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Texas announces complete 2025-26 non-conference basketball schedule

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Eight games at Moody Center before SEC play, including the SEC/ACC Challenge against Virginia on Dec. 3.

Here's the full release from UT:

AUSTIN, Texas — The 2025-26 University of Texas Men’s Basketball non-conference schedule was released Thursday and features eight non-conference home games in the fourth season of Moody Center, including a marquee matchup against Virginia as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. The slate also features a season-opening neutral-site contest against Duke in Charlotte, three games in Hawaii as part of the Southwest Maui Invitational, and a road game at UConn.

The Southeastern Conference schedule has not been finalized at this time, although the league previously announced opponents along with home and away designations for the upcoming conference slate. Tipoff times and the complete television schedule for the 2025-26 season will be announced when available.

The Longhorns open the regular season on Tuesday, Nov. 4 with a neutral-site contest in the Dick Vitale Invitational against Duke at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center. This will mark the sixth meeting between Texas and the Blue Devils and first since an overtime contest in the semifinals of the PK80 Championship in Portland, Ore., on Nov. 24, 2017.

Texas will then open a four-game homestand in Moody Center with its home opener against Lafayette on Saturday, Nov. 8. This will mark the first meeting in men’s basketball between the Longhorns and the Leopards. UT will host Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The Longhorns registered a 63-59 win in Gregory Gym in the only previous matchup against the Knights on Dec. 20, 1975. Texas will then play Kansas City in Moody Center on Saturday, Nov. 15, marking the first matchup against the Roos in program history. The Longhorns will host Rider on Tuesday, Nov. 18, also marking the first time Texas has faced the Broncs in men’s basketball.

Texas heads to Hawaii on Nov. 24-26 (Monday-Wednesday) to play three contests in the prestigious Southwest Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center. This year’s eight-team tourney field also includes: Arizona State, Boise State, host Chaminade, NC State, Seton Hall, USC and Washington State. Pairings for the three-day event have not been announced.

The Longhorns return to Austin to host Virginia on Wednesday, Dec. 3 in the ACC/SEC Challenge. This will mark the first meeting in men’s basketball between Texas and the Cavaliers. Texas will host Southern on Monday, Dec. 8. The Longhorns recorded an 89-56 victory in the Frank Erwin Center in the only previous matchup against the Jaguars on Nov. 15, 2005.

Texas will travel to Hartford, Conn., on Friday, Dec. 12 to face perennial national power UConn at the XL Center. This marks the third consecutive season that the Longhorns and Huskies will meet on the court, and UConn holds an 8-3 advantage in the all-time series between the two schools. Texas will conclude its non-conference schedule with a pair of home games against Le Moyne on Tuesday, Dec. 16 and Maryland Eastern Shore on Monday, Dec. 22. This will mark the first matchups in men’s basketball against both the Dolphins and the Hawks.

Texas will begin Southeastern Conference play on Saturday, Jan. 3. The Longhorns will conclude SEC regular-season action on Saturday, March 7.

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5 minutes ago, Sundancekid said:

What a crappy non conference home schedule. Tickets are too expensive for this quality of competition. Do we still blame Rodney Terry for this? 

Even the home conference schedule (Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt), which I know Texas has no control over, is good, but I've seen better.

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1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

The non-conference opponents are good, just not a lot of meat on the bone unless you're planning on traveling.

I didn’t know Kansas City was a team. Just really poor non conference games at home. Yet I keep paying for it. 

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8 hours ago, harveycmd said:

I know Ogden's visit is scheduled for the Ohio State weekend. Miller told Rothstein a couple of months ago that he's going to the Ohio State game. How does that work? Are they taking Bo Ogden to the Ohio State game?

No impact. Ogden has been around Miller more than any coach recruiting him. He’s around the program on a near daily basis

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13 hours ago, Robert Eberhardt said:

This is such an insult to season ticket holders. What poor value for what we pay.

I will be there, but what about the fans that come after football? What are they coming to watch? Lower the ticket prices!

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Upgraded easy games are available.  Princeton would be a lot more fun to watch than Fairleigh Dickinson.  St. Joseph's would be a better schedule fit than Lafayette.  These are more competitive mid majors, teams that have made the NCAA tournament more than once in mylifetime.  How about a real challenge here and there, say, Seton Hall over Rider?

 

Running up wins against teams ranked lower than 150 cannot be that worthy of a recommendation come tournament time, but more importantly, those games provide no actual sharpening of the team for conference play.

 

And paying to see them is painful.

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Southwest Maui Invitational announces 2025 Tournament bracket

Texas will face Arizona State in the quarterfinals on Monday, Nov. 24 at 10 p.m. CT on ESPN2.

MAUI, Hawaii — The bracket for the 2025 Southwest Maui Invitational was announced Tuesday by tournament organizers. The 42nd edition of the prestigious tournament will be played at the historic Lahaina Civic Center on Nov. 24-26, 2025. 

Texas will face Arizona State in the quarterfinals on Monday, Nov. 24 at 10 p.m. CT (6 p.m. HT) on ESPN2. In semifinal action on Tuesday, Nov. 25, the Longhorns will face either Washington State or Chaminade. The championship round of the tournament will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The other four teams in the bracket are: Boise State, NC State, Seton Hall and USC.

All 12 games of the 2025 Southwest Maui Invitational will be televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU and will also be available on the ESPN app.

This will mark UT’s sixth appearance in the Maui Invitational, as Texas has previously competed in 1993, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2020. The Longhorns hold a 10-5 all-time record in the tourney, including winning the 2020 tournament when it was played in Asheville, N.C. due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Texas also registered third-place showings in both 2004 and 2008.

Texas and Arizona State will be meeting for the sixth time in men’s basketball. The Longhorns hold a 4-1 advantage in the all-time series, including a 3-0 mark in neutral-site contests. In the initial meeting between the two teams (Dec. 20, 1966), Texas claimed a 93-81 victory in the semifinals of the Sun Devil Classic in Tempe. The Longhorns followed just nine days later (Dec. 29, 1966) with an 89-88 win in the All-College Tournament in Oklahoma City, Okla. Arizona State earned an 89-82 victory in the championship game of the ASU/Tribune Classic in Tempe on Dec. 29, 1990. The Longhorns claimed an 88-71 win in the quarterfinals of the Puerto Rico Shootout in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 25, 1999. In the most recent matchup between the two schools (March 20, 2014), Cameron Ridley converted a put-back at the buzzer to lift Texas to an 87-85 victory in a NCAA Tournament Round of 64 contest in Milwaukee, Wisc.

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