Arizona season ticket holders can't possibly be pleased with a seven-game home schedule against nonconference teams.
Those visiting McKale Center will be Incarnate Word, Northern Illinois, Tennessee Tech, LSU New Orleans, NAU, Cal Poly — and, the outlier, powerhouse UConn.
Worse, only one of those games, Tennessee Tech, is on a Saturday.
NAU head coach Shane Burcar celebrates after a successful possession in the first half of the game at McKale Center, Nov. 11, 2025.
That's life in college basketball where premium Top-25 matchups are almost all made-for-TV games on neutral courts. The Big 12's Top 25 programs have home schedules just as unattractive as Arizona.
Kansas — Fordham, Denver, Villanova, Northern Iowa, Middle Tennessee State, Indiana State and New Orleans.
Houston — LaSalle, Jackson State, Oakland, Queens, Central Arkansas, Texas State and Texas-Corpus Christi.
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Texas Tech — Jackson State, Bethune-Cookman, Stonehill, Omaha, Incarnate Word, Mississippi Valley State and Top 10 power Illinois.
Iowa State — Southern Miss, Southern, Niagara, Alcorn State, North Carolina Central, NAU, New Hampshire and Big Ten power Purdue.
Baylor — Northwestern State, Arkansas Pine-Bluff, Yale, Jackson State, Memphis, Queens, College of the Ozarks and Mississippi Valley State.
The league's most unappealing nonconference home schedule belongs to Arizona State, which plays 10 walkovers — Hofstra, Northern Colorado, East Tennessee State, Louisiana-Monroe, Oakland, Mercer, Montana, San Diego, Idaho and Southern Illinois.
Don't say you haven't been warned.
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