Houston | |
| Home Only: Arizona State, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, TCU, UCF | Home Only: Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Utah | |
| Away Only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia | Away Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Iowa State, UCF, West Virginia | |
| CINCINNATI | UCF | |
| Home & Away: Houston, UCF, West Virginia | Home & Away: Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, West Virginia | |
| Home Only: Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Utah | Home Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Kansas, TCU, Texas Tech | |
| Away Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Kansas, Kansas State, TCU, Texas Tech | Away Only: BYU, Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State, Utah | |
| COLORADO | UTAH | |
| Home & Away: Arizona State, Texas Tech, Utah | Home & Away: Arizona State, Baylor, Colorado | |
| Home Only: Arizona, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, UCF | Home Only: Arizona, Houston, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU, UCF | |
| Away Only: Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, West Virginia | Away Only: Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech, West Virginia | |
| IOWA STATE | WEST VIRGINIA | |
| Home & Away: Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma State | Home & Away: Cincinnati, Kansas State, UCF | |
| Home Only: Arizona State, Colorado, Houston, Texas Tech, UCF, West Virginia | Home Only: Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Kansas, Texas Tech, Utah | |
| Away Only: Arizona, Baylor, Cincinnati, Kansas State, TCU, Utah | Away Only: Arizona, Arizona State, Houston, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU |
In 2024-25, the Cougars set a school single-season record with 35 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament National Championship Game before falling to Florida inside Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Houston, which finished #2 in both national polls, won 31 of its final 33 games to end the season and advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the seventh time in program history – and the second time under Sampson – with a resounding 69-50 win over #6/6 (2) Tennessee during the NCAA Elite Eight in Indianapolis on March 30.
The Cougars swept the Big 12 regular-season and tournament championships in their second year in the league and set school and league records with a 19-1 mark in conference games. Houston became the first school to join a major conference and win the regular-season title in each of its first two years in the league in more than 100 years.
Houston returns three starters and seven lettermen in 2025-26, including All-Big 12 Conference honoree and Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team member Milos Uzan, Phillips 66 Big12 Championship Most Outstanding Player and NCAA Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player guard Emanuel Sharp and Naismith Awards National Defensive Player of the Year presented by MOLECULE finalist Joseph Tugler.
The Cougars will be boosted with the addition of the nation's #1 recruiting class with freshman forward Chris Cenac Jr., freshman guard Isiah Harwell, freshman point guard Kingston Flemings, freshman guard Bryce Jackson and senior forward Kalifa Sakho.
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