Arizona will host TCU and play at BYU during the Big 12’s run of six straight “Big Monday” games on ESPN networks late this season.
The Big 12 has not yet set all of its regular-season conference games but announced Monday that the Wildcats will host TCU on Feb. 8 at McKale Center and face BYU at Provo, Utah on Feb. 22. Both games will be at 8 p.m. Arizona time, but the TCU game will be on ESPN2 and the BYU game on ESPN.
The Big 12’s Big Monday games will also include Kansas at Houston on Feb. 1, Houston at Texas Tech on Feb. 15 and Iowa State at Kansas on March 1.
Last season, Arizona went 2-1 during its three Big 12 games, including a 73-57 win over Iowa State at McKale Center on March 2, in which the Wildcats clinched the Big 12 regular-season championship.
Arizona also won at BYU 86-83 on its first Big Monday game last season and lost at Kansas 82-78.
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The Big 12 has announced home and away pairings for its other games, but the exact dates, times and TV coverage have not been announced yet. Here’s Arizona’s 2026-27 schedule to date (most times and TV coverage remain TBA):
Public scrimmage
-- Sept. 26, Red-Blue Showcase, at McKale Center, 2:30 p.m.
Preseason exhibitions
– Oct. 13, San Francisco, at McKale Center
– Oct. 16, San Diego State, at McKale Center
– Oct. 23, Eastern Washington, at McKale Center
Nonconference games
– Nov. 2, UCLA, in Las Vegas, 8 p.m.
– Nov. 5, Cal Poly, at McKale Center
– Nov. 10, NAU, at McKale Center
– Nov. 13, at Auburn
– Nov. 18, UConn, at McKale Center
– Nov. 23, Colorado State, Maui Invitational, at Lahaina, Hawaii, 9:30 p.m., ESPN2
– Nov. 24, VCU or Providence, Maui Invitational, Lahaina, Hawaii
– Nov. 25, TBD (Clemson, Mississippi, Washington or BYU), Maui Invitational, Lahaina, Hawaii
– Dec. 1, New Orleans, at McKale Center
– Dec. 5, St. John’s, in New York
– Dec. 12, Tennessee Tech, at McKale Center
– Dec. 19, Arkansas, in Phoenix
– Dec. 21, Northern Illinois, at McKale Center
– Dec. 28, Incarnate Word, at McKale Center
Big 12 Conference games
Feb. 8. TCU, at McKale Center, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Feb. 22. BYU, at Provo, Utah, 8 p.m., ESPN
(Exact dates and times for other Big 12 games TBA)
– Other home games: Kansas, ASU, BYU, Houston, Utah, Colorado, Baylor, UCF
– Other away games: ASU, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, West Virginia
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